Living Classrooms Foundation: Maritime Education

Join us on Thursday June 25 on SIGSBEE from 6-8pm for a relaxing evening on Baltimore's Harbor with food and drinks provided by The Local Oyster! Help the crew raise the sails and navigate the boat.

Learn some local history and relax while enjoying the sounds and activity on the water. Happy Hour spread featuring locally farmed oysters on the half shell, sustainably sourced shrimp cocktail & other snacks for our vegetarian guests. This cruise will offer beer & wine from local breweries, wineries & distributors. $75/adult 21+ event.

ticket link and more info: https://bit.ly/SigsbeeJune25

We just got home from a 2-day training sail on the Schooner LADY MARYLAND where we trained the new crew and prepared ourselves and the vessel for the upcoming overnight programs and voyages to Virginia and eventually to New York and New England this summer.

The crew and I had a blast setting sails, learning the ropes, making dinner and standing watch. We got to set the topsail on Day 1 and spent the night anchored just inside of White Rocks in Rock Creek.

Maybe you saw the world's only pungy schooner out there on the river these last two days?

Photo credit to David Sites for some of the lovely shots of the boat.

We still have some tickets available for the Sip and Science Cruise on MILDRED BELLE this Friday May 15 from 6-8pm. Tickets are $35 and you are welcome to BYOB and BYO-snack.

Come join us and try your hand as a mariner by helping to steer and navigate the boat, learn more about the rich ecosystem of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed through interactive, opt-in activities on board, and relax while enjoying the sounds and activity on the water. Bring your own food and beverages to enjoy with the help of crew-provided coolers.

Ticket link and more info: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1987012062568?aff=oddtdtcreator

Ticket sales end tomorrow at noon! Would you like to come join us on LADY MARYLAND for a sunset sail from 6-8pm from Maritime Park this Thursday?

This is an adults only, relaxing sunset sail on the harbor with food and drink provided by The Local Oyster. We still have some tickets left, and they are now only $70/adult for this 21+ event.

ticket link and more info: https://bit.ly/LadyMarylandApril30

Come join us on the LADY MARYLAND for a sunset sail from 6-8pm from Maritime Park on Thursday April 30. This is an adults only, relaxing sunset sail, on the harbor with food and drink provided by
The Local Oyster. We still have some tickets left, and they are $75/adult for this 21+ event.

ticket link and more info: https://bit.ly/LadyMarylandApril30

Come join MILDRED BELLE at the Old Time Music Festival at the Baltimore Museum of Industry this Saturday April 18!

MILDRED BELLE will be hosting deck tours for Old Time Music Festival ticket holders from 12:30-3pm and also ticketed harbor cruises at 10:30am and 3:30pm. Tickets for the Old Time Music Festival here: https://www.baltimoreoldtimefest.com/

Tickets for the MILDRED BELLE harbor cruises are $25.

10:30am-12pm Morning Cruise ticket link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1987004405666?aff=oddtdtcreator

3:30-5pm Afternoon Cruise ticket link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1987006040556?aff=oddtdtcreator

**Excellent flyer design by MILDRED BELLE Mate: Andy O'Sullivan**

We are hosting a number of sails and cruises from April to September. Some sails are in partnership with The Local Oyster and include food, beverages, and oysters. Other sails and cruises are BYOB and BYO-snack.

2026 Public Sails and Cruises in Baltimore, MD

Saturday April 18: MILDRED BELLE Harbor Cruises at the Old Time Music Festival from the Downtown Sailing Center docks. Tickets are $25
10:30am-12pm Morning Cruise ticket link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1987004405666?aff=oddtdtcreator
3:30-5pm Afternoon Cruise ticket link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1987006040556?aff=oddtdtcreator

Thursday April 30:
LADY MARYLAND Sunset Sail 6-8pm from Maritime Park...this is an Adults Only relaxing sunset sail on the harbor with food and drink provided by The Local Oyster. $75/adult 21+ event.
ticket link and more info: https://bit.ly/LadyMarylandApril30

