schooner BOWDOIN from Maine

The BOWDOIN, from the Maine Maritime Academy, is a 100' LOA wooden-hulled schooner, built in 1921. The BOWDOIN was designed specifically for Artic exploration, and had made 26 voyages above the Arctic circle between 1921-54. Since then, she has been a Sailing School Vessel for the MMA.

Scantlings:

LOA: 100'
Beam: 20'
Draft: 10'
Rig: Schooner
Homeport: Castine, Maine

Contact: tleach@mma.edu
Webpage: http://bell.mma.edu/-bowdoin

Nov. 13th, 2007, 7-8:30 PM tall ships lecture

The Britannia Heritage Shipyard of Richmond, BC will sponsor a slide-show on the tall ships by Thad Koza on November 13th, 7:00 -- 8:30 PM. The talk will focus on the events and the fleet of tall ships that will visit BC in June-July 2008. That fleet will include the US Coast Guard sail-training barque, EAGLE.

The talk will take place at :

Steveson Community Center
4111 Moncton Street
Steveson, BC


Click on the LINK below for registration, and tickets:

https://www.richmond.ca/cgi-bin/prp_pgr.exe?act=showResults&ageGroupCode=4&communityCode=BN&count=5


Contact Angela Soon at: asoon@richmond.ca

Or telephone: 604.276.4300 or 604.718.8050

The BRITANNIA HERITAGE SHIPYARD can be reached at: britannia@richmond.ca

or Thad Koza at: thadkoza@yahoo.com

Colin Archer built, German sailing vessel RAKEL

RAKEL is a Colin Archer built vessel, dating from 1896.

She presently operates out of Bremerhaven, GERMANY, and can be reached through:

Falk Pfau
Butjadinger Strasse 51b
28197 Bremen, GERMANY


Webpage: www.rakel.de.vu e-mail: f.pfau@nord-com.net

Scantlings:

LOA: 28 m
Beam: 5.5 m
Draft: 2. 6 m
Year built: 1896
Homeport: Bremerhaven, GERMANY

Swedish schooner, KVARTSITA

German schooner, PIPPILOTTA

fog so thick, you could drive through it ! Rostock 2007

The fog was so thick for HANSE Sail-- Rostock 2007, that you could drive barely drive through it !

ELBE No.5

ELBE NO. 5, leaving Rostock and HANSE SAIL 2007.

Hopefully there will be antoher chance next week to see this carefully restored pilot schooner.

French schooner, Le DON du VENT

Spanish brigantine, CALE MILLOR

CALE MILLOR, homeport, Ibiza, SPAIN, built 1942.

FAR BARCELONA

The Spanish schooner, FAR BARCELONA, was originally built in Norway, over 100 years ago. Has been restored by a consotium of foundations, and schools under the direction of one man.

She plans to return to Norway in 2008 !

Finnish schooner, JOANNA SATURNA

Finnish schooner,

JOANNA SATURNA

Swedish galease, KVARTSITA

HELENE

Swedish brig, TRE KRONOR

The Swedish brig, TRE KRONOR, launched in 2006, recieved her 1st suit of sails in late July, bent them, and sailed in parade on July 30th, 2007 !

GUAYAS

GUAYAS of Ecuador.

the barque, GUAYAS, from Ecuador

GUAYAS. The figure head.

AMERIGO VESPUCCI -- crow´s nest

The crow´s nest of the main mast of AMERIGO VESPUCCI in Barcelona.

tall ships Barcelona 2007

The tall ships gathered in Barcelona for the 2nd of four tall ships festivals in teh Mediterranean.

Here we see AMERIGO VESPUCCI, from atop the Maxim Hotel, and overlooking the column dedicated to Christopher Columbus, and the center of Barcelona harbor.

"Parade of Sail" Tall Ships Rhode Island 7/01/07

left to right: FRIENDSHIP, DEWARUCI, MYSTIC, and CISNE BRANCO

MYSTIC

MYSTIC

FRIENDSHIP, from Salem, MA

FRIENDSHIP