In 2001 the newly launched schooner SULTANA and the PRIDE OF BALTIMORE II paired up for a casual sail on the Chester River the weekend before both vessels “downrigged” for the winter. Nearly 20 years later the weekend has become one of the biggest Tall Ships Festival. Here are the two journeying up the Chester […]
Continue ReadingST MICHAELS, MD – AJ Meerwald, the official Tall Ship of New Jersey, will spend a week at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md., from October 8–15, 2019. The restored 1928 oyster schooner will then return to CBMM the following week from October 21–23. Dockside tours, which are included with CBMM’s regular […]
Continue ReadingEnjoy a free slate of presentations and talks by experts in Chesapeake and maritime culture, history and literature throughout the weekend! PRESENTATIONS FEATURED PRESENTERS: FRIDAY, 7:30 PM. SEF Holt Center Join John Brady, President of the Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia, tells the story of the USS OLYMPIA, one of two remaining U.S. warships from […]
Continue ReadingThe 200-foot Class A Tall Ship, SSV Oliver Hazard Perry arrived today at the Naval Academy in Annapolis and will be open for public tours this Saturday (May 12) from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Dewey Seawall (Gate 1 entrance). On Monday (May 14), it will depart with 26 Midshipman Candidates and four […]
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