Downrigging 2015
As sailing season winds to a close in the Chesapeake Bay, tall ships meet at Chestertown, Maryland for a special celebration. Downrigging Weekend started in 2001, when the Sultana, a brand-new replica of a 1760's topsail schooner, and the Pride of Baltimore II, a replica of the 1800's sharp-bowed topsail schooners that became known as Baltimore Clippers, got together for a last pleasant sail before they stripped the yards and sails off the masts for the winter-downrigging. Everyone had a good time, so they did it again. And again, and again and again, with more and more ships joining the party. 2015 marked their 15th anniversary. The tall ships (and not so tall ships, and kinda short ships) take passengers out on cruises on the Chester River, while the waterfront fills with displays and activities. These pictures of the ships out on the river were shot from the decks of the Sigsbee and Kalmar Nyckel during the Saturday afternoon sail. (We've tossed a few shots from shore, and a bit of downtown Chestertown into the mix.) At the end of the day, crewmen and crewwomen climb into the rigging to stow everything properly, and as night falls, the ships are illuminated. (Our views of the ship illumination were taken from the open porch of the Fish Whistle Restaurant while we had dinner.)
MISTRESS in the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race 2007
Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race. We are on our way to the start line and have passed Schooner VIRGINIA on our starboard side, (not flying all her sails) and Schooner SULTANA on port side
Chestertown Tea Party
In response to British Parliament's closing of the port of Boston, the citizens of Chestertown met in May of 1774 and set forth Resolves forbidding importing, selling, or consuming tea in Chestertown.
According to local legend, residents then gathered at the town center, marched down High Street to the brigantine Geddes, which was anchored in the Chester River, and tossed her cargo of tea overboard. The annual reenactment of that event is the centerpiece of the Chestertown Tea Party Festival.
chestertownteaparty.org/reenactment.html
Schooner Sultana
In 1997, John Swain came up with blueprints for a reproduction of the British Navy ship the HMS Sultana, planning the construction and home of the ship to be centered in Chestertown. In the same year the non-profit group Sultana Projects, Inc. was formed by Swain and supporters to fund construction of the ship. A shipyard was constructed and the keel for the Sultana was laid in October 1998. Over 3000 students participated in the community and educationally led effort, with a core group of volunteers logging over 150,000 hours of time building the ship. Over 10,000 people were at the launching of the ship in March 2001, and since then more than 8,000 students a year have boarded the Sultana for educational trips. The Sultana also plays a key role in the Chestertown Tea Party, as it is now the official boat of the staged re-enactment. The Schooner Sultana website offers more detailed information on the ship.
schoonersultana.org/
Schooner Summerwind WINS the Great Chesapeake bay Schooner Race
Unies States Merchant Marine Academy Schooner Summerwind takes the win!
Pirates of Baltimore Too
Captain Jacko Sparrow and the Scurvy Crew set sail in search of a
bigger boat. Downrigging in Chestertown will never be the same!
[Wikipedia] Elsworth (skipjack)
The Elsworth is a Chesapeake Bay skipjack, built in 1901 at Hudson, Maryland. She is a 39.9-foot-long (12.2 m) two-sail bateau, or V-bottomed deadrise type of centerboard sloop. She has a beam of 14.3', a depth of 3.1', and a gross registered tonnage of 8 tons. She is one of the 35 surviving traditional Chesapeake Bay skipjacks and a member of the last commercial sailing fleet in the United States.She is owned by the Echo Hill Outdoor School and used for educational excursions on the Chester River and Chesapeake Bay. The Echo Hill School acquired the Elsworth in 1988 and rebuilt her starting in 1996. The Elsworth is kept at the public pier in Chestertown, Maryland alongside the Schooner Sultana.
