2025 Bay Race October 14-19, 2025
PUBLIC EVENTS IN BALTIMORE, MD (2025 events TBA)
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Open Docks · 12:00 noon-2:00 pm and 5:00 pm-7:00 pm See the vessels dockside at Anchorage Marina
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Expeditionary Learning Experience · 9:00 am-12:00 noon: Approximately 100 students
from neighborhood schools will board a few, selected, vessels for a special learning
opportunity. Students will be able to connect to past and present aboard a
working vessel.
Open Docks · 10:00 am-2:00 pm Schooners may be viewed dockside at Anchorage Marina.
Parade of Sail · 5:00 pm: An opportunity for all of the beautiful schooners in the race to show off in Baltimore. Cast off at 4:00 pm and the parade officially begins at 5:00 pm. The public is invited to view the schooners from the Canton, Fells Point, Harbor East and Inner Harbor shorelines. Spectator vessels are reminded to please allow ample room for the vessels to maneuver safely.
Thursday, October 3, 2024
Start of Race · 12:00 noon: The starting line is just south of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge at Annapolis. This year, one end of the starting line will be marked by the historic Chesapeake Bay buy boat, Nellie Crockett. Spectator vessels are reminded to please allow ample room for the vessels to maneuver safely.
PUBLIC EVENTS IN NORFOLK, VA (2025 events TBA)
Saturday, October 5, 2024
Open Docks · 8:00 am-6:00 pm: Schooners may be viewed dockside at Freemason Harbor Basin at the Pagoda in Norfolk. Some may be open for tours.