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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 […]

The sailing vessel BRABANDER which belongs to Klaipeda University was bought from Netherlands in November 2006. The name of the boat has not been changed. S/v BRABANDER is being used for the purposes of student’s training, marine research and tourism. The crew of the boat consists of students, sea cadets and yachts men. S/v BRABANDER […]

S/y Zryw was built in 1978 in the Maritime Yacht Shipyard of Leonid Teliga. She is used as a sail training vessel for adolescents and to help them pass the Polish Certificate of Competency. These young sailors gather experience from voyages in the Baltic Sea. Within the last 2 years, Zryw sailed twice around the […]

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 […]

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 […]

Ocean Spirit of Moray is a ketch which is run by Gordonstoun School to teach pupils seamanship in the Moray Firth and seas of Northern Scotland. All pupils spend some time training in seamanship locally from Hopeman on the Moray Firth in preparation for cruising off the west coast of Scotland in Ocean Spirit in […]

Construction of Westvind started in March 1913. Shipwright Anders Mattsson built her as a gaff ketch in Kungsviken on the isle Orust on the Swedish west coast. The order came from the fishing team Vestvind of Kalvsund in the Gothenburg northern archipelago. At delivery in 1914, she was equipped with a 20 hk Ideal engine, […]

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 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, […]

Tokka-Lotta II was designed by a Finnish designer Matti Pulli to serve as a Sea Scout training vessel. Her type is MP42 even though she is the only one of her kind. Her wooden hull was carved by Osmo Tätilä, otherwise the yacht was largely built using voluntary work. As an example of her dedicated […]

Bonawentura was built in Gdansk in 1948.  In the early days she was a fishing boat in the Baltic Sea, until 1967, when she was withdrawn from working at sea and was stationed at the port of Wladyslavovo as a tug until 1974.  Eventually her hull was transported by barge to the Academic Nautical Club […]

Gedania was built in 1975 and entered the Tall Ships’ Races on several occasions. In 2005 she was rebuilt by Sail Training Association Poland. Her hull was extended and she is now almost 24 metres in length. She also had new sails, new equipment, new crew and new adventures. Gedania is licensed to carry up […]

Regina-Germania was built in 1980 in Hamburg, Germany. Her hull is made of steel and once the outside of the vessel was complete, the owner, Erich Herrman, and his family fitted out the interior taking four years to do so. She was completed and launched in 1984 and since 1991 has regularly taken part in […]

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.

Ryvingen is a pilot boat built in 1918 for sail and engine. She was pilot boat number 4, and this is why she has the number 4 in her mainsail together with a red vertical stripe. The red stripe is the symbol for a pilot boat, so she can be easily recognized. She got her […]