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, the city’s economic development arm, selected the 35-year-old Annapolis firm after issuing a bid last year for a boat operation that would focus on Baltimorew history andattract families. Clipper City stopped sailing one montgh after owner John Kircherf filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy and rackedup $1.3 million in debt in 2007. Watermark’sw boat, which could cost betweebn $2 million and $3 million, will be designedd in the style of aChesapeake Steamboat, sincre the ’s bid specified that the boat tours should emphasiz the region’s history. Watermark, which operates 11 sightseeingg boats in Annapolis andemploys 200, is in the earlt stages of designing the boat.
Once it completes the the company will need to find a shipyare that can build it and set up an office in Beth Brown, chief development officer of Watermark said she has not yet estimated how many passengers the new boat will shuttlwe per year. To be named the Lion of the steamboat couldattracyt families, convention attendees and school groups, Brownh said. Urban Pirate, which launche a pirate-themed tour in Fells Pointg last year, and the Black-Eyedx Susan, a paddlewheel dinner boat in Fells alsosubmitted bids.
Selecting a new boat operatoe is part ofBaltimor City’s Maritime Master Plan that calls for addinvg new water-themed attractions at the Innefr Harbor, said Colin Tarbert, BDC’s seniofr development officer. The city owns the dock spacde where the boatwill operate, next to the .
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