Tall ship
Tall ship is an informal collective term for some kinds of
sailing ships. Contrary to other sailing ship classification terms,
tall ship does
not describe a particular kind of sailing ship identified by a
sail plan – both
barques and
brigantines, for instance, are tall ships.
A tall ship is a large traditionally
rigged sailing vessel. Popular modern tall ship rigs include topsail
schooners,
brigantines,
brigs and
barques.
Traditional rigged vessels differ from modern sailing vessels with
gaff rigs, topmasts and
topsails.
Encyclopedia
Tall ship is an informal collective term for some kinds of
sailing ships. Contrary to other sailing ship classification terms,
tall ship does
not describe a particular kind of sailing ship identified by a
sail plan – both
barques and
brigantines, for instance, are tall ships.
A tall ship is a large traditionally
rigged sailing vessel. Popular modern tall ship rigs include topsail
schooners,
brigantines,
brigs and
barques.
Traditional rigged vessels differ from modern sailing vessels with
gaff rigs, topmasts and
topsails. Due to the additional crew and rigging required to carry topmasts and gaff rigs and the ability to construct taller, hollow masts of
aluminum and
steel, separate topmasts are generally cost prohibitive on modern designs.
The term has come into widespread use even amongst landlubbers in the mid-
20th century with the advent of
The Tall Ships' Races.
While
Sail Training International has extended the definition of
tall ship for the purpose of its races to embrace any sailing vessel with more than 30
ft. 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 .
The well-known poem "Sea Fever" by the English Poet Laureate
John Masefieldcontains the line "And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by", inspired by the poet's experience of serving in sailing ships during his youth
Modern tall ships
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- Aphrodite
- Appledore IV
- Argus
- Kri Arung Samudera
- Asgard II
- TS Astrid
- Astrid Finne
- Atlantica
- Atlantis
- Balclutha
- Baltic Beauty
- Bel Espoir II
- Belem
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Belle-Poule
Bill of Rights
Black Jack
Black PearlBluenose II
Boa Esperanza
HMS Bounty
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BowdoinBrilliant |BrilliantBryza HCalifornianCapitan MirandaChristian RadichCisne BrancoConcordiaCorwith CramerCreoulaCuauhtémoc Cutty SarkDanmarkDar MlodziezyDar PomorzaDen Store BjornDenis SullivanKRI DewaruciUSCGC EagleEarl of PembrokeEendracht IIEast Indiaman GötheborgElissaHM Bark EndeavourEsmeraldaÉtoileEuropaFragata LibertadFryderyk ChopinGazela PhiladelphiaGeorg StageGlenlee The Tall Ship at Glasgow HarbourGorch FockGorch Fock IIGrand TurkHawaiian ChieftainIrving and Exy JohnsonORP IskraORP Iskra IIJeanie JohnstonJolie BriseJuan Sebastián ElcanoKaiseiKaliakraKalmar NyckelKaskelotKRI DewaruciKruzenshtern Lady NelsonLady WashingtonLene MarieLewis R. FrenchLord NelsonLynx Mir...
Nadezhda
US Brig
NiagaraNRP Sagres , is a three-masted ta ...
RV OceaniaOne and AllPacific GracePacific SwiftPalladaPamirPassatPogoriaPolly WoodsidePommernPekingPhoenixPicton CastlePilgrimPride of Baltimore IIPrince WilliamPrivateer LynxRobert C. SeamansTS RoyalistSea CloudSedovShababSloop ProvidenceSoren LarsenSolway LassSpirit of Dana PointSpirit of New ZealandStad AmsterdamStar of IndiaSTS MirSwan fan MakkumSwift of IpswichHMS SultanaHMS SurpriseTenaciousTocorimé PamatojariTole MourTradewindHMS TrincomaleeSTS Young Endeavour Zodiac
See also
References
- American Sail Training Association; Sail Tall Ships!
- Thad Koza; Tall Ships: A Fleet for the 21st Century
External links
- published on USENET stored with a search function.
- for personal/commercial use.
- , an online directory of maritime history resources in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.
- 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.
