Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race - Results

The results are in ! Although the Pride of Baltimore II crossed the finish line first, a handicap advantage awarded Lady Maryland with the 1st Place honors. http://www.schoonerrace.org/results09.htm

Aboard the Schooner Virginia

* update 0700 16 Oct 2009 - The schooners are arriving in Portsmouth for this three day event. More photos later and on my Flickr Photostream .

Aboard Schooner Virginia
Photographer Steve Earley and reporter Aaron Applegate join the crew of the 122-foot schooner Virginia for The Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race, a 120-mile contest from Baltimore to Hampton Roads. Read their blog for continuous updates. Find a map here.

http://hamptonroads.com/blogs/aboard-schooner-virginia

http://www.schoonervirginia.org/

http://www.pride2.org/index.php

http://www.schoonerrace.org/

http://www.sailwx.info/shiptrack/tallships.phtml

Happy Birthday USN - Pirates Beware

http://clyde-boats.blogspot.com/2009/10/pirates-beware.html

USS Freedom ( LSC-1 ) to deploy early. Click on link for story and news release.

2009 Schooner Days in Portsmouth

Click on title above to sail over to my other blog for more details.

or go to the Website for updated news and schedule of events > http://www.schoonerdays.com/

Schooner Days coincides with the arrival of the Schooners in the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race. > http://www.schoonerrace.org/

Remembering September 11, 2001

http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/385676main_iss003e5387_full.jpg

Visible from space, a smoke plume rises from Manhattan after two planes crashed into the towers of the World Trade Center. This photo was taken of metropolitan New York City the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, from aboard the International Space Station. "Our prayers and thoughts go out to all the people there, and everywhere else," said Station Commander Frank Culbertson of Expedition 3, after the attacks. Image Credit: NASA

Remembering Sept. 11, 2001

"Make History" http://makehistory.national911memorial.org/"
National September 11 Memorial & Museum" http://www.national911memorial.org/
"Night at #1 Liberty Place" http://bit.ly/Ae93m

Department of Defense (DoD) Remembering Sept. 11, 2001

http://bit.ly/3fEMsR “They were daughters and sons, sisters and brothers, mothers and fathers, spouses and partners, family and friends, colleagues and strangers. They hailed from cities and towns across our nation and world...

The Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race

Click on title line to go to other blog for list of participating vessels in the GCBSR 2009. Or here >
http://clyde-boats.blogspot.com/2009/09/great-chesapeake-bay-schooner-race.html

Railroad Museum of Virginia Updates

Click HERE to go to updates and photos of the move of the engines in Roanoke.