Boats in yards, fields are a visual into Cape Region life
In many ways, the Cape Region is defined by bodies of water - Atlantic Ocean to the east; Rehoboth Bay to the south; Delaware Bay to the north; rivers, creeks and streams in between.
Boats, recreational and commercial, are a way of life for people who live near the water.
As with many things, some people find creative or convenient things to do with boats when a vessel has reached the end of its useful life. Here is a collection of local boats that could be described as lawn art. Some could be returned their glory and put back in the water; others have gone the way of flowers and weeds.
Chris Flood has been working for the Cape Gazette since early 2014. He currently covers Rehoboth Beach and Henlopen Acres, but has also covered Dewey Beach and the state government. He covers environmental stories, business stories and random stories on subjects he finds interesting, and he also writes a column called Choppin’ Wood that runs every other week. Additionally, Flood moonlights as the company’s circulation manager, which primarily means fixing boxes that are jammed with coins during daylight hours, but sometimes means delivering papers in the middle of the night. He’s a graduate of the University of Maine and the Landing School of Boat Building & Design.
