Baltimore's Pride Comes Home

 The Pride of Baltimore II at the start of the 2012 Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race.

On Saturday, October 5, the Pride of Baltimore II will make her homecoming arrival from the Great Lakes into Baltimore during the Fells Point Fun Festival.

The ship will travel past Ft. McHenry at 10 a.m., through the Baltimore Inner Harbor by 11 a.m., and with canons blazing, dock at Broadway Pier in Fells Point at 11:30 a.m.. Pride II will be open for FREE deck tours at Broadway Pier in Fells Point between noon and 2:30 p.m..

Pride of Baltimore II is a reproduction of an 1812-era topsail schooner privateer and Maryland’s working symbol of the great natural resources and spectacular beauty of the Chesapeake Bay region.... Pride of Baltimore II’s full sailing and event schedule can be found by visiting www.pride2.org.

Here's a neat little virtual tour of the Pride underway...