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Etoile and Belle Poule, these two schooners were constructed in 1932 by the Chantier Naval de Normandie, in Fecamp, for the French naval academy (Ecole Navale). They are identical and of the “Paimpolaise” type of fishing schooner which used to sail from the North coast of France to Iceland during the late 1800’s. The schooners […]

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 […]

Seute Deern was built in Denmark in 1939 by the Ring Andersen Yard in Svendborg and launched with the name Havet which means The Sea. For the first five years, during the war, she sailed in coastal waters. In 1956 she was sold to a Danish shipping company, Lauritzen, which used her for carrying freight […]

Mutin is the oldest vessel in the French Navy. She was built in 1926 in the shipyards of Florimond-Guigardeau in the region of Sables d’Olonne of France and launched on 19 March 1927. Like any  tuna fishing vessels built in Sables d’Olonne MUTIN is traditionally rigged, however she never served as a tuna fishing vessel.From […]

The organisation which is based in Ockero – Sweden operates both Astrid Finne and Hawila. Astrid Finne is crewed with scouts and young Swedish students. The design is a ‘Colin Archer’.

The Sail and Life Training Society (SALTS) was founded in 1974 and is a registered charity in Canada and the USA (FORGN tax exempt status in the USA). The Society operates two Tall Ships, Pacific Grace and Pacific Swift, and offers sail training to young people aged 13-25 (as well as Day Sails for all […]

THALASSA was originally built in 1980 in Harlingen, Holland, but after she sank in 1985 was bought by Arnold Hilkema and Jacob Jan Dam who totally rebuilt and refitted her. She was relaunched in 1995. 2004 was the first year she competed in The Tall Ships Races.

Kaliakra was built at the Gdansk Shipyard, Poland, in 1984 and is owned by Bulgarian Maritime Training Centre. The ship was specially designed for the training and qualification of students from the Maritime Academy in Varna – the future officers of the Bulgarian merchant fleet. The ship has participated on many occasions in a number […]

Artemis is the goddess of the hunt in Greek mythology. The Frisian Sailing Company’s new flagship was given that name when she was launched in 1926. Equipped as a whaling vessel, she hunted whales until the end of the 1940’s. She chiefly navigated the Arctic Ocean and the Antarctic Ocean. In the 1950’s, she was […]

In 1891 the Norwegian Society for Sea Rescue was founded, and a year later Colin Archer built the first rescue cutter.  This prototype cost NOK10.900,43, including beer for the workers.  At the launch in July 1893, the ship was named after its designer.  RS1 Colin Archer proved convincing during her first season, and became the […]

“Christian Radich” is one of Norway’s well known sailing ambassadors. The ship functioned as a sail training ship from the start in 1937 to 1998. During the last decade, Christian Radich served as a school ship for the Norwegian Navy, and she is still a school ship for maritime students in winter. During the summer […]

Albanus was built in 1988 and is a replica of a typical �land galeas, a two-masted schooner which was used by farmers in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to carry firewood, farming products and fish to ports in the Baltic like Stockholm, Helsinki and Turku. In an eighty year period from the mid 1800s, […]

Theia serves as a training vessel for the Sea Scouts troop – Turun Sinikotkat. Theia is a sloop rigged 47′ one off pilothouse sailing yacht with sandwich GRP hull. The vessel is designed by naval architect Pekka Eivola and built in Turku, Finland. She sails more then 3,000 nautical miles every summer, crewed by young […]

The "Ciutat Badalona" was built in 1929 at the shipyard Faarborg (Denmark) and began her career with trading activities. In the 70s she began a long journey to the West Indies. In 2006, assessed by a group of people aiming for a traditional vessel to represent their city, Badalona, Marina Badalona, SA. acquires the traditional […]