This photo was taken last Wednesday night during a North Point Sailing Association Race. We ended up fourth over the line and first on corrected time on quite a breezy night. The wind had dropped by this time. It was gusting in the 20's when we started. We got bashed about quite a bit until it dropped to the teens.
On shore to the right is the derelict Sparrows Point Bethlehem Steel plant--once the largest in the world. It is now being dismantled after over 120 years of operation. The future of the property is unknown. Local boaters are of two minds about this. The mill had employed many local boaters and their neighbors. All those jobs are gone. On the other hand, our boats are cleaner without all the soot and dust.
To the left are the cranes of the Port of Baltimore and the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The Star Spangled Banner was written on a ship anchored just on the other side of that bridge. We frequently dodge freighters going in and out of the port. We always wonder why they put their channel through the middle of our race courses.
Those not from the Baltimore area might not get the boat's name. The local working man's beer is National Bohemian and commonly known as "Natty Boh". Given what's usually in the cooler, the name seemed obvious to me.
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