schooner VIRGINIA

The schoner VIRGINIA hosted the fleet at SAIl VIRGINIA 2007, and now will go on to the tall ships festival in Newport, RI.

See: http://tallshipsrhodeisland.org

Schooner VIRGINIA can be reached at:

http://www.SchoonerVirginia.org

ROYALIST

The ROYALIST is alive, and sailing, and recovering from the "bad tides" earlier in the year.

Gary Bergman sailed ROYALIST to SAIL VIRGINIA 2007.

the ROYALISTE webpage: http://www.theroyaliste.com

e-mail: orcaboat@sbcglobal.net

Dutch Navy sail-training ketch, URANIA

The new URANIA was built fours years ago (2003) to replace the 3 times Cutty Sark winner which had been built in 1928. The new URANIA trains future Dutch naval officers for the ROyal Dutch Naval Academy.

RARA AVIS

RARA AVIS is indeed a "rare bird", with Dutch origins, an interim Amercian owner, and now a vessel involved with "troubled youth in France," the RARA AVIS sails from Brest, and is a "global ecological explorer".

SPIRIT of BERMUDA

SPIRIT of BERMUDA is a intrinsic, regional rig, called a "Bermuda sloop" despite having 3 masts. She was built in 2006, and is new to the tall ships fleet.

schooner VIRGINIA

Built in 2006, the schooner VIRGINIA is 126' LOA, and represents the State of Virginia,

and the city if Norfolk.

GODSPEED, replica from Jamestown 1607

the GODSPEED leading the "Parade of Sail", Norfolk, Virginia.

to contact the GODSPEED, go to the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation at:

http://www.historyisfun.org

tall ships slide-show -- 16 June, 2007

Topic: Tall ships slide-show of the fleet of 19 vessels visiting Rhode Island,
June 27th-July 1st.
19 tall ships will be presented by Thad Koza

Place: North Kingstown Free Library
100 Boone Street
North Kingstown, RI 02852

Time: 10:30 AM

Contact: Susan Berman, 1.401.294.3306, ext 123

e-mail: sberman@nklibrary.org

Tall Ships Rhode Island

PICTON CASTLE as "pirate ship"

A friend forwarded this image of PICTON CASTLE, all made up for her appearance on the CBS-TV pirate program. Somehow the new "threads" make her look sleeker and slimmer.



PICTON CASTLE will be making appearances at Sail Virginia, Tall Ships Rhode Island and
Tall Ships Nova Scotia. See links below:

Norfolk: http://www.sailvirginia2007.org

Newport: http://tallshipsrhodeisland.org

Halifax: http://tallshipsnovascotia.com

PICTON CASTLE: http://www.picton-castle.com

Also, PICTON CASTLE will be in the 2008 tall ships calendar in her "south Pacific garb".




To order the 2008 tall ships calendar, go to:

http://store.tallshipsinternational.net

German Navy sail-training barque, GORCH FOCK II

The German Navy sail-training barque, GORCH FOCK II, will participate in Sail Virginia and TAll Ships Rhode Island 2007.

For LINK go to: http://tallshipsrhodeisland.org

The above image of GORCH FOCK II is one of 12 photogrpahs of tall ships featured in the 2008 tall ships calendar. TO order a calendar, or more information, go to:

http://store.tallshipsinternational.net

HMCS ORIOLE

The HMCS ORIOLE is the oldest serving commissioned ship in the Canadian Navy.

The 102' ketch was built in 1921, and homeports in Esquimail, British Columbia.

She was a participant in the 2005 tall ships challenge, and is expected to participate in the 2008 tall ships challenge in the Pacific Northwest. For details, go to: http://sailtraining.org.

The above image is also available in the 2008 tall ships calendar, along with 11 other tall ships.

For more information or to order the 2008 tall ships calendar, go to:

http://store.tallshipsinternational.net

tall ships slide-show, Jamestown, RI -- Philomenian Library

Thad Koza will make a slide-show presentation on the tall ships fleet that will visit Narragansett Bay, June 27th-July 1st. All 20 tall ships will be presented in slide-format talk, with documentation notes and anecdotal tales. The vessels to be presented include: the Brazilian clipper, CISNE BRANCO, the German sail-training barque GORCH FOCK II ( the sister-ship to the Coast Guard EAGLE), the PRIDE of BALTIMORE II, one of the twin brigantines of the Tall Ships Youth Trust (UK) the PRINCE WILLIAM, the Indian Navy's training vessel, TARANGINI, the schooners SPIRIT of MASSACHUSETTS, HARVEY GAMAGE, VIRGINIA, and the local favorite, PROVIDENCE, featured in "Pirates of the Caribbean II".

