Lady maryland Passing Fort McHenry

<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="#336666" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>                       LADY MARYLAND PASSING FORT McHENRY</B></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=170 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" 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="id89.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pride of Baltimore at Inner Harbor"><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="id91.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cape Romain at Baltimore Inner 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="3db967e0.gif" border=0 width="150" height="126" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="4a3965b0.gif" border=0 width="150" height="91" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=430 BGCOLOR="#000066" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div>   <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT>           </div> <bR> <div> <B>In the latter half of the 19</B><B>th</B><B> Century the most popular boat for dredging for oysters on the Chesapeake Bay was a boat type known as the Pungy.  The Pungy was a keel boat which was schooner rigged on two sharply raked masts.  She carried a main topmast but no fore topmast and is believed to be a direct descendant of the famous Baltimore Clippers that evolved into a design for the specific purpose of fishing on the Chesapeake Bay.  The unique characteristic that set her apart from all other Bay Schooners was the sharp rake of her masts that was typical of the Baltimore Clipper.  The Pungy and other Bay schooners continued to to be common on the Bay well into the 20</B><B>th</B><B> Century but soon lost popularity to the lighter and easier to handle skipjacks which were less costly to operate and maintain. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The Lady Maryland is a full sized replica of a typical Chesapeake Bay Pungy which was constructed at the inner harbor in Baltimore along Light street adjacent to the Maryland Science Center.  She was launched in Baltimore Harbor at that location in 1986.  The 72 foot Lady Maryland was built by the Lady Maryland Foundation and is now used as a floating classroom by the Living Classrooms Foundation.</B></div> <div> <B> </B></div> <div> <B>In the days of sail when the Pungy  was king on the Chesapeake Bay, Pungies were often painted in a very specific fashion generally unique to these boats.  The hull was a rather flesh colored pink topped with a wide dark green strake at deck level.  This color scheme can be seen today on the Lady Maryland.  The Lady Maryland is remarkably similar to the Amanda F. Lewis which was built in 1884 in Madisonville, Maryland and represents a very accurate contemporary replica of this now extinct Chesapeake Bay boat type.   </B></div> <div> <B>  </B></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>