schooner CAPITAN MIRANDA

The 3-masted staysail schoooner of the Uruguyan Navy, CAPITAN MIRANDA, is scheduled ofr one of the ports of tall ships Mediterranean, Alicante. Not other details of her cruise in 2007 have been released.

CAPITAN MIRANDA has a webpage: www.armada.gub.uy

schooner GEDANIA

The 2-masted schooner GEDANIA, which has been restored, and refitted extensively over the last decade is sailing again with young trainees, and operating in conjunction with the POGORIA and the Sail Training Association of Poland.
If I can read there webpage correctly, the GEDANIA will be participating in the STI races in he Mediterranean in July, and the STI tallships race from Stockholm to Szczecin in early August. GEDANIA was one of the surprise additions to the tall ships fleet visiting the US in 1976, having sailed up from Anartica, and joing the fleet in Hamilton haroubr before visiting Newport, New York, and Salem and Boston Massachusetts in the bicentennial year, 1976.

After retiring from oceanogrpahic explorations, the GEDANIA was refitted, her double hull removed, and an additional 10 feet added to her midsection, to accomodate a larger crew of trainess.

For further information on passages, trainee opportunities, and schedules, write to:

gedania@pogoira.pl

Norwegian tallship SORLANDET

The smallest of the 3 Class A tall ships in Norway, the SORLANDET, will particiapte in events in the Baltic over the summer of 2007.

See the homepae for SORLANDET and tall ships Szczecin for further details.

http://www.fullriggen-sorlandet.no/english

http://www.szczecin2007.pl

Brazilian tallship CISNE BRANCO

The Brazilian tallship, the CISNE BRANCO is scheduled to participate in the ASTA Tall Shipc Challenge in 2007.

See the webpage: www.tallshipsrhodeisland.org for further details

tallship HAWAIIAN CHIEFTAIN

Thanks to Tom Hyde, Communciation Director at the Gray's Harbor Historical Seaport Authority, we have a neat photograph of HAWAIIAN CHIEFTAIN in her "new colors".

HAWAIIAN CHIEFTAIN homeports in Aberdeen, WA, and regularly sails with the
LADY WASHINGTON in historical re-enactments on the west coast. Shortly we will post her 2007 sailing schedule and appearances.

Photograph courtesy of Thomas Hyde, 2007.

Curacao Sail -- May 2008

The Curacao Sail Foundation is seeking tall ships to participate in its planned festival to take place in Curacao, May 2008.

For more information, contact:

Lucky Ezechiëls, President & CEO

Curaçao Sail Foundation

P.O. Box 3740 Curaçao A.N.

ceo@curacaosail.com

ezechiels@onenet.an

http://tallships.curacao.googlepages.com

T. + 5999-5603272

F. + 5999-7367369

tallship PICTON CASTLE + tallshipsrhodeisland

The PICTON CASTLE is one the vessels scheduled to appear with the tall ships in Newport, Rhode Island, June 27th-July 1st.

Check out the webpage of Tall Ships Rhode Island: www.tallshipsrhodeisland.org

Also, this photograph will be one of the series of postcards prepared for ASTA for the visit of tall ships.

For more information, go to: http://www.tallshipsinternational.net/2007postcards.html

tallship UNICORN ** "Sisters Under Sail"

Dawn Santamaria of the tallship UNICORN has announced a series of character building voyages on the UNICORN for young women, "Sisters Under Sail." The innovative program will be centered on the east coast in 2007. For more information, go to the UNICORN webpage at:

www.tallshipunicorn.com

"Sisters Under Sail" Schedule for 2007 :

Bridgeport, CT to New York City ~ Jun. 03 - 08
New York City to Atlantic City, NJ ~ Jun. 10 - 15
Atlantic City to Perth Amboy, NJ ~ Jun. 18 - 22
Halifax, Nova Scotia to Gloucester, MA ~ Jul. 16 - 27
Gloucester, MA to Bridgeport, CT ~ Jul. 29 - Aug. 3
Bridgeport, CT sailing Long Island Sound ~ Aug. 5 - 10

MIRCEA, sail-training barque from Romania

MIRCEA, recently restored by the Romanian Navy, will be participating in the tall ships races in the Mediterranean the summer of 2007.

MIRCEA is one of the 4 sail-training barques built in Germany in the 1930's; the other four now being, EAGLE (USA), SAGRES II (Portugal), and the GORCH I (being restored in Straslund, Germany.)

The tall ships festival in Barcelona, which MIRCEA will attend, will take place, July 12th-15th, 2007. For contact, e-mail: tallships.med2007@diba.es

Additional information to follow.