Friday May 15: Sip and Science Cruise 6-8pm on MILDRED BELLE from Maritime Park... this is a fun harbor cruise for adults 21+ tickets are $35 and you are welcome to BYOB and BYO-snack.
Ticket link and more info: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1987012062568?aff=oddtdtcreator

Friday June 5: Sip and Science Cruise 6-8pm on MILDRED BELLE from Maritime Park... this is a fun harbor cruise for adults 21+ tickets are $35 and you are welcome to BYOB and BYO-snack.
Ticket link and more info: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1987010693473?aff=oddtdtcreator

Thursday June 25: SIGSBEE Sunset Sail 6-8pm from Maritime Park...this is an Adults Only relaxing sunset sail on the harbor with food and drink provided by The Local Oyster. $75/adult 21+ event.
ticket link and more info: https://bit.ly/SigsbeeJune25

Thursday July 16:
SIGSBEE Sunset Sail 6-8pm from Maritime Park...this is an Adults Only relaxing sunset sail on the harbor with food and drink provided by The Local Oyster. $75/adult 21+ event.
ticket link and more info: https://bit.ly/SigsbeeJuly16

Saturday August 8:
SIGSBEE Oyster Lovers Sail 6-8pm from Maritime Park...this is an Adults Only oyster-themed sunset sail on the harbor with food and drink provided by The Local Oyster. $75/adult 21+ event.
ticket link and more info: https://bit.ly/SigsbeeAugust8

Thursday September 17:
LADY MARYLAND Sunset Sail 5:30-7:30pm from Maritime Park...this is an Adults Only relaxing sunset sail on the harbor with food and drink provided by The Local Oyster. $75/adult 21+ event.
ticket link and more info: https://bit.ly/LadyMarylandSept17

On April 7, Living Classrooms launched their 41st sailing season with 75 7th grade students from Hardy Middle School. These students sailed aboard the pungy schooner Lady Maryland, skipjack Sigsbee, and Chesapeake Bay buyboat Mildred Belle. Living Classrooms’ maritime education program serves thousands of students from Maryland area schools annually from April through November as they participate in daily maritime education sailing trips aboard ships departing from the Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park Museum in Baltimore, MD 21231.

Everyone always asks, "How can I sail on the Living Classrooms' boats?"... well now you can!

The Summer Sunset Sail Series 2026 is presented by the Living Classrooms Foundation in partnership with The Local Oyster from April to September. Sail aboard the Living Classrooms vessels: The Schooner LADY MARYLAND and the Skipjack SIGSBEE!

Happy Hour spread featuring locally farmed oysters on the half shell, sustainably sourced shrimp cocktail & other snacks for our
vegetarian guests. Each cruise will offer beer & wine from local
breweries, wineries & distributors! Tickets are limited and must be
purchased in advance. Open to guests 21 and older only; Tickets
non-refundable.

Thursday April 30:
LADY MARYLAND Sunset Sail 6-8pm from Maritime Park...this is an Adults Only relaxing sunset sail on the harbor with food and drink provided by The Local Oyster. $75/adult 21+ event. TICKETS ON SALE NOW

ticket link and more info: https://bit.ly/LadyMarylandApril30

This was the greatest season I have ever seen on our three Maritime Education vessels. We engaged 5,012 students and 9,028 total participants (youth plus adults) during 349 programs for 169 unique schools/groups.

We worked with schools/groups in Baltimore City, Washington, DC,
Virginia, Philadelphia, and ten different Maryland counties.

And the most important event of the 2025 season was the launch of the Francis J. Carey, Jr. Maritime Adventure last summer! We provided two 8-day trips on Lady Maryland for 15 middle school students from the Baltimore region. These programs brought together students from 10 public and private schools.

None of this would be possible without talented captains and crew who are willing to work in the heat, put fish in kids' hands, interpret the Star-Spangled story to be relevant to Baltimore youth, sand and paint the boats, and thousands of other things.