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Amistad New Haven, Connecticut Photo Credit: Wojtek (Voytec) Wacowski | VOYTEC.COM  AMISTAD America, Inc. is a national, non-profit educational organization. They promote improved...

Bel Espoir II Built in 1944 in Svendborg, in Denmark, by the navy architects Ring Anderson, for the maritime Company A.C....

Belle Poule Brest, France La Belle Poule was constructed in 1932 by the « Chantier Naval de Normandie », in Fecamp, for the French naval academy. It is identical to its sister...

Bluenose II Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada Launched in Lunenburg on March 26, 1921, the original Bluenose was a typical Nova Scotia Grand Banks fishing schooner, built both for fishing and...

Caledonia Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Caledonia was built in 1947 as a research vessel but currently operates as a fully-rigged barquentine passenger vessel. Relaunched in February 2008,...

Capitan Miranda Montevideo, Uruguay Capitan Miranda was built in 1930 in Cadiz, Spain in and began her career as a cargo vessel. She is named after the Uruguayan hydrographer Captain Francisco...

Cisne Branco Rio de Janeiro, Brazil The Brazilian Navy commissioned a new Tall Ship, a three masted clipper, on February 4th, 2000. The ship is appropriately named "Cisne Branco"- White...

Concordia Bridgetown, Barbados West Island College –Class Afloat is an international experiential education boarding school located in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada. Its mission is...

Destination Fox Harb'r A forty one metre sloop designed by Dubois Naval Architects, launched on October 7, 2002, Destination is registered in Georgetown, Cayman Islands and is...

Eagle New London, Connecticut One of five sister ships built for sail training in Germany in the 1930's, Eagle was reparations paid to the United States following World War II...

Étoile Brest, France Along with her sister ship La Belle Poule, the schooner Étoile serves the French Navy in the training of future officers. Designed with the hull shape...

Europa Amsterdam, The Netherlands Europa was launched in Hamburg in 1911. Her construction had been ordered by the city of Hamburg for use as a lightship. Over the past several of years,...

Fair Jeanne Ottawa, Ontario, Canada The Fair Jeanne was designed and built as a private yacht in 1982 by the late Captain Thomas G. Fuller, one of Canada’s most decorated WWII naval heroes....

Fazisi Chicago, Illinois Fazisi was built in Poti, Georgia and finished at the last minute, in Hamble, England,to become the firstSoviet entry in the Whitbread Round the World...

Harvey Gamage Boothbay Harbor, Maine Owned by the Ocean Classroom Foundation, the schooner Harvey Gamage sails on programs of education under sail for the youth of America.  Programs range...

HMS Bounty Greenport, Long Island, New York HMS Bounty was built for the 1962 movie “Mutiny on the Bounty” by MGM Studios in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, to tell the story of the famous maritime mutiny...

Jolie Brise Hamble, England Jolie Brise is a 56' gaff rigged pilot cutter that was built in La Havre in 1913. In 1925, she was the first winner of the first Fastnet Race, repeating...

Kruzenshtern Kaliningrad, Russia The four-masted bark, built in 1926 as the "Padua", is the last vessel of its kind. Built as a cargo-carrying sailing ship, she was one...

Larinda Halifax, NS Larinda is a modified replica of the Boston schooner Sultana built in 1767.   Larinda sank at the museum wharf in Halifax during Hurricane Juan on...

Liana's Ransom Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Liana's Ransom is a steel hulled, gaff rigged square topsail replica privateer schooner. She cruises out of Historic Properties in Halifax conducting...

Mar Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada The Mar was built in 1959 in Denmark by author Ernest K. Gann. The vessel was the subject of a documentary film produced by its next owner, Charles Tobias...

Mist of Avalon Ivy Lea, Ontario The ship began her life in 1967 as the Motor Vessel "Liverpool Bay". She was built by the strong native timber and the skilled hands of the shipwrights...

Peers' Fancy Nova Scotia, Canada Peers' Fancy is a Nova Scotia built, owned and operated traditional gaff-rigged schooner affectionately called the "Small Tall".  She often graces the...

Peter von Danzig Kiel, Germany Peter von Danzig is a 55ft sloop designed by Georg Nissen and built by Thyssen Nordseewerke in Emden, Germany. The vessel is owned and operated by the...

Picton Castle Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada The 284-ton Barque Picton Castle is a traditionally rigged and operated sail training ship based in Lunenburg, Nova, Scotia, Canada, but best known...

Pride of Baltimore II Baltimore, Maryland, USA The Pride of Baltimore II is a topsail schooner built as a replica of a classic 1812 Baltimore Clipper. Owned by the State of Maryland and operated by...

Rona II Hamble, England The original Rona, a 77' classic ketch, was bought by Chancellor of the Exchequer in the 1960's for the Rona Trust (London Sailing Project), which he had...

Roseway St. Croix, USVI Photo Credit: Kate Wood   ROSEWAY is a National Historic Landmark ship and the primary platform for the World Ocean School , a nonprofit organization...

Sagres Lisbon, Portugal The sail training ship "Sagres" was built in 1937 in the shipyards of Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, having then received the name of "Albert Leo Schlageter...

Schooner Virginia Norfolk, Virginia The last pure sail pilot schooner serving the Chesapeake Bay, the 118-foot original Virginia served the Virginia Pilot association from 1917 to 1926....

Silva Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada This three-masted schooner was built at Karlstads Mekaniska, Versta, Sweden. During the first 20 years of her life, the Silva was used in the Scandinavian...

Spirit of Bermuda Hamilton, Bermuda Bermuda boasts its own tall ship now that the schooner Spirit of Bermuda has arrived at the island. This three-master was built in Rockport, Maine...

Spirit of Massachusetts Boothbay Harbor, Maine Owned by the Ocean Classroom Foundation, the schooner Spirit of Massachusetts sails on programs of education under sail for the youth of America.  Programs...

Tecla Winkel Originally TECLA was built in Vlaardingen, in the south of Holland, as a fishing boat for herrings. Launched under the name of Graaf van Limburg Stirum...

Theodore Too Halifax, Nova Scotia Ever dream about sailing on the Big Harbour with your favorite friend?  Come and join Theodore Too and his friends as they bring the sights and sounds...

Unicorn Clinton, New Jersey Built in Holland in 1947, STV Unicorn partners with Sisters Under Sail Corporation to deliver a non-profit leadership development program for teenage girls,...

Urania Den Helder, Netherlands The Urania is the flagship of the Royal Netherlands Naval College. Every executive officer who has graduated from the naval college over the past...

Viking Sea Rover Jeddore, Nova Scotia The Viking Knarr: SEA ROVER is a historical replica of a Viking Knarr; an ocean going freighter. The thousand year old design was established...

Westward Boothbay Harbor, Maine Owned by the Ocean Classroom Foundation, the schooner Westward sails on programs of education under sail for the youth of America.  Programs range...

Xsaar Berchum Xsaar is an x-43 high performance yacht. Racing through the following ports during the Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge 2009: Vigo, Tenerife, Bermuda,...