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A tall ship is a large traditionally rigged
Rigging

Rigging is, on sailboats and sailing ships, the collection of apparatus through which the force of the wind is transferred to the ship in order to propel it forward....
 sailing vessel. Popular modern tall ship rigs include topsail schooner
Schooner

A schooner is a type of sailing ship characterized by the use of fore-and-aft rig sails on two or more mast s. Schooners were first used by the Netherlands in the 16th or 17th century, and further developed in North America from the early 18th century onwards....
s, brigantine
Brigantine

In sailing, a brigantine is a vessel with two masts, only the forward of which is square rigged.Originally the brigantine was a small ship carrying both oars and sails....
s, brig
Brig

In Glossary of nautical terms, a brig is a vessel with two square rig masts. During the Age of Sail, brigs were seen as fast and maneuverable and were used as both naval war ships and merchant ships....
s and barque
Barque

A barque, barc, or bark is a type of sailing vessel....
s.

Traditional rigging may include square rig
Square rig

Square rig is a generic type of Sail-plan in which the primary driving sails are carried on horizontal spars which are perpendicular, or , to the keel of the vessel and to the masts....
s and gaff rig
Gaff rig

Gaff rig is a sailing rig in which the sail is four-cornered, fore-and-aft rigged, controlled at its Parts of a sail#Non-triangular fore and aft sails and, usually, its entire Parts of a sail#Non-triangular fore and aft sails by a spar called the gaff....
s, with separate topmasts
Mast (sailing)

The mast of a sailing ship is a tall, vertical, or near vertical, spar, or arrangement of spars, which supports the sails. Large ships have several masts, with the size and configuration depending on the style of ship....
 and topsail
Topsail

A topsail is a sail set above another sail; on square-rigged vessels further sails may be set above topsails....
s. It is generally more complex than modern rigging, which utilizes newer materials such as aluminum and steel
Steel

Steel is an alloy consisting mostly of iron, with a carbon content between 0.2% and 2.14% by weight , depending on grade. Carbon is the most cost-effective alloying material for iron, but various other alloying elements are used such as manganese, chromium, vanadium, and tungsten....
 to construct taller, lightweight masts with fewer, more versatile sails.






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A tall ship is a large traditionally rigged
Rigging

Rigging is, on sailboats and sailing ships, the collection of apparatus through which the force of the wind is transferred to the ship in order to propel it forward....
 sailing vessel. Popular modern tall ship rigs include topsail schooner
Schooner

A schooner is a type of sailing ship characterized by the use of fore-and-aft rig sails on two or more mast s. Schooners were first used by the Netherlands in the 16th or 17th century, and further developed in North America from the early 18th century onwards....
s, brigantine
Brigantine

In sailing, a brigantine is a vessel with two masts, only the forward of which is square rigged.Originally the brigantine was a small ship carrying both oars and sails....
s, brig
Brig

In Glossary of nautical terms, a brig is a vessel with two square rig masts. During the Age of Sail, brigs were seen as fast and maneuverable and were used as both naval war ships and merchant ships....
s and barque
Barque

A barque, barc, or bark is a type of sailing vessel....
s.

Traditional rigging may include square rig
Square rig

Square rig is a generic type of Sail-plan in which the primary driving sails are carried on horizontal spars which are perpendicular, or , to the keel of the vessel and to the masts....
s and gaff rig
Gaff rig

Gaff rig is a sailing rig in which the sail is four-cornered, fore-and-aft rigged, controlled at its Parts of a sail#Non-triangular fore and aft sails and, usually, its entire Parts of a sail#Non-triangular fore and aft sails by a spar called the gaff....
s, with separate topmasts
Mast (sailing)

The mast of a sailing ship is a tall, vertical, or near vertical, spar, or arrangement of spars, which supports the sails. Large ships have several masts, with the size and configuration depending on the style of ship....
 and topsail
Topsail

A topsail is a sail set above another sail; on square-rigged vessels further sails may be set above topsails....
s. It is generally more complex than modern rigging, which utilizes newer materials such as aluminum and steel
Steel

Steel is an alloy consisting mostly of iron, with a carbon content between 0.2% and 2.14% by weight , depending on grade. Carbon is the most cost-effective alloying material for iron, but various other alloying elements are used such as manganese, chromium, vanadium, and tungsten....
 to construct taller, lightweight masts with fewer, more versatile sails. Most smaller, modern vessels use Bermuda rig
Bermuda rig

The term Bermuda rig refers to a configuration of Mast and rigging for a type of sailboat and is also known as a Marconi rig; this is the typical configuration for most modern sailboats....
. Though it did not become popular elsewhere until the twentieth century, this rig was developed in Bermuda
Bermuda

Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, it is situated around 1770 kilometres northeast of Miami, Florida, and 1350 kilometres south of Halifax Regional Municipality, Canada....
 in the seventeenth century, and had historically been used on its small ships, the Bermuda sloop
Bermuda sloop

The Bermuda sloop is a type of fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel developed on the islands of Bermuda in the 17th century. In its purest form, it is single-masted, although ships with such rigging were built with as many as three masts, which are then referred to as schooners....
s. A modern replica of an 1831, Bermudian-built schooner
Schooner

A schooner is a type of sailing ship characterized by the use of fore-and-aft rig sails on two or more mast s. Schooners were first used by the Netherlands in the 16th or 17th century, and further developed in North America from the early 18th century onwards....
 is the sail training vessel Spirit of Bermuda (34.13 m, LOA).

