PRIDE OF BALTIMORE II tall ship

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PRIDE OF BALTIMORE II tall ship

Post by aukepalmhof » Thu Feb 15, 2018 8:00 pm

Bermuda used four stamps in 2017 Tall Ships Race, which made a call at Bermuda. All depict tall ships of which three has already been depict on stamps, only the PRIDE OF BALTIMORE II is the only vessel not depict before on a stamp.

Built as a wooden hulled two-masted topsail schooner tall ship by G. Peter Boudreau, Inner Harbour, Baltimore for the Pride of Baltimore Inc.
30 April 1988 launched as the PRIDE OF BALTIMORE II
Tonnage 97 grt, 67 net, dim. 47.70 x 7.90 x 3.70m. (draught), length of keel 32.80m.
Two auxiliary diesel engines 160 hp each, speed13 knots.
Accommodation for 12 crew and 6 guests.
Sail area 970 square metres.
23 October 1988 completed.
Homeport Baltimore, USA.

After the tragic sinking of the original PRIDE OF BALTIMORE in May 1986, the Board of Directors of the non-profit public / private agency that operated PRIDE for the City were reluctant to build a replacement, but an outpouring of unsolicited financial support from the public forced the Board into going forward with a new ship. By late summer of 1986, plans for a replacement were under way. The ship was to be named PRIDE OF BALTIMORE II and serve as a sailing memorial to the original PRIDE. She was to be another "Baltimore Clipper" topsail schooner that would continue the mission of the first ship. With an insurance payment of just under $500,000, along with a state grant of $1 million, and various contributions from private citizens, students, corporations, and foundations of over $2.5 million, sufficient funds were available to build a new ship and endow an operating fund
Construction and Service
Thomas Gillmer was once again commissioned as designer and supervising architect. Peter Boudreau, one of the builders and captains of the original vessel, was named as master shipwright and builder. Guided by the experience of the original PRIDE, the Board determined that this vessel could better fulfill the mission of Globe-trotting Ambassador that had evolved over the years if she was larger and had more cruising range both under sail and under power. It was also determined that PRIDE II would have additional modern safety features so as to be licensed by the United States Coast Guard as a subchapter "T" vessel approved for carrying passengers. With these guidelines in hand, designer Gillmer set out to create a new PRIDE that would look much like the original on the outside but have more contemporary amenities and safety features below deck
Like the original PRIDE, the PRIDE II is not a replica of a specific vessel, and, although it represents a type of vessel known as a "Baltimore Clipper", it was built to contemporary standards for seaworthiness and comfort but like its predecessor, is a topsail schooner. On May 3, 1987, the keel was laid in Baltimore's Inner Harbor, and PRIDE OF BALTIMORE II soon began to take shape in the temporary shipyard set up along the waterfront with its progress watched and monitored by thousands of daily tourists and citizen visitors. The keel and all the other framing and planking materials were shaped out of Central American hardwoods from Belize. On this ship, modern power tools and techniques were used to speed construction. When onlookers periodically opined that "Them 19th century shipbuilders sure didn't use no kinda power tools," shipwright Leroy Suroski correctly pointed out, "They woulda if they woulda had 'em." Built in the iconic "Baltimore Clipper" style, PRIDE II has heavily raked masts, and has 10 sails, she carries two large gaff sails (one on a boom and one loose-footed), a main gaff topsail, three headsails, and a square topsail and flying topgallant on the foremast. Also rare on modern traditional sailing vessels, she flies studding sails (stun's'ls), additional sails set along the edge of the square topsail and the mainsail on temporary spars known as stun's'l booms. Additionally PRIDE II carries a very unusual sail known as a ring-tail, set like a studding sail it extends from the main boom to the main gaff
Over two decades later in its storied career, on September 5, 2005, the PRIDE OF BALTIMORE II suffered a complete dismasting while sailing in a squall in the Bay of Biscay off the western coast of France. The ship returned to port under motor power for repairs.
Until 2010, the PRIDE OF BALTIMORE II was owned by the citizens of the state of Maryland and operated by PRIDE OF BALTIMORE, Inc., a private, nonprofit organization. Ownership was transferred to the ship's nonprofit operator with unanimous approval by Maryland's state governmental Board of Public Works on June 9, 2010.
2018 In service, same name and owners.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRIDE _of_Baltimore Great sailing ships of the World by Otmar Schauffelen.
Bermuda 2017 1.15c sg?, scott?
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