On Your Mark......
Schooners lined up today for the start of the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race. It was an overcast day with only a 5-7 knot wind so not a very dramatic start but still wonderful to see. This year there are 17 schooners actually racing and a few more that were anchored near the starting line. The race started with canon shot at 13:30 and by 20:00 they had barely gone 40 nautical miles. Will be a long night for this 115+ mile race.
The race is a fund raiser for bay conservation. Some of the vessels contributed but are not racing this year. Though most are from the mid-Atlantic states, we do have one competitor from the UK as well.
More pictures to come! Be sure to check out the whole set.
Left to right
When & If (yellow sails)
Principles
Liberty Clipper (dark green hull)
Lady Maryland (pink hull)
The race can be tracked here
www.baltimoremarinecenters.com/About-BMC/Schooner-Race-Tr...
List of the vessels here
On Your Mark......
Schooners lined up today for the start of the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race. It was an overcast day with only a 5-7 knot wind so not a very dramatic start but still wonderful to see. This year there are 17 schooners actually racing and a few more that were anchored near the starting line. The race started with canon shot at 13:30 and by 20:00 they had barely gone 40 nautical miles. Will be a long night for this 115+ mile race.
The race is a fund raiser for bay conservation. Some of the vessels contributed but are not racing this year. Though most are from the mid-Atlantic states, we do have one competitor from the UK as well.
More pictures to come! Be sure to check out the whole set.
Left to right
When & If (yellow sails)
Principles
Liberty Clipper (dark green hull)
Lady Maryland (pink hull)
The race can be tracked here
www.baltimoremarinecenters.com/About-BMC/Schooner-Race-Tr...
List of the vessels here