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 traditionally rigged sailing vessel differentiated from modern sailing vessels by her topmasts and topsails. Due to the additional crew and rigging required to carry topmasts and the availability to construct taller masts of aluminum and steel, topmasts are generally cost prohibitive on modern vessels.
The term has come into widespread use even amongst landlubbers in the mid-20th century with the advent of the Tall Ships' Races.
The American Sail Training Association (ASTA) has extended the definition of tall ship for the purpose of its races to embrace any sailing ship 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, but this administrative classification should not be regarded as a wider definition.
Modern tall ships include:
- 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
- Kri Arung Samudera
- Asgard II
- TS Astrid
- Astrid Finne
- Atlantica
- Atlantis
- 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 Mlodziezy
- Den Store Bjorn
- Denis Sullivan
- Dewa Ruci
- USCGC Eagle
- Earl of Pembroke
- Eendracht II
- Elissa
- HM Bark Endeavour
- Esmeralda
- Etoile
- Europa
- Fryderyk Chopin
- Gazela Philadelphia
- Georg Stage
- Gorch Fock
- Gorch Fock II
- Grand Turk
- Hawaiian Chieftain
- Irving and Exy Johnson
- Kaisei
- Kaskelot
- Kruzenshtern (ship)
- Lady Washington
- Lene Marie
- Lord Nelson
- US Brig Niagara
- Mir
- One and All
- Peking
- Phoenix
- Picton Castle
- Pilgrim
- Pride of Baltimore II
- Prince William
- Robert C. Seamans
- Sea Cloud
- Sedov
- Soren Larsen
- Solway Lass
- Spirit of New Zealand
- Star of India
- Stavros S Niarchos
- HMS Sultana
- Tenacious
- Tole Mour
- Tradewind
- HMS Trincomalee
See also
References
- Lori Aguiar; Sail Tall Ships! A Directory of Sail Training and Adventure at Sea (American Sail Training Association; 15th Edition, July 1, 2002; ISBN 0963648373)
- Thad Koza; Tall Ships: A Fleet for the 21st Century (Tide-Mark Press; 3rd edition, August 30, 2002; ISBN 1559497394)
External links
- American Sail Training Association (http://sailtraining.org)
- ASTA race classes info (http://tallships.sailtraining.org/classes.htm)
- Sail Training International (http://www.sailtraininginternational.org/)
- The Tall Ship Glasgow (http://www.glasgowpanorama.co.uk/glasgowpanorama/tourist_attractions/museums_&_art_galleries/the_tall_ship.php)
- Brigantine Soren Larsen (http://www.sorenlarsen.co.nz/index.html)