Pride Of Baltimore

AT&T will become AT&McG.Call them the Baltimore Rockets, as in ". . .' red glare, the bombs bursting in air. . ."It's a sad day when One Charles Center, the pride of Baltimore, goes on the auction block, sadder still when there is no bidding.Mike Pagliarulo is just what the Os need, if he can pitch.

Captions under two photographs of Gov. William Donald Schaefer on Page 5E in yesterday's Perspective section had incorrect dates. The Senate gallery picture was taken in 1984, and the Pride of Baltimore news conference picture was shot in )) 1986.The Sun regrets the errors.

Pride of Baltimore Inc., the nonprofit group that sails a replica of a 19th-century clipper ship from the Inner Harbor, will continue to sell ice cream at a kiosk under a legal settlement approved by the Board of Estimates yesterday. The agreement, which requires the group to pay $25,000 in annual rent, ends the group's long-running battle with the city over its vending business on the waterfront. As part of the settlement, City Hall will make a $40,000 grant to the group that will be used for its capital campaign to re-rig the Pride of Baltimore II. The ship lost both masts while sailing off the coast of France last year, according to the group's Internet site.

What can a landlubber say about riding with a seasoned crew of the Pride of Baltimore II? My head still swims with the nautical terminology that I couldn't quite grasp. I boarded in Solomons for the two-day trip up Chesapeake Bay to the Pride's home port. It was intimidating, as I gingerly went below deck for the first time, wondering how many people busted their behinds after slipping on the almost-vertical stairs. Fortunately, I have not one mishap to report. Not that such thoughts didn't cross my mind.

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Planners envisioned the Pride of Baltimore as a museum re-creation that would float placidly at an Inner Harbor dock. Instead, the two ships that have born the name Pride of Baltimore have sailed the globe, as shown in a nice documentary tonight.* "The Pride: Legacy of the Baltimore Clipper" (8 p.m.-9 p.m., WBAL, Channel 11) -- Station news anchors Donna Hamilton and Virg Jacques present a captivating film, released last year as a membership premium of the Pride of Baltimore Foundation. It charts the history of Baltimore's goodwill ambassadors, including some pretty vivid survivor accounts of the 1986 sinking of the first Pride of Baltimore off Bermuda, in which four crew members lost their lives.

In Maryland Winter's first snowfall forecast for area today The Baltimore area can expect its first snowfall today, thanks to a storm making its way from the Gulf Coast. National Weather Service forecasters said they expect 1 to 3 inches of snow to accumulate in Baltimore by midnight. North and west of the city could get between 2 and 4 inches. The storm should begin by late morning as rain, forecasters said, then mix with or change to snow by afternoon. In Baltimore City Pride of Baltimore II gets new executive director The Pride of Baltimore II, the topsail schooner that serves as a goodwill ambassador for the state and Port of Baltimore, has a new executive director.

Who can forget her complement of sailat crimson sunset on the Chesapeake?A pleasure artists paint andsongsters sing,a pride of which it's difficult to speak.The gentle clipper ship calledback to mindromantic, rakish, wistful days of yoreand yet, she heralded a renaissance,a port revitalized in Baltimore.She was a serendipity, our PRIDE,and sailed with eager, dedicated crew.A peaceful ship whose missionserved us welland shared good will on everyrendezvous.As pensive armchair sailorsfollowed herwith shackled gypsy heartsand misty eyes,they cheered and tracked alegend odysseythrough frothy, white-cappedseas and starless skies.

Aloha, Hon!A friend and I have just returned from a month-long vacation in Hawaii. We spent the first week on Oahu and flew to the Kona side of the big island for the second week. It was there that we saw on television that the Pride of Baltimore II had been in Honolulu the previous week and we were so sorry that we had missed seeing her.We flew to Maui for the remaining two weeks and on May 19, while driving north along the coast toward the beautiful old town of Lahaina, we saw this magnificent sailing ship heading in the same direction.

The Pride of Baltimore II is offering a month of public sailing opportunities as a fund raiser to help support the goodwill ambassador sailing ship's 1992 itinerary.The schedule for "Gala Sail" month, from April 15 to May 16, calls for the two-masted schooner to sail twice daily, on three-hour afternoon and evening excursions.Tickets cost $200 a person, and the outing includes "a bountiful, gourmet feast" and open bar.The Pride will also be open to visitors this weekend while docked at the Broadway Pier in Fells Point and at the Annapolis City Dock April 11 and 12. Hours for today and tomorrow's tours are noon to 5 p.m."