The program should last for an hour, and will be open to the public.

The slide-show will be at 7 PM on June 13th, 2007 at the Jamestown Philomenian Library, 26 North Road, Jamestown, RI 02835. Telephone: 401. 423.7280.

tall ships book signing -- Norfolk, VA

Thad Koza will sign copies of his book, and the 2008 tall ships calendar at :

PRINCE BOOKS
109 E. Main Street
Norfolk, VA 23510

on June 8th and 9th, 2007; 2-4 PM.

To contact PRINCE BOOKS, e-mail Sarah Pishko at: sarah@prince-books.com


To order books or calendars, go to: http://store.tallshipsinternational.net

The tall ships of the 2008 calendar are:

PRIDE of Baltimore II ROSEWAY GORGH FOCK II

KHERSONES ORIOLE MAJA

PICTON CASTLE ARGUS LADY ELLEN

SAGRES II IRVING & EXY JOHNSON NIAGARA

Price: $ 13.95 in US, $14.95 outside US

Use order form on back, or e-mail: tallships2007@yahoo.com

Swedish topsail schooner LADY ELLEN

The elegant LADY ELLEN, a topsail schooner based in Stockholm, Sweden will be one fo the 100 tall ships fleet to participate in the TSI festival in Stockholm, June 27th-30th, 2007.

The image seen in this posting is also the selection for the month of September in the 2008 tall ships calendar, and a copy of the calendar can now be ordered at:

http://store.tallshipsinternational.net

LADY ELLEN is 127' 8", overall.

LADY ELLEN can be reached by e-mail at: anna@ladyellen.se

Swedish schooner INGO

The wooden hulled, 3-masted schooner INGO was built in 1922. INGO is 124' 7" in over-all length, and she will be one of the 100 tall ships to gather in Stockholm in July 2007. INGO operates as a charter vessel along the Swedish coast in the Baltic Sea.


Information on INGO can be seen at the webpage:

http://www.skonaren-ingo.org

Information on the tall ships festival in Stockholm, July 27th-30th can be seen at:

http://sailtraininginternational.org

Dutch sail-training ketch, URANIA

Someone asked how many people the URANIA sails with, and I cannot reply directly becasue she did not leave an e-mail address, but the URANIA sails with a complement of 17:

3 officers, 2 mates, and 12 cadets.

Write any other questions to: tallships2007@yahoo.com

Thanks.

"pirate ship" ROYALISTE, privateer

The privateer ROYALISTE, from San Francisco Bay will participate in the tall ships challenge this summer. ROYALISTE is committed to attending the festivities in Charleston, Norfolk, and Halifax. For additional information, write to:
orcaboat@sbcglobal.net

sloop PROVIDENCE --tallships 2007

After re-organization and re-tooling the historic sloop PROVIDENCE will again take to the high seas.

Committed to the ASTA tall ships challenge, the PROVIDENCE will appear in Norfolk, Newport, and Halifax in 2007.

for further information go to:

http://www.sloopprovidenceonline.org

For overall event information go to:

http://www.sailtraining.org

tall ships fleet + + + Mediterranean 2007

An interesting posting, from an Italian source, of the tall ships fleet scheduled
for the Mediterranean in 2007:

NAVE	ARMATORE	NAZIONE
AMERIGO VESPUCCI A	Com.te Massimo Vianello	Italia MM
AQUARELLE B	Georgen Depetri (Master)	Francia
BELLE POULE B	Lt Claude Zallot (Master)	Francia
CAPITAN MIRANDA A	Capt J Ambroseni	Uruguai
DIAMANT NOIR D	Amirault Audren	Francia
ETOILE HORIZON B	Bob Escoffier (Master)	Francia
FAR BARCELONA B	Miguel Borillo I Esteve (Master)	Spagna
FETIA URA C	Da comunicare	Francia
GUAYAS A	Capt Carlos Valleso Game	Ecuador
IDEA DUE C	Pantaleo Coluccia (Master)	Italia
ISLA EBUSITANA B	Luis Herrador Monedero (Master)	Spagna
JOLIE BRISE B	Toby Marris (Master)	UK
LAISSE DIRE 777	Da comunicare	Francia
LE DON DU VENT B	Philippe Derain	Francia
LIBERTAD A	Capt Pablo Marcelo Vignolles	Argentina
MIR A	Capt Yury Galkin	Russia
MIRCEA A	Captain Pamparau Dinu	Romania
NAVE ITALIA A Ex swan Fan Makkum		Italia
PALINURO A	Com.te Angelo Patruno	Italia MM
PAMADICA C	Carlo de Thierry	Italia
PANDORA B	De Amici	Italia
POGORIA A	Da comunicare	Polonia
SARIE MARAIS OF PLYM D	Justin Sanders (Master)	UK
SPITIR OF VIKING C	Clouzean (Master)	Francia
STAD AMSTERDAM A	Capt Richard Slootweg	Olanda
TARTESSOS D	Gonzalo De La Cruz Fernandez	Spagna
UCANDALUS C	Luis Miguel Coin (Master)	Spagna
ZENOBE GRAMME C	Dirk Rossel (Master)	Belgio

