Draketail Workboat
Draketail workboats have a distinctive rounded stern with a "reverse rake" transom.
$495 See details Buy nowChesapeake Bay Boat Models and Accessories
Handcrafted wooden workboat models and matching miniature nautical accessories, fully assembled and ready to display. Personalized with your boat's name if you like, and packed with care for the trip to your mantel.
- 600+models sold
since 2017 - 1954first year
on the Bay - 17″–39″most boats,
mostly 1:12 scale
Signature workboats
Wooden construction, fully assembled, ready to display. Each one is modeled on the boats that work the Bay.
Open Cockpit Workboat, Ver. 2
This fantastic Chesapeake Bay deadrise workboat model belongs on your mantel!
$495 See details Buy now
Soft Top, Round Stern Workboat
Early working vessels on the Chesapeake Bay had elliptical sterns that evolved into round sterns, as shown on our Soft…
$495 See details Buy now
Crab Scrape Workboat
The Smith Island Crab Scrape is a distinctly Chesapeake workboat, powered by a small inboard engine, ideally suited for…
$325 See details Buy now
Chesapeake Deadrise RC (Radio-Controlled) Workboat Model, 37" Long
Our RC (Radio-Controlled) Chesapeake Bay Workboat is a sophisticated working model, designed around an actual workboat…
$1,595 See details Buy now
Skipjack, Sails Down, with Display Case
At one point, as many as 2,000 oyster dredging Skipjacks existed on the Bay.
$795 See details Buy nowNew models are on the way. Email Bruce to ask what is available.
Also in the shop: skiffs with vintage Johnson and Evinrude outboards from $140, half hulls from $10, and a 39″ fiberglass deadrise hull for builders.
Make her yours: your boat's name on the bow
70–80% of our customers choose personalization, and it is one of our best options.
Tell us the name you want on both sides of the bow and/or the transom, and a hailing port if you like. Lettering is high-performance vinyl (not paint): it looks great, is very durable and lasts a long time. Various colors and fonts are available. Personalization adds about two weeks to the lead time.
How ordering works
No cart and no account: you deal with Bruce directly, by email or phone.
Pick your model
Browse the shop: every model shows its price, dimensions and shipping cost. Email Bruce
Write to [email protected](preferred) or call or text (215) 290-3722. Include any name or hailing port you want lettered. Pay and receive
Pay by PayPal, credit card, check or cash. Orders ship carefully packed via USPS or UPS from Berlin, MD, worldwide, or pick up with advance notice.
On the Chesapeake Bay since 1954
My dad's first boat was a 28' Chesapeake deadrise, converted from workboat to basic cabin cruiser. I didn't know it then but my exposure to that boat resulted in a lifetime of boating activity, most of it centered around the Bay.
In 2017, I started Blackway Boat Models as a side enterprise, to offer a line of handcrafted wooden workboat models and matching miniature nautical accessories. We must be doing something right.
- 1954first time on the Bay
- 2017Blackway Boat Models founded
- 600+models sold
Bruce Blackway, Founder
Real comments from real customers
Carefully packed, shipped across the country, and treasured once they arrive.
I purchased a boat for my husband for Christmas. I wanted to let you know he absolutely loves the boat and said it’s THE BEST CHRISTMAS PRESENT HE’S EVER GOTTEN. Thank you for the fine workmanship!
Skipjack model is beautiful. Seller provided ultra-safe, double-layered shipping crate that was the best I have ever seen. Obviously designed by an engineer and someone who really cares about buyer getting his purchase in perfect shape. I couldn't be more pleased.
Well done on your hard work with these models and helping to keep the Bay Heritage alive!
Miniatures to fill the cockpit
Bushel baskets, crab traps, oyster tongs, vintage outboards and even a Smith Island cake, made to match our workboats.
Miniature Oyster Tongs (Hand Tongs)
Tonging has been done on the Chesapeake Bay since the early 1700s.
$26 See details Buy now
Miniature Outboard, Green 1955 Johnson 10 HP
Model is based on classic green 1955 Johnson 10 HP Sea Horse outboard!
$65 See details Buy now
Miniature Smith Island Cake
We believe we are the only company on planet earth selling a miniature version of a Smith Island Cake!
$10 See details Buy nowNew models are on the way. Email Bruce to ask what is available.