PropWash started her previous life in 1925 as the "Agnes Sterling" a Chesapeake Bay Oyster Buy Boat. Built by Linwood
P. Price of Amburg Virginia for John E. Sterling and named after his daughter Agnes Sterling.
PropWash has been through three name changes, Agnes Sterling - 1925 to 1966, Wayne Christy - 1966 to 1990, Old Squaw - 1990 to 2006 and PropWash - 2006 to. PropWash went thru a refit and renovation in 1992 by "Hinckley Company" in New England to convert her from the oyster buyboat/deckboat configuration to a Cruising Motor Yacht. Current layout now has staterooms port and starboard in the after section of forward hole, salon with galley seating for eight just forward of the after staterooms, another stateroom just forward of salon, with the shower and head just aft of the chain locker.
The forward part of the pilot house was kept traditional with the standard five windows four of which slide down behind the helm station, original helm station layout was kept intact with large wooden wheel. Everything aft of the wheel in the pilot house was upgraded during the conversion in New England.
The below link will take you to a new web site for PropWash with her own .com web page. The new web page covers not only PropWash but other oyster buyboats sometimes called oyster deckboats, runboats and runners.
New Web Page For PropWash
PropWash Photos
PropWash Photos by Brenda
Photos of PropWash During Haulout
History of PropWash
History of Linwood P. Price
Open Boat Photos of PropWash
Important Links
Photos of Old Squaw by Hank Grinde
Photos of Other Buyboats
More Photos of Other Buyboats
Old Buyboat Photos
Buyboats in Urbanna Virginia
Buyboats Owned by Museums
Weekly Photos on PropWash
E-mail PropWash (David Wright)
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