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After being sold by Cagney in 1958, [2] the Swift was used for various purposes, such as harbor tours, before being acquired by the Los Angeles Maritime Institute in 1991. [2] Swift of Ipswich participated in the Clash of the Tall Ships II in Long Beach Harbor in January, 1998. [6]
Steel, LOA 38,7 m. Commissioned and run by STAF / Sail Training Association Finland on Finnish and international voyages. Participating in The Tall Ships Races (winner B-Class in 2007 & 2011).Crew: 4 plus 24 trainees. 2 masted, staysails Helena C: 1968 Cayman Islands: Privately owned; former sail training vessel
In 1871, Albion and Menzies Gamage purchased a lot of land in South Bristol, Maine and constructed the A&M Gamage Shipyard which remained in the family until 2000. [5] [6] In 1924, Harvey F. Gamage left his apprenticeship at East Boothbay, ME boatyards and set up business for himself in a small shed on the Gamage shipyard, where he oversaw construction of more than 288 vessels, including many ...
The Pioneer was built in Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania in 1885 as a cargo sloop.She was the first of only two American cargo sloops ever built with a wrought iron hull. After ten years of service in the Delaware Bay, she was re-rigged as a schooner for easier handling.
She was launched on April 11, 1998, and replaced her predecessor, Natalie Todd (later named American Pride) as a tourist vessel based in Bar Harbor, Maine. [2] While the hull and deck are constructed from steel, the topmasts, gaffs and booms are crafted from Maine spruce. Most of the schooner's woodwork was done in Maine.
A tall ship from above anchored off of Newlyn in Cornwall Group of "tall ships" at Hanse Sail 2010. A tall ship is a large, traditionally-rigged sailing vessel. Popular modern tall ship rigs include topsail schooners, brigantines, brigs and barques. "Tall ship" can also be defined more specifically by an organization, such as for a race or ...
In 2014 it was reported that Virginia was for sale, [9] with an asking price of $1.8 million. The Virginia Maritime Heritage Foundation's sail-training programme was proving unsustainable, it costing about $1 million a year to run the schooner. [4] In 2016 a listing on YachtWorld.com showed Virginia's asking price as $1.5m. [10]
Mercantile is a two-masted schooner berthed in Camden Harbor, Camden, Maine.Built in the 1914-16 on Little Deer Isle, Maine, she is one of a small number of such vessels still afloat from a time when they were one of the most common cargo vessels of the coasting trade.