Tall ship
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Tall ship is a somewhat informal collective term for some kinds of sailing ships. Contrary to other sailing ship classification terms, tall ship does not describe a particular kind of sailing ship identified by a sail plan – both barques and brigantines, for instance, are tall ships.
A tall ship is a large traditionally rigged sailing vessel. Popular modern tall ship rigs include topsail schooners, brigantines, brigs and barques.
Traditional rigged vessels differ from modern sailing vessels with gaff rigs, topmasts and topsails. Due to the additional crew and rigging required to carry topmasts and gaff rigs and the ability to construct taller, hollow masts of aluminum and steel, separate topmasts are generally cost prohibitive on modern designs.
The term has come into widespread use even amongst landlubbers in the mid-20th century with the advent of the Tall Ships' Races.
While Sail Training International (STI) has extended the definition of tall ship for the purpose of its races to embrace any sailing vessel with more than 30 ft. (9.14 m) waterline length and on which at least half the people on board are aged 15 to 25, this definition can include many modern sailing yachts and for the purposes of this article, we will use those vessels rated as class "B" or above (Fore and aft rigged vessels between 100 to 160 feet in length, and all square rigged vessels)
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Modern tall ships
- (listed alphabetically by vessel name)
- A.J. Meerwald
- Adventuress
- Akogare
- Alabama
- Albanus
- Alexander von Humboldt
- Alma
- America
- American Eagle
- American Pride
- American Rover
- Amerigo Vespucci
- Amistad
- Angele Aline
- Angelique
- Anna Kristina
- Antigua
- Aphrodite
- Appledore IV
- Argus
- Kri Arung Samudera
- Asgard II
- TS Astrid
- Astrid Finne
- Atlantica
- Atlantis
- Balclutha
- Baltic Beauty
- Bel Espoir II
- Belem
- Belle Poule
- Bill of Rights
- Black Jack
- Black Pearl
- Bluenose II
- Boa Esperanza
- HMS Bounty
- Bowdoin
- Bryza H
- Californian
- Capitan Miranda
- Christian Radich
- Cisne Branco
- Concordia
- Corwith Cramer
- Creoula
- Cuauhtémoc
- Cutty Sark
- Danmark
- Dar Młodzieży
- Dar Pomorza
- Den Store Bjorn
- Denis Sullivan
- KRI Dewaruci
- Dunbrody
- USCGC Eagle
- Earl of Pembroke
- Eendracht II
- East Indiaman Götheborg
- Elissa
- HM Bark Endeavour
- Esmeralda
- Etoile
- Europa
- Fryderyk Chopin
- Gazela Philadelphia
- Georg Stage
- Glenlee The Tall Ship at Glasgow Harbour
- Gorch Fock
- Gorch Fock II
- Grand Turk
- Hawaiian Chieftain
- Irving and Exy Johnson
- ORP Iskra
- ORP Iskra II
- Jeanie Johnston
- Jolie Brise
- Kaisei
- Kaliakra
- Kalmar Nyckel
- Kaskelot
- Kruzenshtern (ship)
- Lady Washington
- Lene Marie
- Lord Nelson
- Mir
- US Brig Niagara
- NRP Sagres
- R/V Oceania
- One and All
- Pacific Grace
- Pacific Swift
- Pamir
- Passat
- Pogoria
- Pommern
- Peking
- Phoenix
- Picton Castle
- Pilgrim
- Pride of Baltimore II
- Prince William
- Privateer Lynx
- Robert C. Seamans
- Rose
- Sea Cloud
- Sedov
- Shabab
- Sloop Providence
- Soren Larsen
- Solway Lass
- Spirit of Dana Point
- Spirit of New Zealand
- Star of India
- Stavros S Niarchos
- Swift of Ipswich
- HMS Sultana
- Tenacious
- Tole Mour
- Tradewind
- HMS Trincomalee
See also
References
- American Sail Training Association; Sail Tall Ships! (American Sail Training Association; 16th edition, 2005 ISBN 0-9636483-9-X)
- Thad Koza; Tall Ships: A Fleet for the 21st Century (Tide-Mark Press; 3rd edition, 2002; ISBN 1559497394)
External links
- American Sail Training Association
- ASTA race classes info
- Sail Training International
- Tall ship pictures published on USENET stored with a search function.
- Tall-ship pictures for personal/commercial use.
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