Gail and I just got back from a week on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. At the Oyster Maritime Museum in Chincoteague, and at the Barrier Island Center in Machipungo, there are displays & photos of pungys used in dredging [drudgin'] oysters ['arsters'] as well as being used in cargo hauling. The curator at the BIC described 'pungy' as coming from the town of Pungateague on the bayside of the peninsula, where the type was originally built.

BTW - the Eastern Shore of Virginia is still very much unspoiled - great seafood places, lovely little towns to explore, and world-class birding on both sides of the peninsula. Did not find any live music while we were there, though.

Padre