Tall ship

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A tall ship is a large traditionally rigged sailing vessel. Popular modern tall ship rigs include topsail schooners, brigantines, brigs and barques.

History

Traditional rigging may include square rigs and gaff rigs, with separate topmasts and topsails. It is generally more complex than modern rigging, which utilizes newer materials such as aluminum and steel to construct taller, lightweight masts with fewer, more versatile sails. Most smaller, modern vessels use Bermuda rig. Though it did not become popular elsewhere until the twentieth century, this rig was developed in Bermuda in the seventeenth century, and had historically been used on its small ships, the Bermuda sloops.

The term tall ship came into widespread use in the mid-20th century with the advent of The Tall Ships' Races, and was not generally used in the era when such ships were the norm. The term's popularity may have stemmed from its use in a well-known nautical poem by English Poet Laureate John Masefield entitled Sea Fever, first published in 1900.

While Sail Training International (STI) has extended the definition of tall ship for the purpose of its races to embrace any sailing vessel with more than 30 ft. (9.14 m) waterline length and on which at least half the people on board are aged 15 to 25, this definition can include many modern sailing yachts, so for the purposes of this article, tall ship will refer to those vessels rated as class "A" only.

International Sail Training Association, Class A Tall Ships

In alphabetical order (sortable). International Sail Training Association classifies its A Class as "all square-rigged vessels and all other vessels over 40 metres (131 ft) length overall (LOA)". By LOA they mean length excluding bowsprit and aft spar. [1]

Also see list of tall ships for other tall ships, or List of large sailing vessels for a list that includes other sailing vessel types.

