 SAIL BALTIMORE
2001 Visiting Ship
Schedule
and other Baltimore harbor events
Map
of Visiting Ship Locations
Types
of Tall Ships
|
Date
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Where
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Photo
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Ship
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| February
9-11 |
Inner Harbor,
Pier 4 |
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USNA Yard Patrol vessels
- four 108’ training ships
Yard Patrol
Craft provide realistic, at sea training in navigation and seamanship
for midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy and officer candidates
at OCS. Yard Patrol craft can cruise for up to 1400 nautical miles
at 12 knots speed, for a period of five days without refueling
or replenishing. |
| February
7-13 |
N. Locust
Point |
|
USS
Ashland - 610' U.S. Navy dock landing ship
USS
ASHLAND is homeported at Little Creek, Naval Amphibious Base
in Virginia Beach, VA. She is the eighth and last of the WHIDBEY
ISLAND (LSD 41) class ships to be commissioned and the second
U.S. Navy ship to bear that name. She was commissioned in 1992.
|
| March 9-10 |
Inner Harbor,
West Wall |
|
Kings
Pointer- 224’ US Merchant Marine training
ship
The T/V Kings Pointer
has been at the United States Merchant Marine Academy for 7 years,
following an eight year career with the Military Sealift Command.
built in 1984, she was Formally the USNS Contender, an
ocean surveillance ship, Contender served almost exclusively
in the Pacific Ocean on three month tours, motoring throughout
the Pacific Basin at speeds of 2-3 knots, towing a 200' acoustical
array listening for submarines. |
| April 12 |
Inner Harbor
- Pier 4 |
|
USNA Yard Patrol vessels
- four 108’ training ships
Yard Patrol
Craft provide realistic, at sea training in navigation and seamanship
for midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy and officer candidates
at OCS. Yard Patrol craft can cruise for up to 1400 nautical miles
at 12 knots speed, for a period of five days without refueling
or replenishing. |
| April 21-23 |
Inner Harbor,
Pier 3 |
|
USAV
Nathaniel Green - 128' US Army tug |
| May 30-31 |
Inner Harbor,
West Wall |
|
Cuauhtemoc
- 270' Mexican Navy tall ship
The last of a series of four windjammers built
by the naval shipyards of Bilbao, Spain (after the Gloria
for Columbia, the Guayas for Equator, and the Simon
Bolivar for Venezuela), the Mexican Navy training ship Cuauhtemoc
bears the name of the last Aztec emperor who was imprisoned and
executed in 1525 by order of Herman Cortes the conquistador. The
ship has covered 236,930 nautical miles since 1982 as the training
ship for the Mexican Navy. Besides participating in Osaka World
Sail '83 and the Columbus Regatta in 1992, Cuauhtemoc completed
a round-the-world cruise in 1990.
|
| July 27-
Aug 2 |
Inner Harbor,
West Wall |
|
Libertad
- 301' Argentine Navy tall ship
The Argentinia Navy training ship Libertad
is one of the largest sailing ships in the world. Her long bowsprit
allows the rigging of four jibs as well as the storm jib, whose
rope is secured on the bridge. She was built to replace the Presidente
Sarmiento, an 85-meter, three-masted square-rigger, which
was launched in 1898 in Great Britain, laid up in 1954 and turned
into a museum in Buenos Aires. The Libertad was put into
service in 1960. She was built for the training of Argentinian
Navy officers. Once a year, after their four years at the Naval
Academy, she takes the midshipmen on a cruise.
|
| July 27-Aug
2 |
TBD |
|
Schooner
Sultana
Newly built 97' topsail schooner from Chestertown,
MD, a replica of the original Sultana that was built in
Boston, MA in 1767 by noted American shipwright Benjamin Hollowell.
|
| Aug 13-17 |
Inner Harbor,
West Wall |
|
Guepratte
- 411' Frency Navy frigate on maiden voyage
The Guepratte belongs to the La Fayette
frigate class and is 3600 tons with long range capability and
150 crewmen. The La Fayette class incorporates a number of stealth
features - the sides of the vessel are sloped at 10 degrees
to minimise radar cross section, surfaces have been coated in
radar absorbent paint and the profiles of external features
have been reduced.
