4/7/12
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 I worked as a laborer on the construction of this vessel in the winter of 1976 and then served aboard as crew in 1981. My relationship with this boat is kind of a love-hate thing, but I'm glad of my experience and look back at it now with some fondness. The Pride of Baltimore was a recreation of a Baltimore Clipper schooner. A nice write up about her from the Pride of Baltimore II's site was been reproduced on the History page here. There's also a nice comparison of the Pride and Pride II that's very interesting. This project will be a model of the original Pride of Baltimore as she appeared during my time on her in 1981. It is based on Thomas Gilmer's 1:32nd scale plans of her dated 4/9/1977 with changes made to reflect her as built based on my photos from the time and notes made when I aquired the plans back in 1982. I have scaled the plans up to 1:20th scale to make the model a size that will be better able to carry the gear needed to make her sail. |
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