Dove Passing Greenbury Point

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=50 BGCOLOR="#333366" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Dove Passing Greenbury Point</B></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=170 BGCOLOR="#993300" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="132" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 35 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id93.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fells Point Thames at Ann Street"><U><B><IMG SRC="007151d0.gif" border=0 width="21" height="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id103.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Buy Boat Dorothy at Annapolis Harbor"><U><B><IMG SRC="008151d0.gif" border=0 width="21" height="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="20"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="35" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="20" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" 16 x 20 Pen Ink"><U><B><IMG SRC="00d0d1d0.gif" border=0 width="13" height="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="27"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" 16 x 20 Pen Ink"><U><B>Return to 16" x 20" pen and ink page</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="4ad965a0.gif" border=0 width="150" height="90" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="4af96620.gif" border=0 width="150" height="98" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=430 BGCOLOR="#BBBBBB" TEXT="#080000"> <div>   <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT>           </div> <div> <B>The </B><B>Dove</B><B> is a replica of the original </B><B>Dove</B><B> which first sailed with the </B><B>Ark</B><B> from England in the fall of 1633 bringing 140 adventurous passengers up the Potomac River in March of 1634.  The St. Mary’s City Commission authorized the building of a replica of the </B><B>Dove</B><B> (the smaller of the two ships) in 1975 to be an outdoor museum and living symbol of the merchant vessels that once sailed the waters of the Chesapeake Bay over two centuries ago.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The </B><B>Dove</B><B> was designed by the noted naval architect William Baker.  Since no plans of the original </B><B>Dove</B><B> are known to exist, his design was based on careful examination of all available 16th and 17th century records.  Based on this extensive research, Mr. Baker designed a small three masted square ship with a full bow and high square stern typical of a 17th century Pinnace that sailed the seas in the 1630's.  The actual building of the ship was undertaken by the famous Maryland shipwright Jim Richardson of Cambridge, Maryland who came out of retirement to meet the challenge.  The keel was laid on June 27, 1977 with the launching on August 14, 1978.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The </B><B>Dove</B><B> sails the Chesapeake Bay each year during the summer months and is a regular participant in historical celebrations throughout the Bay.  The scene shown here shows her leaving Annapolis just passing Greenbury Point at the mouth of the Severn River.  The radio towers on Greenbury Point provided navigational aid to mariners for many years until they were demolished in November of 1999.  The towers were originally erected at the beginning of WWII as a means of providing the civilian populations of Europe free and open radio knowledge of what was happening around the world.  On the right, beyond Greenbury Point, the Chesapeake Bay Bridges(s) can be seen.   </B></div> </td> </tr></table></body>