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Florette was built in one of the most famous shipyards of Italy, the Picchiotti shipyard. The Picchiotti shipyard can be traced back to the 16th century in Limite sull’Arno, Empoli. The shipyard later expanded to Viareggio among other places, where it became one of the most important pillars in the Italian ship building industry. The […]

Rona II, an Oyster 68, is one of three vessels operated by the Rona Sailing Project. Rona II was built in 1991 and since then has become one of the hardest working and most resilient Oyster yachts in the world. She has taken more than 7,200 young people sailing, has completed 21 international and three […]

Spirit of Bermuda is a purpose-built sail training vessel based on civilian Bermudian-type schooners built in Bermuda between 1810 and 1840. The original hull shape was adapted from the Bermuda-built Royal Navy “Shamrock” class: fast dispatch / patrol vessels that ran from the Royal Naval Dockyard northwest to Halifax and southwest to Jamaica to contain […]

Joined our fleet in 2006 from a previous life as a round-the-word racing yacht with BT Global Challenge. Formerly called Samsung, Alba Explorer has been modified to work with young people and adapted for coastal sailing. Alba Explorer is a Challenge 72’ with a Bermudan Sloop rig which means she has a single mast. Alba […]

Vega Gamleby was built in 1909 in Viken, Sweden. She has sailed the Baltic Seas for many years up until a motor was built in the ship in 1932. Until 1937, her home ports were Lerberget and Hoganas. Later, she found her hometown in Skarhamn until 1966. After she was bought by director B. Guthenberg, […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

Shabab Oman is now a barquentine, but was launched in 1971 as a topsail schooner called Captain Scott, which operated out of Scotland for the Dulverton Trust. The Trust ran outward bound courses for young people lasting 25 days during which time they would be dropped ashore for mountain expeditions and climbing. Captain Scott was […]

Pride of Baltimore II is a reproduction of an 1812-era Baltimore Clipper. For nearly three decades, she has served to promote historical maritime education, foster economic development and tourism for Baltimore and Maryland, and represent the people of Maryland in ports throughout the world. Since her commissioning in 1988, Pride of Baltimore II has sailed […]

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.

Pogoria was built in 1980 for the Iron Shackle Fraternity – a marine educational project which was conceived and founded by Captain Adam Jasser in 1971. The project was later sponsored by the Polish National Television, the TV Magazine “Flying Dutchman”. The current owner and operator of Pogoria is Pomeranian Sailing Association with seat at […]

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 […]