Pride of Baltimore II is a historically-evocative reproduction of the Baltimore Clipper style vessels made famous during the War of 1812. Capturing public imagination through unique worldwide voyages of discovery, Pride II honors Maryland seafarers of all eras and, wherever she sails, shares the innovation, entrepreneurial spirit, and patriotism that forged and continues to define Maryland's maritime identity. Since her commissioning in 1988, Pride II has sailed over 275,000 nautical miles and visited more than 200 ports in 40 countries. Her mission is to promote historical maritime education, foster economic development and tourism, and represent the people of Maryland in every port she visits.

Pride of Baltimore is excited to be competing in the fourth annual Virtual Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race! This year they are racing to raise money for their "Planks for Pride" campaign. Most of us require a little more maintenance as we get older. Well, so do ships. This winter, while the ship was in dry dock for winter work and inspections, it was discovered that some of Pride’s planks are starting to deteriorate. The deterioration isn’t so severe as to affect the integrity or safety of the ship immediately. However, those planks need to be replaced. Right now, it looks like Pride will go to a dry dock next spring for the plank work.

This plank replacement work was an unexpected expense, so the Pride team launched this fundraising campaign, Planks for Pride. The goal is to raise funds to put toward the six-figure cost of the plank work.