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KALMAR NYCKEL -
State Ship of Delaware The Kalmar Nyckel is a re-creation of the first colonial Swedish settlement ship to arrive in America at what is now Wilmington, Delaware. Launched in the fall of 1997, this ornately carved 17th century reproduction ship sails seasonally, carrying out her mission of goodwill. The vessel provides hands-on educational opportunities for school children and serves as Delaware’s official tall ship ambassador.
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PRIDE OF BALTIMORE II Pride of Baltimore, II was commissioned in 1988 two years after the original Pride of Baltimore fell victim to a violent squall and was lost along with her captain and three crew members. Modeled after the famous Baltimore clippers, Pride II sails the globe as Maryland’s goodwill ambassador.
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SCHOONER VIRGINIA
The schooner Virginia is a reproduction of an early 20th century Virginia pilot schooner, originally used to help guide vessels into Virginia’s ports at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. Launched in December 2004, the Virginia is one of the newest Tall Ships in the United States.
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AMISTAD Amistad is a recreation of La Amistad, a vessel that was commandeered by Africans who had been captured in 1839. The Africans were subsequently recaptured and then involved in a famous Supreme Court case that led to their return to Africa in 1841. The vessel is used as a classroom to foster discussion about the impact of the trans-Atlantic slave trade and related issues
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A.J. MEERWALD - State Ship of New Jersey Built in Dorchester, New Jersey in 1928, the A.J. Meerwald is an authentic, restored Delaware Bay oyster schooner built specifically for that industry. Named New Jersey’s official Tall Ship in 1998, the A.J. Meerwald promotes Delaware Bay’s oystering history and offers experiential educational opportunities throughout Delaware Bay and the Mid-Atlantic region.
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LADY MARYLAND
- Living Classrooms Foundation The schooner and flagship, Lady Maryland, is a full-scale reproduction of a traditional 19th century Chesapeake Bay cargo schooner called a pungy. Lady Maryland is part of a fleet of vessels owned by the Living Classrooms Foundation dedicated to teaching about the history and environment of the Chesapeake.
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SULTANA - Sultana Projects, Inc. Sultana is a reproduction of her 1768 namesake used by the British Royal Navy to enforce the notorious tea taxes in the years preceding the American Revolution. Built in Chestertown and launched in 2001, the new Sultana’s mission is to educate students of all ages about the history and ecology of the Chesapeake Bay.
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SKIPJACK ELSWORTH Owned and operated by Echo Hill Outdoor School in Worton, Maryland, the 1901, 72-foot oyster-dredging skipjack Elsworth is one of a handful of skipjacks remaining on the Chesapeake Bay. The Elsworth is currently used to provide live-aboard educational programs in environmental science and Chesapeake history.
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MILDRED BELLE
- Living Classroom Foundation Traditionally used to bring oysters to market and haul local seafood and produce, "buy-boats" were once a common sight on the bay. Mildred Belle is one of the few that remain and is part of a fleet of vessels used by the Living Classrooms Foundation to teach students about the Chesapeake Bay.
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SKIPJACK LADY
HELEN The Lady Helen was built in 1987 in Pasadena, Maryland and is modeled on the lines of the historic skipjack Rosie Parks, part of the collection at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. Lady Helen is a cruising skipjack based out of Chestertown, Maryland and is available for private charters of up to six people during Downrigging Weekend. For additional information about chartering Lady Helen visit: www.skipjackcharters.org.
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EXHIBIT VESSELS - NON-PASSENGER
CARRYING
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FAREWELL Farewell is a 1972, Peter Van Dine designed two-masted schooner based out of Baltimore, Maryland.
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HOWARD BLACKBURN The Howard Blackburn is named for a giant Nova Scotian who rowed sixty miles into Newfoundland with the frozen body of his dorymate, five days without food or water, after they were separated in a gale from the Gloucester schooner Grace L. Fears in the winter of 1883. Blackburn lost all his fingers by frostbite. In 1899 he sailed the sloop Great Western single handed, in spite of his disability, from Gloucester to England, and in 1901, he repeated his astounding feat in the twenty-five-foot sloop Great Republic, to Portugal.
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SILENT MAID - Independence Seaport Museum Silent Maid was designed by Francis Sweisguth and built by Morton Johnson of Bay Head, NJ in 1924. Intended primarily as a cruising boat, she was capable of some speed and was the B class catboat champion on the Barnegat Bay in 1925. The original Silent Maid has become an exhibit at the Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia while this replica, built at the Museum and launched in 2009, will to take her place and continue the tradition of sailing and racing on Barnegat Bay. (Photo by Andy Slavinsks)
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Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum - St. Michaels, MD 1888 Cutter, 68’ sparred length, 12’ beam Owner - Classic Yacht Restoration Guild Elf is an 1888 Lawley-built (Boston) ‘30-footer’ class cutter and has been a continuous part of American maritime culture for more than a century. Rick Carrion, founder of the Classic Yacht Restoration Guild (CYRG), acquired the boat in 1971, in a somewhat dilapidated condition that belied her rich history. He has since championed her restoration under the expertise of master boat builders Graham Ero of the Wooden Boat Shop in Still Pond, Maryland and John Brady of the Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia.
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MARTHA WHITE - privately owned Martha White is a 65-foot all wooden schooner fashioned after the "Bluenose" of Nova Scotia. She is solely constructed (ribs and planks) from no longer available, 200 year old Long Leaf Yellow Pine and fastened with trunnels (4000 handmade locust pegs, with ends split, with 8000 wood wedges). With hardware and sails made in Lunenburg, she proudly glorifies her famous predecessor.
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OLD POINT - Chesapeake Bay Maritime
Museum Historically, Old Point was used to dredge crabs in the winter, freight fish in the summer and haul oysters in the fall. The vessel recently underwent a complete restoration. |
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