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MYSTERY (log canoe)
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| Nearest city: | Kingstown, Maryland |
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| Built: | 1932 |
| Architect: | Sinclair, Harry |
| Architectural style: | Tilghman |
| Governing body: | Private |
| MPS: | Chesapeake Bay Sailing Log Canoe Fleet TR |
| NRHP Reference#: |
85002250 [1] |
| Added to NRHP: | September 18, 1985 |
The Mystery is a Chesapeake Bay log canoe, built in 1932, by Harry Sinclair in Oxford, Maryland. She measures 34'-7" long, has a beam of 8'-8½" and has a centerboard. She is noted for her very tall masts, is privately owned, and races under No. 8. The . She one of the last 22 surviving traditional Chesapeake Bay racing log canoes that carry on a tradition of racing on the Eastern Shore of Maryland that has existed since the 1840s. She is located at Kingstown, Queen Anne's County, Maryland.[2][3]
She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]
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