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Archives for May 2016

Guest Crew Opportunities!

Calling all adventurers! Guest crew berths are still available on the following legs:

Baltimore, MD to Norfolk, VA, June 6-9
Norfolk, VA to Toronto, ON, Canada, June 12-30
Fairport Harbor, OH to Bay City, MI, July 10-14
Bay City, MI to Boyne City, MI, July 17-23

More information about each leg can be found on our website:https://www.pride2.org/come-aboard/guest-crew-opportunities/

As guest crew, you will work alongside PRIDE’s professional crew as an integral part of all aspects of life aboard the ship. Stand watch, steer the vessel, help with ship’s maintenance, and much more. It is truly an experience you will never forget!

Reservations for each passage are first come, first served, based on date of receipt of completed forms. Apply today!

https://www.pride2.org/…/guest-crew-opportuniti…/application/

 

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Memorial Day Sails!

This Memorial Day weekend, we are offering guests the chance to climb aboard Pride of Baltimore II for day sails around the Harbor. Feel the wind on your face, help pull lines, learn from experienced Captains and crew, and see Baltimore in a way you never have before. Sailing aboard Pride of Baltimore II is an unforgettable experience, and we are so thrilled to offer these sails to guests.

Some spots have all filled up, so we have added new dates! Additional Dates: May 28 5pm-7pm, May 29 5pm-7pm, May 30 2pm-4pm.Email us at pride2@pride2.org to book your spots!

 

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8th Annual National Maritime Day

This past Sunday, Pride of Baltimore II celebrated the 8th Annual National Maritime Day Observance and Maritime Expo. The event was free and open to the public from 10:00 a.m. to  3:00 p.m. at Canton Pier 13, 4601 Newgate Street. Organizers planned a brief National Maritime Day Commemoration and Wreath Laying aboard the NS Savannah.  This marked the 52nd anniversary of the first visit of the NS Savannah to the Port of Baltimore.

With a public open house and activities for ship lovers of all ages, there was something for everyone. Port exhibitors showcased how they relate to the port. There was a collection of LEGO® Teach Fleet vessels, radio-controlled model boats and ships, at least 20 vessels on the pier, and more. NS Savannah and many of the visiting vessels, including Pride of Baltimore II, were open for free deck tours. A special guest this year was TS Golden Bear, the California State University Maritime Academy’s 499′ training vessel.

If ships and boats were not your thing, there were intermodal exhibits, too – Rukert Terminals displayed a new Tier IV tractor with an attached container chassis that was open for display that guests could walk into. The students at Sollers Point High School constructed stairs for the container (and the display lifeboat on the pier). Consol Energy (CNX) provided van tours of their coal export terminal every half hour.

National Maritime Day is a U.S. holiday created to acknowledge the maritime industry, honoring the contributions of the American Merchant Marine, which has defended the freedom of the United States since 1775. The holiday was created by Congress in 1933 to be observed on May 22, the date that the American steamship SS Savannah set sail from Savannah, Georgia, on the first ever transoceanic voyage under steam power.

 

30th Pride of Baltimore Memorial Ceremony

On Saturday, May 14, with the sun high in the sky, Pride II welcomed over 150 guests to Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine for a memorial ceremony honoring the 30th Anniversary of the sinking of Pride of Baltimore. Guests came to pay their respects to a ship they remember, and still hold close to their hearts.

The event began with a beautiful rendition of the “Star-Spangled Banner,” performed by members of the Maryland Choral Society. Guests were then treated to remarks by notable speakers that included Captain Jan Miles, the Honorable Helen Delich Bentley, Barbara Bozzuto, Dan Baker, Pride II Executive Director Rick Scott, and surviving members of the lost ship.

Jonathan Jensen, of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, was joined by two additional singers. Together, they performed the “Pride of Baltimore Ballad,” a powerful song that tells the story of the first vessel. Close to the end of the ceremony, condolences letters were read aloud. These letters were sent to Pride Inc. offices during the months following the sinking. Folks from all over the globe sent their sincerest regrets at the loss, a reminder of the many lives the ship touched. Select members of crew and staff of Pride II, all who weren’t even born when the first vessel sank, were chosen to read the letters.

