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OXFORD — It’s cold. It’s miserable.

This is a special year for Cutts & Case.

The boatyard, with a driveway on Tilghman Street in Oxford, has its 50th birthday this year.

I am a boatyard prowler drawn to distant, weed-filled corners where neglected old boats on jack stands are left to wither and die. You don’t see many of these vessels nowadays because wise boatyard operators have become wary of overly ambitious projects heavy on dreams but light on finances and boatwork skills.

Article by Gencer Emiroglu, about our cruise on Surf Bird on the Chesapeake last October.

It was almost inevitable that Eddie and Ronnie Cutts would be boat builders. Their father built more than 70 handcrafted, wooden-hulled boats, from yachts to dinghies. Their grandfather was a wood worker.

Chuck out your clumsy oak frames and corrosive fastening, forget your expensive veneers and moulded planking; the Cutts Method is here.

Hij komt ons tegemoet in een golfkarretje en dirigeert onze huurauto naar een parkeerplaats naast de loods. We volgen sprakeloos. Edmund Cutts (76) gebaart vanuit zijn kar dat we hem moeten volgen naar het huis.

Morris Rosenfeld's old chase boat is an ultimate collectable. When Ed Cutts bought her, she was a wreck. Look at her now.

“Clean lines, durability, ease of handling, and impeccable craftsmanship are the unwavering principles of Edmund A. Cutts, a 60-year old former Long Islander who operates the Cutts & Case boatyard in Oxford, Maryland.”…