The Water Beckons - View this location on map  'Get out on the water. Rent a kayak ($25 an hour) or a motorboat ($150 to $225 for up to four hours) at the Tilghman Island Marina (410-886-2500). Pass through Knapp's Narrows, the strip of water that makes Tilghman an island, to explore expansive Harris Creek on the east or to begin a circumnavigation of the island, which is about three miles long and one mile wide. Pay attention to channel markers and to the chart that comes with the motorboats during low tide some areas off Tilghman are too shallow for any propeller-driven craft. Want to let someone else do the driving? The ketch Lady Patty, the converted Vietnam-era special operations vessel Sharps Island (both berthed near the drawbridge; 410-886-2215) and the 1886 skipjack Rebecca T. Ruark (Dogwood Harbor, 410-886-2176) take passengers on excursions. Watch the skies for always-present osprey and the occasional bald eagle. '' New York Times 6140 Mariners Court, Tilghman, MD Active, Kids |