We are looking forward to a busy sailing season in 2025 featuring more than a dozen guest crew experiences on the Chesapeake Bay, East Coast, and Great Lakes. As guest crew experiences are scheduled, they are added to the schedule below.
Considering a Guest Crew Position?
Do you have a passion for sailing or a love of adventure and the great outdoors? Sailing aboard Pride of Baltimore II might be your opportunity to experience the hands-on challenge of sailing a traditional ship. As guest crew, you will work alongside Pride‘s professional crew and participate in all aspects of life aboard the ship — up to your level of interest and ability. You will stand watch, steer the vessel, help with ship’s maintenance, and more.
Pride typically sails with a professional crew of 12 men and women, including the captain, ship’s cook, two mates, bosun, engineer, and six deckhands. There are three passenger cabins with two berths each available for guest crew, allowing up to six guest crew to share co-ed accommodations.
Grab your gear and come aboard Pride of Baltimore II for an overnight sailing adventure! Applications are reviewed on a first-come, first-served basis. Scroll down to view this year’s guest crew experiences (we add to the list as we confirm Pride‘s schedule, so check back periodically).
Below are some useful links about our guest crew opportunities aboard Pride:
- Guest Crew Approval Process
- Guest Crew Guidelines
- Tips and Things to Know
- Google 360 of Pride topside and below
What is it like to be guest crew? Check out these resources from folks who came aboard:
- Sailing for the Next Horizon Aboard Pride of Baltimore II (Spinsheet Magazine, October 23, 2024)
- Privateer for a Weekend (Chesapeake Bay Magazine, April 3, 2023)
- The sail of my dreams on a tall ship (Green Bay Press-Gazette, March 3, 2017)
- Sailing a tall ship across Superior (StarTribune, January 25, 2014)
- Pride II Boston to NYC: Setting Sail on a Tallship (Video by Gale Browning, September 2013)
Cancellation Policy: Guest crew reservations may be canceled up to 30 business days or more prior to departure with a full refund. To cancel an existing reservation, please contact Pride of Baltimore, Inc. at 410.539.1151 or pride2@pride2.org. Cancellations made fewer than 30 business days prior to a departure will be refunded less a processing fee. The processing fee will be $100. Should the captain or Pride of Baltimore, Inc. cancel the guest crew experience due to weather or extenuating circumstances, a full refund will be given.
2025 Guest Crew Passages
If you are interested in sailing on one of the listed passages, apply by clicking the link in the schedule below for any experiences for which there are still spots available. If there isn’t an active link for a particular experience, that experience is not open for applications. We will notify you by email within seven business days of receipt of your application if you have been approved for a passage. Upon application approval, you will be asked to provide additional information and remit payment within three business days to Pride of Baltimore, Inc. Everyone must complete the application forms, regardless of past guest crew status.
Passage Board Date Deboard Date Price Availability
Baltimore to Lunenburg May 30 June 7 $1,500 Waitlist
Lunenburg to Clayton June 8 June 19
$1,925 Apply Today
Clayton to Toronto June 23 June 27
$825 Apply Today
Erie to Duluth July 1/2 July 10 $1,500 Apply Today
Lake Superior Excursion
(Duluth to Duluth)July 13 July 16 $825 Apply Today
Duluth to Boyne City July 20 July 25 $995 Apply Today
Boyne City to Sturgeon Bay July 29 July 31 $500 Apply Today
Sturgeon Bay to Detroit August 3 August 7 $825 Apply Today
Detroit to Buffalo August 10 August 14 $910 Apply Today
Buffalo to Erie August 18 August 21 $825 Apply Today
Erie to Lunenburg August 24 September 4 $1,925 Apply Today
Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race October 15 October 18 $1,100 WAITLIST
Check Back Later for Additional 2025 Guest Crew Passages