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Built in 1934 in Les Sables-d’Olonne for a skipper from Groix, Biche fished for tuna until 1956 before sailing under the Belgian and English flags. In 1992, it was bought by the Port Museum of Douarnenez, then restored by our association “Les Amis du Biche”. Today, Biche is sailing again, a living witness to Breton […]
Roald Amundsen was built in 1952 in Roblau/Elbe as a NVA tank logger for the former GDR’s National People’s Army. In 1992, the boat builder Detlev L ll and his friends from the society `Learn to Live on Sailing Ships` turned her into a brig as part of a programme against unemployment. Roald Amundsen made […]
Polar was formerly called Anne Linde and is a replica of America, the first winner of the America’s Cup. It was built in Holland in 1977 and used for charter cruises in the Mediterranean until 1982. In 1983, it was bought by the organisation Windjammer fur Hamburg and delivered to the Portuguese Navy in exchange […]
INS Sudarshini is a sail training ship built by Goa Shipyard Ltd for the Indian Navy. The ship is a follow on class of INS Tarangini which was commissioned in 1997. "Sudarshini" means "beautiful lady Sundari" after the younger half-sister of Buddha. The ship has been designed by Colin Mudie. Sudarshini is a three-masted barque. It […]
Launched in 2017, Bima Suci is the Indonesian Navy’s newest, and largest, sail training ship. The vessel is named after Javanese hero that was a symbol of force, bravery and righteousness. This beautiful ship acts as a "floating ambassador" for Indonesia, paying courtesy visits to port and events around the world. This spectacular vessel is […]
Valentine, formerly Froya, was built in 1942 as a fishing vessel which was later motorised. In 1978 she was rebuilt as a sailing vessel using traditional craftmanship and dedication. In the early 1990’s, she was refitted as the fore and aft schooner that she is today. Valentine is a training vessel for schools, offering chartered […]
The Tall Ship Juan Bautista Cambiazo was built in 2009 with the intention to promote Sail Training. Juan Bautista Cambiazo has already taken part in many journeys and competed in the 2016 SCF Black Sea Tall Ships Regatta, and the Tall Ships Races 2017. She is a three-masted barquentine with a hull made of steel […]
Faramir, a Ketch with a length of 22.35m and a breadth of 5.26m, was designed by Marine Architect David Cannell in 1982, specifically for use as a sail training vessel for an organisation called Shaftsbury Homes & Arethusa, from where she gained her name, ‘Arethusa’. In 2002, after many years of service, during which she […]
Tornado PZ-41 built in 1974 sails under ensign Yacht Club Polish Navy Kotwica. Tornado has participated in the Tall Ships’ Races many times since 1978. She is a fast yacht and has raced competitively, winning many trophies including the Illingworth Trophy in 1999.
Loyal is a ketch which was built in Hardanger, Norway, in 1877 for fishing. It took around 400m of timber to build Loyal. The building time was one year with approximately 15 craftsmen at work. This resulted in a solid self-supporting construction, an elegant and smooth hull, together with firm rigging. To preserve the ship, […]
St.Iv is the longest serving sail training vessel in Estonia and has participated in The Tall Ships Races since 1993. In the following years, several podium places were brought home from regattas held in the North Sea, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Baltic Sea. St. Iv, is an ocean-class yacht Conrad 1200 GT, built for […]
The aim of Project Orchid was to build a new sail training ship for the Royal Navy of Oman to replace the much-loved, but ageing Shabab Oman. The new ship is a three-masted squared rigged clipper, and with her distinctive ‘V’ shaped hull the ship, like all clippers, is built for speed. She has 29 […]
The ship is the sixth to carry the name Esmeralda. The first was the frigate Esmeralda captured from the Spanish at Callao, Peru, by Admiral Lord Thomas Alexander Cochrane of the Chilean Navy, in a bold incursion on the night of 5 November 1820. The second was the corvette Esmeralda of the Chilean Navy which, […]
The training ship Georg Stage was built in 1934 at Frederikshavn Shipyard and floating dock. It is a fully rigged vessel with a permanent crew of 10 and 63 trainees. The training ship belongs to the independent institution The Georg Stage Memorial Foundation, whose aim is: ‘To give young people wishing to go to sea, […]