The term tall ship has come into widespread use in the mid-20th century with the advent of The Tall Ships' Races
The Tall Ships' Races

The Tall Ships' Races are races for sail training tall ship . The races are designed to encourage international friendship and training for young people in the art of sailing....
, and was not generally used in the era when such ships were the norm.

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 "B" or above (Fore and aft
Fore-and-aft rig

A fore-and-aft rig is a sailing Rigging consisting mainly of sails that are set along the line of the keel rather than perpendicular to it. Such sails are described as fore-and-aft rigged....
 rigged vessels between 100 to 160 feet in length, and all square rigged vessels).

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 over 120' (36.6m) length overall (LOA). Fore and aft rigged vessels of 160' (48.8m)(LOA) and over." Also see list of tall ships
List of tall ships

The tall ships sailing today:*A.J. Meerwald *Adventuress *''Akogare*''Alabama *''Albanus *''Alexander von Humboldt *''Alma *''Alma Doepel ...
 for other tall ships, or List of large sailing vessels
List of large sailing vessels

Table of large sailing vessels including sailing mega yachts, tall ships, sailing crusing ships, large sailing military ships.Key: Year - delivery/active; Shipyard- makers of the yacht; LOA- overall length; LOD- length on deck; LWL- waterline length; Beam- width...
 for a list that includes other sailing vessel types.

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See also

  • American Sail Training Association
    American Sail Training Association

    Founded on April 3, 1973, the American Sail Training Association is currently the largest sail training association in the world and a founding member of Sail Training International#Sail Training International....
  • Cutty Sark Tall Ships' Race
  • Jubilee Sailing Trust
    Jubilee Sailing Trust

    Jubilee Sailing Trust is a charitable organisation in the United Kingdom which owns and operates two square-rigged three-masted barques, the STS Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson and the SV Tenacious....
  • List of tall ships
    List of tall ships

    The tall ships sailing today:*A.J. Meerwald *    Adventuress *''Akogare*''Alabama *''Albanus *''Alexander von Humboldt *''Alma *''Alma Doepel ...
  • List of large sailing vessels
    List of large sailing vessels

    Table of large sailing vessels including sailing mega yachts, tall ships, sailing crusing ships, large sailing military ships.Key: Year - delivery/active; Shipyard- makers of the yacht; LOA- overall length; LOD- length on deck; LWL- waterline length; Beam- width...
  • Sail training
    Sail training

    From its modern interpretations to its antecedents when maritime nations would send young naval officer candidates to sea , sail training provides an unconventional and effective way of building many useful skills on and off the water....
  • Tall Ships Challenge
    Tall Ships Challenge

    The Tall Ships Challenge is an annual event organized by the American Sail Training Association alternating in a three year cycle between the Great Lakes, the West Coast of the United States and the East Coast of the United States coasts of North America....
  • Tall Ship Chronicles
  • The Tall Ships' Races
    The Tall Ships' Races

    The Tall Ships' Races are races for sail training tall ship . The races are designed to encourage international friendship and training for young people in the art of sailing....
  • Tall Ships Youth Trust
    Tall Ships Youth Trust

    Tall Ships Youth Trust is a sail training organisation in the United Kingdom that currently owns and operates one two mast brig, the Stavros S Niarchos , and four 22m/72ft Challenger class racing yachts....


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)


External links

  • , site providing information on tallships principally based in Australian and New Zealand waters.
  • published on USENET
    Usenet

    Usenet, a portmanteau of "user" and "network", is a worldwide distributed Internet discussion system. It evolved from the general purpose UUCP architecture of the same name....
     stored with a search function.
  • for personal/commercial use.
  • , an online directory of maritime history resources in the Pacific Northwest
    Pacific Northwest

    The Pacific Northwest is a region in the northwest of North America . There are several partially overlapping definitions but the term Pacific Northwest should not be confused with the Northwest Territory or the Northwest Territories of Canada....
     region of the United States
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
    .
  • An ongoing digital collection of photographs depicting various modes of transportation in the Pacific Northwest region and Western United States during the first half of the 20th century.
  • - Photographs of Tall Ships by photographer Richard Sibley.