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Built in Marstal, Denmark in 1908, Argus worked as a cargo ship in Baltic and Scandinavian waters for Capt. Lars Anker Nielsen for 22 years before being sold to Tucker Thompson. After sailing around the world, Thompson brought the boat to Mexico, where he and his family made their way north through Baja, Calif., San […]

Koreana (South Korea) is a Topsail Schooner that was launched in 1983 from the Netherlands. This magnificent tall ship sleeps up to 60 passengers and is the only clipper in South Korea used for student sail training. Koreana relocated to the Far East and South Korea in 1995 where she underwent a refurbishment and restoration. […]

Challenge Wales originally raced around the world, twice, in the Global Challenge Yacht Race before being used for sail training. Sailing with up to 18 people on board, she has taken part in Tall Ships Races and Regattas, Small Ships Races, and undertakes sail training activities predominantly around Wales, Ireland and the South Coast of […]

Thermopylae Clipper is the latest addition to the Discovery Sailing Project fleet and is based on the River Hamble near Southampton. This legendary yacht is a 60 foot cutter built by Colvic Craft in the UK in 1996 and has a great history. She was designed for the Clipper Round the World race and has […]

SY Bies is a DIY-built sea yacht that sails the Baltic and the North Sea. Its name comes from the pre-Slavonic demon known as Bies. The hull was built at the beginning of the 1970s in the industrial equipment facilities (ZUP) in Nysa before being finally equipped and fitted out at the yacht yard in […]

“Nadezhda” was launched as “Sterna” in Germany in 1912, in 1936 German national hero Felix fon Luckner buoight her, rebuilt and rename to “Seeteufel”. In 1937-39 she made circumnavigation under Nazi flag (she was presented as cartographic vessel, but more served to secret service). After WWII the schooner was captured in Szecin by Soviet Union. […]

BLUENOSE II is an international sailing ambassador and is home ported in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. The vessel’s main purpose is to promote tourism for Nova Scotia and make the ship available for short day cruises when in Nova Scotia. The mission is to promote the history and legacy of BLUENOSE & BLUENOSE II. To teach […]

The ship began her life in 1967 as the Motor Vessel “Liverpool Bay”. She was built by the strong native timber and the skilled hands of the shipwrights of MacLean Shipbuilding, Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her Captain and Crew worked the Banks off Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, fishing for the cod that were her […]

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 […]

The Tall Ships Challenger Fleet yachts are 22 metre (72 foot) steel hulls built in 2000 and designed to race around the world ‘’the wrong way’’ (against prevailing wind and tide), so are exceptionally strong and seaworthy. There are four yachts in the Challenger fleet and they are operated by the Tall Ships Youth Trust. […]

Bylina was built in St Petersburg, Russia in 1975 and is currently owned by St Petersburg Navy Yacht Club. She first participated in the Tall Ships’ Races in 1991, and has been a regular participant in The Tall Ships’ Races.

She made her debut during the 2012 Tall Ship event on the waterfront of Halifax, Nova Scotia. This was her first appearance since her sinking in the harbor 9 years ago. Built as a replica of the 1760 Schooner “Sultana”, Larinda has sailed the globe in many Tall Ship Parades of Sail and has won […]

Szczecin held the Tall Ships Races finale for the first time in 2007, when the West Pomeranian Voivodeship capital was visited by almost 100 vessels and 3,500 crew members from 35 countries. The event lasted for 6 days and attracted about 2 million visitors, both residents and tourists. It was broadcast on TV and the […]

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 […]