Photographs of MIRCEA, courtesy of Sam Samoilescu, Ontario, CANADA. Sam is the brother of the Exe. officer of the MIRCEA.

TARANGINI, sail-training barque of the Indian Navy

For the ASTA challenge of 2007, the Indian Navy's barque, TARANGINI will be visiting the east coast in May-June-July 2007. The TARANGINI is a 177', 3-masted barque, built in 1997.

SPIRIT of SOUTH CAROLINA, May 3rd-4th, 2007

The launch of the schooner, SPIRIT of SOUTH CAROLINA has been scheduled for March 3rd, or 4th, 2007.

TUNAS SAMUDERA

he tall ship of the Royal Malaysian Navy, TUNAS SAMUDERA, will be making a 412 day circumnavigation to the tall ships events in the Baltic this summer, 2007.

TUNAS SAMUDERA is a 44m brigantine.

Fair winds in 2007 !

To all the ships at sea:

Fair winds and following seas in 2007 !

And with thanks to Shtandart, a greeting card for the occasion.

Sorry about the lack of upkeep on my blog. Simply got into too much travel, conferences, and distractions to keep up my routine. Hopefully this will get me back into the flow for the year, 2007.

Please let me hear from you, and your vessels, and your sailing schedules. I will try to accomodate all information and photos for the year.

Over and out, thad

tallships2007@yahoo.com

Oct. 29, 2006, Golden Gate Tall Ships Society

On October 29th, approximately from 7 PM to 8 PM, there will be a sldie-show on tall ships sponsored by the Golden Gate Tall Ships Society at the Sausalito Yacht Club. The hour-long show will focus on Class A tall ships, and participants int he west coast tall ships challenge of 2005. The speaker will be Thad Koza.

The slide show will be an adjunct to the opening of a tall ships photogrpahy exhibit at the 1st Presbyterian Church on Bridgeway in Saulsalito, sponsored by the Golden Gate Tall Ships Society.
The exhibit will open onthe afternoon of Ocotber 29th.

For details, contact Alice Cochran at: alice@alicecochran.com

the DAR in 2008

The DAR MLODZIEZY is coming to the west coast in 2008.

Planned ports to visit include: Los Angeles, San Francisco, Tacoma, Seattle,a nd Victoira BC.

If you are interested in joining a welcome committee or planning committe, contact:

Hal Barstow at : halbar45earthlink.net or

Thad Koza at: thadkoza@yahoo.com

There will be a fund-raising and organizing diner at Ports' O'Call in San Pedro on November 4th, 2007, please contact Hal, for tickets and reservations, ASAP at: halbar45@earthlink.net

Baltic Sail 2007

Baltic Sail, the partnership of sevearl Baltic ports to create and support a number of maritime festivals for traditional sailing vessels appears to have become both more organized, and more serious in its planning and scheduling.

Here are the ports, dates and contact for the series fo festival in 2007:

Baltic Sail 2007

Halmstad Marinfestival & Baltic Sail
July 19th-22nd, 2007
www.balticsail.halmstad.se
jose.ciavarella@halstad.se

Sail Gdańsk
July 26-29th, 2007
www.sail.gdansk.pl
sail@gdansk.gda.pl

Sea Festival, Klaipeda
July 27th-29th, 2007
www.svente.lt
kipras@kalipedainfo.lt

Sail Karlskrona
Aug.2-5th, 2007
www.karlskrona.se/sail
sail@karlskrona.se

Hanse Sail 2007, Rostock
August 9th-12th,2007
www.hansesail.com
hansesail@rostock.de

Baltic Sail Helsingor
Aug. 17th-19th, 2007
www.balticsail.dk
info@balticsail.dk

Baltic Sail Travemünde
August 23rd-28th, 2007
www.luebck-tourismus.de
charter@luebeck-tourismus.de


I will try to establih LINKS with the festivals, and provide updates, and lists of ships expected.

If you have information to add, or questions to ask, e-mail me at:

tallships2007@yahoo.com

the DAR 2008

PRIDE

Swedish schooner HAMLET

The Swedish schoner, HAMLET.

LOA: 111' 6"
Beam: 22' 4"
Draft: 9'
Year built : 1936
Homeport: Skarhamn, SWEDEN

homepage: http://www.hamletcharter.com


(Photo taken, August 2006, Rostock, HANSE SAIL)

NINIVE

The German vessel, NINIVE. Photogrpah taken August 2006, Hanse Sail, Rostock