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Aurantytto serves as a training vessel for the Girl Sea Scout Troop Auran Tytot – her homeport is Turku, Finland. She is 17m high and her areas of operation are throughout the Baltic Sea. The troop purchased Aurantytto in2017 as a celebration of the troop’s 100th birthday, replacing the old training vessel. Aurantytto was built […]

PNS Rah Naward (which means "Swift Mover") was built as a sail training ship for the UK’s Sail Training Association and named Prince William (a sister ship to the Stavros S Niarchos built at the same time for the same organisation).  Both hulls had been built in Germany in 1996, but their completion as brigantines […]

Cuauhtémoc was built in Bilbao, Spain in 1981 and originally called Celaya. She was later acquired by the Mexican Navy as a training vessel for officers, cadets, petty officers and sailors. Cuauhtemoc sailed the world for thirteen years and in 1995 underwent a major refit of the ship and rigging. Cuauhtémoc has been the proud […]

Sailing yacht Linda is named after the legendary mother of the Estonian national hero Kalevipoeg. Linda gave birth to the Estonian historic national hero – a giant who made wonders on land and at sea. S/y Linda is privately owned and is registered at the Pärnu Yacht Club located in South Estonia. Linda is a […]

Prolific was built in 2005, as a tribute to the herring-fishing vessels in operation along the Norwegian coast during the 19th century. The ship is a hybrid of historic design and modern-day construction. Most recently, she has been used for sail training with young people in Norway. Ocean Youth Trust South purchased Prolific in 2015 […]

She was built as a replica of the crab cutters traditional in Southern England. Her hull is based on the original design of the boats fishing the English Channel and the Atlantic. The Cornish Crabber is the smaller type of the well-known Falmouth Working Boat. “Betty” is one of the first replicas, with special emphasis […]

Saeftinghe, designed by Dutch Naval Architect Bekebrede and built in 1993 in De Vries Jachtwerf, Lemmer, Netherlands. Saeftinghe, a ketch rig of 23.5m length, is an expedition sailing ship for Arruno Exploration.

Wielkopolska, meaning ‘Greater Poland’, was built in the 1960s according to the design of Leon Tumiłowicz (class TOM). Sailors entering Jastarnia (Poland, Hel Peninsula) have been welcomed for years by the decaying white, slim hull of a classic yacht. He was standing on the quay, clearly visible from the water. Everyone wondered what this unit […]

STS “Fryderyk Chopin” is the youngest of the Polish tall ships. It was built between 1990-92 in “Dora” shipyard, in Gdansk, for the “International Class Afloat Foundation” as a brainchild idea of its president, Captain Krzysztof Baranowski, and his close co-worker and deputy, Captain Ziemowit Baranski. The ship was designed by Zygmunt Choren, the author […]

Sister ships Ocean Scout and Offshore Scout are purpose built, well equipped, Oyster 49 ketches. They operate from the east coast UK port of Ipswich, sailing weekend or longer cruises with crews of up to 11 young people from all backgrounds. Adventures Offshore is a charitable trust and has been offering safe sail training since […]

Osprey is a Swedish-built Comfortina 42 owned by the British Kiel Yacht Club.She has taken part in the Tall Ships Races in 2009 and 2010.This year Osprey is sailing with a team which mainly comes from Sail Training Association Estonia. She will be racing fiercely in both races and will be leading the fleet into […]

“The Bark “EUROPA,” built in 1911, is a well-known Tall Ship. Since 1994, she has taken part in Tall Ship Races all over the World. EUROPA travels the oceans, visits Antarctica from December until March each year, and participates in the Tall Ships Races during the summer. She is a ship that really sails, with […]

Estonian Maritime Academy is one of the schools of Tallinn University of Technology and it is the only educational institution in Estonia that offers professional higher education and Master’s level education in the maritime field. We are located in the capital Tallinn but also have two centres in Saaremaa.

“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 […]

The schooner, Johann Smidt, was built in Amsterdam by the Cammenga Shipyard in 1974. She was launched as Eendracht, the first sail training ship for Holland’s Het Zeiland Zeeschip, and took part in many regattas, including previous Tall Ships’ Races and crossed the Atlantic. From the outset she was designed with young people in mind […]