The ship
will be open for tours on:
Tuesday, Aug 14 3pm-5:30pm
Wednesday, Aug 15 9:30am-12noon & 2:30pm-5:30pm
Thursday, Aug 16 9:30am-12noon & 2:30pm-5:30pm
|
| Sept 6-10 |
Inner Harbor,
Finger Piers |
|
Nathan
of Dorchester
- USA
The Skipjack, Nathan of Dorchester, was
built in Cambridge, Maryland by local volunteers under the direction
of Master Shipwright Bobby Ruark. Three years in the making, she
was launched July 4th 1994. Skipjacks, designed for dredging oysters
on Chesapeake Bay, comprise the last commercial sailing fleet
in the USA. The Nathan, combining native oak and pine with
galvanized steel, was designed to teach history and aquatic sciences
while touring the Choptank River. |
| Oct 5-9 |
TBD |
|
USCG
Barque Eagle - 295' tall ship training vessel
Eagle is the largest Tall Ship flying
the Stars and Stripes and the only square-rigger in U.S. government
service. The ship was built in 1936 by the Blohm and Voss Shipyard
In Hamburg, Germany, and commissioned as Horst Wesssel,
one of three sail training ships operated by Nazi Germany to
train cadets. Five identical ships were built in Germany including:
Tovarisch (Russia), Sagres II (Portugal), Mircea
(Romania), and Gorch Fock II (Germany). Early in World
War II EAGLE was converted to a cargo ship, transporting men
and supplies throughout the Baltic Sea, but continued to perform
a training mission as well. The ship is said to have downed
three aircraft in combat during this period. Following World
War II, it was taken as a war prize by the United States and
a U.S. Coast Guard crew -- aided by the German crew still on
board -- sailed the tall ship in 1946 from Bremerhaven to its
new homeport in New London, Connecticut.
The Eagle
will arrive on Friday, Oct 5 at 3 pm. They will depart on Tuesday,
Oct 9 at 9 am.
The Eagle
is open for tours:
Saturday, Oct 6 10 am - 4 pm
Sunday, Oct 7 10 am - 6 pm
Monday, Oct 8 10 am - 6 pm
|
| Oct 5-18 |
Inner Harbor,
Finger Piers |
|
Amistad
- 129' Freedom schooner from New Haven, CT
AMISTAD America owns and operates the freedom-schooner
Amistad, a reproduction of the original vessel where
53 Mende Africans rebelled against their illegal capture by
Spanish slave-traders. The surviving Africans won their freedom
in a historic court battle that began in Connecticut and ended
with former President John Quincy Adams successfully arguing
on their behalf in the U.S. Supreme Court. Today's Amistad serves
as a floating classroom with on-board and dockside exhibits.
Amistad
arrives Friday, Oct 5 at 12:30 pm. There will be a welcome
ceremony for them at the Harborplace Amphitheater at 1 pm. The
ship will leave at 8 am on Thursday, Oct 18.
Amistad
free public tour hours:
Saturday,
Oct 6 12-4 pm
Sunday, Oct 7 10 am-5 pm
Mon-Fri, Oct 8-12 2pm-5 pm daily
Sat, Oct 13 10 am-5 pm
Sun, Oct 14 10 am-4 pm
Mon, Oct 15 2 pm-5pm
Tues, Oct 16 2 pm-5pm
Wed, Oct 17 2pm-4pm
|
| Oct 18-20 |
Baltimore
to Norfolk |
|
11th Annual
Great Chesapeake Bay
Schooner Race
- sponsored by Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner
Race Committee. This
annual race's mission is to promote public awareness of the
Chesapeake Bay's maritime heritage and to encourage the preservation
and improvement of the Chesapeake's natural resources. Race's
proceeds benefit the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.
|
| Nov 12-18 |
Inner Harbor,
West Wall |
|
Brasil
- 431' Brazilian Navy frigate and training ship
Arrives Monday, Nov 12 at 9 am
Open for free tours:
Wednesday,
Nov 14 2-5 pm
Thursday, Nov 15 2-5 pm
Departs
Sunday, Nov 18 at 9 am.
|
| Dec. 1 |
Baltimore
harbor area |
|
13th
Annual Lighted Boat Parade
sponsored by Fells Point Yacht Club
This festive
on-water parade kicks off Baltimore's holiday season and benefits
Toys for Tots. The Parade route runs through Fells Point, the
Inner Harbor, Locust Point and Canton.
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