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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 […]

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The School ship TARTESSOS belongs to Marine, Nautical and Radioelectronic Engineering School, is a sailboat of 40 fts. a Ketch of Spanishbuilding, it was made in 1985 at Belliure shipyards. In this time the ship has made many travels, like crossing theAtlantic Ocean or other Tall Ships Races.  The crew is formed by teachers andfellows […]

The history of the sailing ship ARC Gloria began in 1966, when the Colombian Government, by means of Decree Number 111, authorized the National Navy with Vice Admiral Orlando Lemaitre Torres as its Commanding Officer, to acquire a sailing vessel like a three-masted Barque to become the Training Ship of the Colombian Navy. It is […]

Cykas was built in 1999 in Ukraine. The yacht was purchased in 2021 by sailing enthusiasts with expedition cruises in mind. After the purchase the owner started the refit project and the plan was to refresh the deck, sides and make minor modifications. The first voyage was planned for 2022, but after 3 years of […]

Capitan Miranda was launched in Spain in 1930 and began her career as a cargo vessel. She is named after the Uruguayan hydrographer Captain Francisco Miranda (1868-1925) who served Uruguay as a cabinet officer, war secretary and later professor of marine geography at the Naval Academy of Uruguay. Captain Miranda was used as a hydrographic […]

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 […]

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Merisissi III is owned and run by the Sea Scout Troop from Turku in Finland. She has participated in the Tall Ships Races several times in the past 40 years. She was built in 1982, replacing the wooden Merisissi II which took part in the Cutty Sark Tall Ships Race in 1972.

Vahine is a legendary Nautors Swan 65. She is the first ever series-built vessel to win the famous Whitbread Round the World Race. She is fast and is a very safe vessel. S/Y Vahine sails about 42,000 nautical miles a year, spending the wintertime in Caribbean waters. She sails home to Finland for the summer […]

Spirit of Ostend is a classic steel schooner with a history spanning more than five decades. Commissioned in 1971 by a French yachting enthusiast and designed by British naval architect Frederick Parker, she was built at Joyce Marine in Hamble, England, in 1972, and fitted out in St Malo, France. Sailing first under the name […]

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 […]

Gratitude was built in Porthleven, 1903 as a sailing trawler. She was sold to Sweden in 1932 and to Svenska Kryssarklubbens Seglarskola (the Swedish Cruising Club Sail Training Foundation) in 1957. Since 1959 Gratitude has been sailing with teenage and adult trainees during summer months, and charter with schools and companies during spring and autumn. […]

Maybe, launched in 1933, was designed for round the world cruising and built by De Vries Lentsch, Amsterdam for Jan Jacob van Rietschoten. She was hidden during the Second World War and afterwards she underwent a complete refit with a new rig. Maybe took part in the first Tall Ships Race in 1956.She sailed mainly […]