I don't think I've ever seen the inner harbor as busy as this particular Tuesday evening. And I have spent an enormous amount of time on the water upstream from Fort Howard/Rock Creek (since I was a 6 year oild kid, including keeping a keelboat in two different locations upstream from Lazaretto Point).
Car carriers, tugs and barges, fueling up a SeaLift ship ready to depart. Helicopters in and out. Bulk ore carriers geting unloaded. I guess it's a great indicator of a vibrant Baltimore Harbor economy and we should be glad to see all this activity.
But it sure as hell puts a different kind of slant on sailboat racing. But, less we all forget, we are just out there for sh*ts and giggles...these folks are trying to earn a living.