This just in from the HMS Bounty:
It is with great regret that the HMS Bounty, originally scheduled to make an appearance at St Michaels 25th Annual Antique & Classic Boat Festival, June 15-17, 2012 has to cancel and will not be able to attend.
As it is always our intention to honor every commitment made for our touring schedule, unfortunately due to issues beyond our control, we unfortunately have to cancel.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum and The Antique & Classic Boat Society Inc for graciously welcoming us into their festival and all the work they did to make our visit happen. Again, our apologies for canceling at this late date. We hope to make another visit to St Michaels during another tour season.
For more information on the HMS Bounty visit our website at www.tallshipbounty.org.
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CBMM says
Thanks for posting the news.
We’re disappointed the HMS Bounty cannot visit the Museum this summer, but pleased to have these three other vessels docking in full public view through June.
From June 4-7, the schooner Wolf comes to the CBMM, with free dockside tours offered from 1 to 3pm each day. The Wolf is a classic 74′ topsail schooner built in the early 1980s in Panama City, FL and now home ported in Key West, FL. The Wolf sails the seven seas representing Key West and the Conch Republic, and is available for charters in Florida, Bahamas, Jamaica and other ports in the Caribbean and US.
On June 21 and 22, the Pride of Baltimore II will be dockside at CBMM, with tours available to museum visitors. An 1812-era topsail schooner privateer reproduction, Pride of Baltimore II is Maryland’s working symbol of the great natural resources and spectacular beauty of the Chesapeake Bay region. Pride of Baltimore II was commissioned in 1988 as a sailing memorial to her immediate predecessor, the original Pride of Baltimore, which was sunk by a white squall off Puerto Rico in 1986. Both ships were built in the Inner Harbor as reproductions of 1812-era topsail schooners, the type of vessels, called Baltimore Clippers, which helped America win the War of 1812 and finally secure its freedom.
From June 22-24, the Viking ship Norseman will be at the museum offering a real-life look at a Viking ship and the type of people who sailed them more than 1,000 years ago. Norseman is a 40-foot half-scale replica of the famous Gokstad ship that represents one of the many types of sailing vessels built and designed by Vikings. The Norseman’s crew will wear authentic Viking attire at a small encampment, which will be complete with iron and woodworking tools, and period music. The ship is based in Wilmington, DE at the Kalmar Nyckel Shipyard.
Thanks again