Polish tallship DAR MLODZIEZY, 2008-09

The wall beneath the bridge on the DAR MLODZIEZY, proudly displaying the logos for major voyages and maritime festivals that the DAR has visited over her 25 years. There should be several additions with her plans for a long voyage in 2008-2009 to the west and east coasts of North America. The ports which are expected to host the DAR have been announced as follows:

2008-West Coast

• June 25 -29, Victoria , B.C.
  

July 2-7 , Tacoma , Washington

July 10-12, Port Alberni , B.C.

July 23-27, San Francisco , California

August 7-10, Channel Islands ( Oxnard ),
California (cannot accommodate DAR due to draft)

August 13-17, Los Angeles , California

August 20-24, San Diego , California

September 6-7, Dana Point, California (a post race port)

2009 East Coast

Charleston Memorial Day weekend (May 22-25)

Bermuda (STI port) June 12-15

Norfolk/Baltimore ???
Nothing signed and no specific dates

New York ??? Nothing signed and no specific dates

Boston (ASTA port) July 8-13
Nothing signed but dates agreed to

Halifax (STI port) July 17-20

For updated information or to volunteer for the DAR committee contact Hal Barstow at:

halbar45@earthlink.net

tallship BOUNTY

The tallship BOUNTY will make an appearance at Sail Virginia 2007, June 7th-12th.

For more information on Sail Virginia, go to: http://www.sailvirginia2007.com

For a complete schedule for the BOUNTY, go to her homepage at:

http://www.tallshipbounty.org

2007 tall ships postcard series

The series of 8 tall ships postcards for 2007 can be viewed and ordered at:

http://www.tallshipsinternational.net/pstcd2.html


The tall ships in the series are: GORCH FOCK II, TARANGINI, PRIDE of BALTIMORE II,

HARVEY GAMAGE & SPIRIT of MASSACHUESTTS, PRINCE WILLIAM,

schooner VIRGINIA, PICTON CASTLE, & URANIA.

Spanish schooner FAR BARCELONA

The Spanish schooner, FAR BACELONA, has a long and illustrious history. built as a Norwegian jakt in 1874, she has been restored to sailing condition by the CONSORCI El FAR in Barcelona, and will participate in the is year's ( 2007) tall ships festival in Barcelona.


Photograph by PERE DE PRADA.

FAR BARCELONA is a 76' two-masted schooner, and can be contacted at:

http://www.entfarbarcelona.org

For information on the tall ships festival in Barcelona and the Mediterranean, go to:

http://www.tallships2007mediterranea.org

URANIA, sail-training vessel of Royal Netherland Naval College

The Royal Netherland Naval College has announced the itinerary for URANIA on its vist to North America in 2007. Called the "Atlantic Breeze", the journey will start at the end of March,a nd run through August 2007. See schedule below:

HNLMS Urania

Atlantic Breeze 2007

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In 2007 HNLMS Urania will take part in a transatlantic journey called Atlantic Breeze 2007. Planning as follows:

20 March		:Vertrek uit Den Helder
23 – 25 March		:Plymouth, Engeland
06 – 08 April		:Funchal, Madeira
01 – 04 May		:Kingstown, St. Vincent
07 – 15 May		:Willemstad, Curaçao
18 – 20 May		:Philipsburg, St. Maarten
27 – 29 May		:Nassau, de Bahama’s
01 – 03 June		:Jacksonville, FL
07 – 12 June		:Norfolk, VA
13 – 16 June		:Annapolis, MD
16 – 18 June		:Baltimore, MD
22 – 25 June		:New York, NY
26 June – 01 July		:Newport, RI
03 – 05 July		:Boston, MA
12 – 16 July		:Halifax, Canada
05 – 08 August		:Plymouth, Engeland
10 August		:Aankomst in Den Helder

The journey will last 144 days and a distance of approximately 12000 nautical miles will be covered.

During autumn 2007 HNLMS Urania will participate in several races and sailing events.

There will also be a postcard of the URANIA as part of

the ASTA tall ships 2007 postcard series.

See draft-proof of URANIA above. For postcard inquiries, write to:

tallships2007@yahoo.com