Jan 18 boat of day
15Today’s ship is the Pride of Baltimore, this is Maryland’s state tall ship. Pride is a replica of a Baltimore Clipper or Baltimore topsail schooner. They were the fast manuverable vessels that acted as privateers during the war 1812. http://www.pride2.org
Fyi anyone in Maryland there is a fundraiser for Pride tonight at hull street blues.
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YES!!!
@Kidsandliz I knew you would like what I think is perhaps one of the prettiest schooners in America
Ice boat time!!! (not to hyjack your thread or anything but work got cancelled again today due to the weather - seriously??? This is like nothing major).
One year I sailed these in Michigan. Dumping them can hurt - although a lot of the force is spread out by sliding (which can tear up your clothes)… narrowly missed open water once when we hit a ridge and tipped.
@Kidsandliz
Isn’t Hudson Bay the place for this?
@f00l Frozen lakes work just fine. I sailed ice boats in Ann Arbor, MI
http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/outdoors/bs-md-pride-of-baltimore-funding-20180202-story.html
Sad news Pride is having funding issues. Needs more money or might not have a sailing season this year.
@CaptAmehrican Well that’s sad.
@CaptAmehrican The Pride has an annual operating budget of about $1.2 million?? WOW.
That’s like $3,300 a day…
@daveinwarsh
Well
Captain, 1st mate,bosun, engineer, 6 or so deckhands,cook not countinv office staff
11 or 12 total minimum people pay even at minimum wage is thus 1k or likely more a day.
Add that food has to be provided on ship since 10 dollars a day per peraon is typical cook budget lets add 100
Insurance i am not sure how much but has to be expensive between boat insutance and health insurance and passenger insurance likely several hundred
Then well fuel, and boat upkeep and repair. Everything for boats costs more then land. For example boat bottom paint can be 100 a gallon. Line, canvas ect
Dock fees
3.3k per day sounds really not that expensive.
@CaptAmehrican
A boat in a hole in the water you throw torn-up $1000 bills into while standing under a freezing waterfall.
But … It’s a glorious hole in the water.
/image “Pride of Baltimore”
OMG beautiful.