CELEBRATING WATERMEN

Harbor Day at the Docks | West Ocean City, Maryland | Oct. 10

Get up close with the people, boats and traditions behind the Shore’s working waterfront.

Harbor Day opens the West Ocean City Commercial Harbor for a free celebration featuring the traditional Blessing of the Fleet, oyster shucking, fish-cleaning demonstrations, a crab cake eating contest and plenty of opportunities to talk with local watermen about life on the water. It’s hands-on, distinctly local and about as Shore as it gets.

>>Go: 10 a.m.–3 p.m., Sunset Avenue, West Ocean City Commercial Harbor. Free. harbordayoc.com