USS Hood 2020
Sponsored by Hood College
Supporting Hood Fund
The classic blue and grey Hood colors; the boat “bumpers” are wearing dinks that represent each class year color. Our charity is the Hood Fund, which supports student scholarships. One hundred percent of our undergraduate students receive financial aid.
Sailing Through The Winter Solstice begins sometime in mid-November every year when the boats that have been constructed and planned are launched into Carroll Creek. The 12+ week event benefits the city of Frederick in more ways than one. Each boat supports a local charity. Sailing Through Winter Solstice endures through the weekend of Fire and Ice – the first weekend in February. Shortly after that weekend, the boats are lifted from the creek and put into storage – only to be refurbished and polished up for the next year. For 2020 there were 24 boats raising funds for charitable organizations, and one smaller boat, USS Hamster, constructed to serve as a maintenance and rescue boat for repairs, as needed during winds, snow and ice conditions.