Pride of Baltimore Mast View - Cambridge MD - October 23 2010.MOV

I was one of the privileged few on board the Pride of Baltimore II for a sailing festival in Cambridge MD - it was a once in a lifetime event in the beautiful crisp October Chesapeake Bay Day. We were surrounded by other boats and it was a wondrous site indeed. The Pride was originally built as an authentic reproduction of a 19th century Baltimore Clipper schooner......Like the original Pride, the Pride II is not a replica of any specific vessel, and though it represents a type of vessel known as a Baltimore Clipper, it was built to contemporary standards for seaworthiness and comfort. Designed by Thomas C. Gillmer Pride II, like its predecessor, is a topsail schooner, with two large gaff sails (one on a boom and one loose-footed), a main gaff topsail, several headsails, and a square topsail and flying topgallant on the foremast. She also flies studding sails, rare on modern traditional sailing vessels. These additional sails are set along the edge of the square topsail and the mainsail, supported by additional spars known as stun's'l booms.

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