Schooner Lady Maryland Docks In Mystic
Lady Maryland is part of the Living Classrooms Foundation which focuses on hands on learning, health and wellness, community safety programs using urban, natural and maritime resources as living classrooms. Last week she visited Mystic and offered tours of the schooner to promote their programs which are based out of Baltimore and Washington D.C.
A Little About Her
"LADY MARYLAND is a pungy schooner, a vessel indigenous to the 19th century Chesapeake Bay. Between the 1830s and 1950s, pungies carried perishable cargo on the Bay. Pungies have a hull form similar to the famous Baltimore Clippers. This design makes them extremely fast and well suited for their original mission of carrying cargo. LADY MARYLAND was built in 1986 to provide students with a hands-on opportunity to sail an historic vessel and learn about the ecology, history and economics of the Bay and the waters off the north east coast of the United States. She sails from march through November, offering single day trips as well as programs up to 10 days long." Photo of her under sail: Living Classrooms Foundation
This shot taken by a local photographer Kelly, knotsoloud.com really shows her beam, 22' wide! Imagine it is roomy down below!
Belaying pins and pulleys, lots of them!
A pretty transom and looks like a vintage flat bottom skiff.
Deck storage and lots of room to walk around.
She does have a long bowsprit. When the boats were built in the 1800s, they were traditionally painted green and pink.
Giant mast loops.
Looking forward. She is 104' in length. Weighs 60 tons and draws 7.5 ft.
Yup, that's the anchor.
The helm station. You can see the chart for navigating and teaching on the right.
Interesting decorative woodwork on the bow.
Colorful image from the Living Classrooms website.
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