Class A Tall Ships
Current
Name
Current
Nationality
Original
Delivery
Mast Rig Length excluding
bowsprit [m]
Beam [m]
Alexander von Humboldt 22x20px Germany 1906 3 Barque 54 10.8
Alpha 22x20px Russia 1948 2 Barquentine 8.9
Amerigo Vespucci 22x20px Italy 1931 3 Full rigged ship 82.4 15.8
Belem 22x20px France 1896 3 Barque 51 8.8
Bounty II  United States 1960 3 Full rigged ship
Capitain Miranda[1] 22x20px Uruguay 1930 3 Staysail Schooner 50.3 7.9
Christian Radich  Norway 1914 3 Full rigged ship 62.5 9.7
Cisne Branco 22x20px Brazil 1999 3 Full rigged ship 60.5 10.7
Concordia  Canada 1992 3 Barquentine 46.5
Constitution  United States 1797 3 Full rigged ship 62
Creole  United Kingdom 1927 3 Schooner 42.7 8.9
Creoula 22x20px Portugal 1937 4 Schooner 62.2
Cuauhtemoc 22x20px Mexico 1982 3 Barque 12.0
Danmark File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 1932 3 Full rigged ship 59.8 10.1
Dar Młodzieży  Poland 1982 3 Full rigged ship 94.8 14.0
Dewaruci 22x20px Indonesia 1953 3 Barquentine 49.7 9.4
Druzhba 22x20px Ukraine 1987 3 Full rigged ship 94.2 14
Dunay 22x20px Russia 1928 3 Full rigged ship 14.8
Eagle  United States 1936 3 Barque 80.7 11.9
Eendracht  Netherlands 1989 3 Gaff Schooner 55.3 12.2
Elissa  United States 1877 3 Barque 45.4 8.5
Esmeralda (BE-43) 22x20px Chile 1953 4 Barquentine 94.1 13.1
Eugene Eugenides 22x20px Greece 1959 3 Topgallant Schooner 9.2
Europa  Netherlands 1911 3 Barque 44.5 7.3
Gazela  United States 1901 3 Barquentine 42.7 7.9
Georg Stage (II) File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 1935 3 Full rigged ship 42 8.5
Gloria 22x20px Colombia 1968 3 Barque 67 10.7
Golden Quest Template:Country data Tuvalu 1945 3 Barque 48 7.5
Gorch Fock (I) 22x20px Germany 1933 3 Barque 73.7 11.9
Gorch Fock (II) 22x20px Germany 1958 3 Barque 81.2 11.9
Greif 22x20px Germany 1950 2 Brigantine 7.4
Großherzogin Elizabeth 22x20px Germany 1908 3 Gaff Schooner 53 8.2
Guayas 22x20px Ecuador 1977 3 Barque 10.4
Iskra (II)  Poland 1982 3 Barquentine 40 7.9
Jadran Template:Country data Montenegro 1933 3 Topsail Schooner 8.9
Jessica  Australia 1983 3 Topsail Schooner 6.7
Juan Sebastián Elcano 22x20px Spain 1927 4 Topsail Schooner 106.8 13.1
Kaiwo Maru II  Japan 1989 4 Barque 13.8
Kaliakra 22x20px Bulgaria 1984 3 Barquentine 43.2 7.9
Khersones 22x20px Ukraine 1989 3 Full rigged ship 94.8 14.0
Kruzenshtern 22x20px Russia 1926 4 Barque 95 14.0
Leeuwin II  Australia 1986 3 Barquentine 41.2 9.0
Libertad 22x20px Argentina 1960 3 Full rigged ship 91.7 13.7
Lord Nelson  United Kingdom 1985 3 Barque 40.2 8.5
Mercator 22x20px Belgium 1932 3 Barquentine 68 11.9
Meridian 22x20px Russia 1948 2 Barquentine 8.9
Mir 22x20px Russia 1987 3 Full rigged ship 94.8 14.0
Mircea 22x20px Romania 1938 3 Barque 73.7 12.5
Morgenster  Netherlands 1919 2 Brig 38.0 6.0
U.S. Brig Niagara  United States 1988 2 Brig 37.5 9.8
Nippon Maru II  Japan 1984 4 Barque 13.8
Palinuro 22x20px Italy 1934 3 Barquentine 58.7 10.1
Pallada 22x20px Russia 1989 3 Full rigged ship 94.2 14.0
Peacemaker  United States 1989 3 Barquentine 38 10.4
Picton Castle Template:Country data Nova Scotia 1928 3 Barque 45.2 7.3
Pogoria  Poland 1980 3 Barquentine 40.9 7.9
Prince William  United Kingdom 2001 2 Brig 40.6 9.9
Roald Amundsen 22x20px Germany 1952 2 Brig 40.8
Sagres III 22x20px Portugal 1937 3 Barque 81.3 11.9
Sedov 22x20px Russia 1921 4 Barque 108.7 14.6
Shabab Oman 22x20px Oman 1971 3 Barquentine 43.9 8.5
Simon Bolivar Template:Country data Venezuela 1979 3 Barque 10.4
Sorlandet  Norway 1927 3 Full rigged ship 56.7 9.6
Spirit of New Zealand 22x20px New Zealand 1986 3 Barquentine 33.2 9.
Stad Amsterdam  Netherlands 2000 3 Full rigged ship 62.4 10.5
Statsraad Lehmkuhl  Norway 1914 3 Barque 84.6 12.6
Stavros S Niarchos  United Kingdom 2000 2 Brig 40.6 9.9
Surprise  United States 1970 3 Full rigged ship 9.8
Tarangini 22x20px India 1997 3 Barque 54.0 8.5
Thor Heyerdahl 22x20px Germany 1930 3 Topsail Schooner 42.5 6.5
Unicorn  United Kingdom 1948 2 Brig 7.3
Young America  United States 1975 2 Brigantine 7.2
Young Endeavour  Australia 1986 2 Brigantine 35 7.8

Earlier description of classes

An older definition of class "A" by International Sail Training Association was "all square-rigged vessels over 120' (36.6m) length overall (LOA). Fore and aft rigged vessels of 160' (48.8m) (LOA) and over". By LOA they meant length excluding bowsprit and aft spar.[2]

Class "B" or above was Fore and aft rigged vessels between 100 to 160 feet in length, and all square rigged vessels.

See also a list of class "A" ships with lengths including bowsprit.[3]

Gallery

See also

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References

Further reading

  • American Sail Training Association; Sail Tall Ships! (American Sail Training Association; 16th edition, 2005 ISBN 0-9636483-9-X)
  • Thad Koza; Tall Ships: A Fleet for the 21st Century (Tide-Mark Press; 3rd edition, 2002; ISBN 1-55949-739-4)

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