1991 - Learning About the Patapsco River on Lady Maryland If you were a lucky fourth grader in 1991, your school might have taken a field trip on the Lady Maryland. The Lady Maryland was designed to be a replica of a "Pungy Schooner," a working sailboat that was popular on Chesapeake Bay in the 1890's. Although Lady Maryland has a diesel engine, it usually uses sail power to make the boat go forward. A whole classroom of children and their teachers and chaperones can go on Lady Maryland at one time - about 40 people in all. They sail on the Patapsco River. While they are sailing, they fish with a trawl net, learn about ecology, learn how to calculate how fast the ship is going, or learn to make a boat out of foil for a buoyancy contest. It costs about $1,500 dollars to take a whole class sailing on the Lady Maryland. That's about $38 per passenger. It takes several people to sail the Lady Maryland. The captain, first mate, two deckhands and a cook make up the crew. There is also an educator on board whose job is to make sure the students have a good time and learn something along the way.

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