History on the Water
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Sailing aboard the 18th-century schooner Sultana, a group of first-year students explored the rich history of the Chesapeake Bay. Organized by Washington College’s C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience, this pre-orientation trip offered students an opportunity to live aboard an 18th-century vessel, meet a buccaneer from the Golden Age of Piracy, play 18th-century baseball, and explore the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum. Divided up into two teams, the Royal Navy and the Buccaneers, the participants faced off in a series of challenges, culminating in an epic naval battle on Langford Creek.
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Students in the first-year seminar “Writing On Water” took a sunset cruise on the Elsworth, an historic 40-foot skipjack belonging to the Echo Hill Outdoor School. Captain Andy McCown ‘77, Associate Director of EHOS, entertained students with stories, poems, and readings from The Lord’s Oysters, a memoir by another WC alumnus, Gilbert Byron. -
Photos of the Waterfront by Brian Palmer and Becky Winterburn -
As part of Fall Family Weekend 2012, the Center for Environment & Society teamed up with campus and community groups for the annual Waterfront Festival.