She was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
Osage Orange Health Benefits in Description Uses Tree Wood Fruit Maclura Pomifera Hedge Horse Apple
Description of uses of Osage orange Maclura Pomifera as a tree, wood and fruit. Links to buy fruit and similar equipment in making this video below. Link to this video:
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The Osage orange is commonly used as a tree row windbreak in prairie states, which gives it one of its colloquial names, hedge apple.[3] It was one of the primary trees used in President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Great Plains Shelterbelt WPA project, which was launched in 1934 as an ambitious plan to modify weather and prevent soil erosion in the Great Plains states, and by 1942 resulted in the planting of 30,233 shelterbelts containing 220 million trees that stretched for 18,600 miles (29,900 km).[24] The sharp-thorned trees were also planted as cattle-deterring hedges before the introduction of barbed wire and afterward became an important source of fence posts.[9][25] In 2001, its wood was used in the construction in Chestertown, Maryland of the Schooner Sultana, a replica of HMS Sultana.[26]
The heavy, close-grained yellow-orange wood is dense and prized for tool handles, treenails, fence posts, and other applications requiring a strong dimensionally stable wood that withstands rot.[3][27] Although its wood is commonly knotty and twisted, straight-grained Osage orange timber makes good bows, as once used by Native Americans.[3] John Bradbury, a Scottish botanist who had traveled the interior United States extensively in the early 19th century, reported that a bow made of Osage timber could be traded for a horse and a blanket.[10] Additionally, a yellow-orange dye can be extracted from the wood, which can be used as a substitute for fustic and aniline dyes. At present, florists use the fruits of M. pomifera for decorative purposes.[28]
When dried, the wood has the highest BTU content of any commonly available North American wood, and burns long and hot.[29][30][31]
Unlike many woods, Osage orange wood is durable, making good durable fence posts.[3] They are generally set up green because the dried wood is too hard to reliably accept the staples used to attach the fencing to the posts. Palmer and Fowler's Fieldbook of Natural History 2nd edition, rates Osage orange wood as being at least twice as hard and strong as white oak (Quercus alba). Its dense grain structure makes for good tonal properties. Production of woodwind instruments and waterfowl game calls are common uses for the wood.[32]
Although Osage oranges are commonly believed to repel insects, there is insufficient evidence to support this. Research has shown that compounds extracted from the fruit, when concentrated, may repel insects. However, the naturally occurring concentrations of these compounds in the fruit are far too low to make the fruit an effective insect repellent.[20][33][34] In 2004, the EPA insisted that a website selling M. pomifera fruits online remove any mention of their supposed pesticidal properties as false advertisements.[28]
Traditional medicine
The Comanche tribe historically used a root/water infusion for eye conditions.
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Annapolis Harbor - July 4th, 2009 - From the barge
This is a small video of my vantage point on the barge during the show. I am part of the fireworks crew that did this display. It is definitely different from this vantage point!!
An Old Sailboat Ducked at Lewes
An old sailboat ducked at Lewes Ferry Terminal, Delaware.
Drone Footage: Cape Henlopen 2017
Cape Henlopen in Lewes, Delaware. Amazing place.
Cape Henlopen State Park is a 5,193 acre (21 km²) Delaware state park on Cape Henlopen in Sussex County, Delaware, in the United States. William Penn made the beaches of Cape Henlopen one of the first public lands established in what has become the United States in 1682 with the declaration that Cape Henlopen would be for the usage of the citizens of Lewes and Sussex County. Cape Henlopen State Park has a 24-hour and year-round fishing pier as well as campgrounds. The remainder of the park is only open from sunrise to sunset, and includes a bathhouse on the Atlantic Ocean, an area for surf-fishing, a disc golf course, and bicycle lanes, walking paths, and a World War II-era watchtower which is open to the public. The beach at Herring Point is also a popular surfing spot.
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Lewes Delaware. Beach Day with my Drone.
Amistad
The Freedom Schooner Amistad is a 129-foot replica which was launched in Connecticut in May 2000.
The Amistad is a replica of the original vessel known for its 1839 mutiny by captured Mende slaves who took control of the ship off the coast of Cuba. The original ship set off an international legal battle following their capture by the Federal survey brig Washington near Montauk Point, Long Island, New York. It became a US Supreme Court case of 1841.
Watch this impressive ship sail through the Sir Francis Drake Channel near St. John, US Virgin Islands in March 2014.
This mobile movie was taken by Captain John Brandi of Palm Tree Charters.
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Delaware Bayshore Forever
Although small, Delaware has some of the most beautiful natural areas in America, and this short music video is a quick tour of the state's bayshore region. The Delaware Bayshore Initiative is a partnership of communities, conservation organizations, and state agencies working together to protect, restore and enhance this natural habitat. The goal is to promote greater conservation, outdoor recreation, and strengthen local communities. For this reason, Delaware's Bayshore Initiative was nationally recognized as being one of America's Great Outdoors projects in 2012. 302 Stories produced this video for the Initiative Partnership with the help of Skygear Solutions, Inc.