When the event drew to a close, guests were invited to make their way down to the seawall, where Pride II was docked. The Maryland Choral Society performed a trio of songs that included “The Water is Wide,” “Navy Hymn,” and “America, The Beautiful.” While they sang, a wreath was brought onto Pride II and then rowed out onto the water by both surviving crew members and current Pride II crew. The wreath was dropped onto the water’s surface in a display of remembrance, a Baltimore City Fireboat and tugboat joined the ceremony by spraying water high into the sky as a tribute to the lost crew members, and Pride II fired her canons three times in memory of Pride of Baltimore.

As morning met its end, the singers finished their songs, the audience offered a final salute, and guests were invited to come aboard Pride II for deck tours. There, old friends reunited, sharing stories of the past, and new connections were made.

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Educating the Next Generation

 

Over the past two weeks, captains and crew of Pride of Baltimore II joined with rangers at Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine to teach students about the War of 1812 and the role of Privateers. Students from across Baltimore City schools came aboard to immerse themselves in maritime technology, the ins and outs of the ship, and navigating the Chesapeake Bay. For some students, this was their first time on a boat! With lessons in both American history and Maryland history, it was a thrill for our crew to meet these students and create a one-of-a-kind learning experience for them.

The education program is part of a new partnership between Pride and the National Park Service Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail, a 560-mile land and water route that tells the story of the War of 1812 in the Chesapeake Bay region. It connects historic sites in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia, and commemorates the events leading up to the Battle of Baltimore, the aftermath of which inspired Francis Scott Key to write our national anthem. This partnership introduces hundreds of students to Maryland’s unique history and is an incredible opportunity to educate the next generation about the history of our great state and its role in shaping a young nation. We hope that this partnership will inspire young minds, instilling pride in their state and pride in their country.

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All-American House

We are pleased to be partnering with one of our fellow institutions, Carroll Museums, on their upcoming All American House 2016 at Carroll Mansion. This national exhibition of American design and manufacturing, secured from the DC-based nonprofit MADE: In America, will run through July 10, 2016. To extend the exhibition’s reach citywide, Carroll Museums invited Pride of Baltimore and other institutions to be Baltimore’s American Treasures Affiliates and cross-promote with our own programs, events, and shot-towerexhibitions. More than a dozen affiliates are helping to showcase Baltimore’s role, past, present, and future, in shaping America’s design aesthetic and innovation in manufacturing.

Pride of Baltimore II is certainly one of Baltimore’s American treasures, a maritime treasure. She is a reconstruction of an early 19th-century Baltimore Clipper, a ship design developed in, for, and unique to the Chesapeake Bay area.

A combination of geography, settlement patterns, and even weather spawned the design of the Baltimore Clipper. The Chesapeake Bay, the largest estuary in the United States, stretches 200 miles, but is surprisingly shallow. Its average depth is about 21 feet, although there are deep troughs — believed to be remnants of the ancient path of the Susquehanna River — running much of the Bay’s length. The Chesapeake Bay also has about 24 navigable tributaries, meaning that navigating between towns, when water transportation was the easiest form of transport, entailed navigating long, narrow, and shallow rivers. As for weather, winds on the Bay are often very light in the summer. Over time, Chesapeake Bay shipbuilders combined different facets of design to build ships best suited to the local sailing conditions. Baltimore Clippers were one of those designs.

Baltimore Clippers were topsail schooners, sharp built (meaning they had a V-shaped hull) with strongly raked stem and stern posts and masts. These design factors, along with others, created sleek, fast, and maneuverable vessels. They could sail closer to the wind than all of their contemporaries and faster than most of them. It’s no surprise then that Baltimore Clippers gained fame as privateers during the War of 1812 – they could outmaneuver and sail faster than the British ships. Their success in capturing British merchant ships provoked the Royal Navy to attack Baltimore in 1814.

So, come aboard for a deck tour during the month of May and our knowledgeable captains and crew can tell you more about the history behind the design of Pride II and the Baltimore Clippers of yore that inspired her construction.

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