Annapolis photographer Mark Duehmig strolled down to City Dock Annapolis today for a cup of coffee and found this! A replica of the "Mayflower of the Delaware Valley," the Kalmar Nyckel, the 93-foot (141 when sparred) and 200 tonne Dutch Pinnace, serves as a floating classroom engaging students of all ages and stimulating them to learn more about Delaware’s rich maritime and colonial history. Built at the Kalmar Nyckel Foundation’s shipyard on Wilmington’s historic 7th Street Peninsula, the modern Kalmar Nyckel was launched into the Christina River in 1997, about 200 yards downstream from the site of the original ship’s first landing at “the Rocks” in March of 1638. Learn more about the ship here. The Hermione is in Alexandria, VA, today and in Annapolis next week! We're so lucky to be able to get up close and personal with so many wonderful tall ships.
