2009 tall ships calendar

2009 Tall Ships Calendar

Featuring the STAR of INDIA along with 11 other tall ships:

FAR BARCELONA (Spain), SPIRIT of BERMUDA (Bermuda), VIRGINIA (USA), AMERIGO VESPUCCI (Italy), KALIAKRA (Bulgaria), TRO PA GA (Spain), Le DON du VENT (France), SEUTE DERNE II (Germany), PRINCE WILLIAM (UK), BOWDOIN( USA), TRE KRONOR(Sweden)

The calendar will be available June 2008.

To order or reserve copies, e-mail: tallships2009@yahoo.com

Class A's ROSTOCK -- HANSE SAIL 2008

Hanse Sail, Rostock 2008 has announced that 5 Class A's have been added to the festival fleet of tall ships. They are: GORCH FOCK II, KRUZENSHTERN, DAR MLODZIEZY, MIRCEA, and TRE KRONOR.

The entire entry list can be found at:

http://www.hansesail.com/Participants_2008.15+B6Jkw9MQ__.0.html

Malaysian tall ship, TUNAS SAMUDERA

The image of KLD TUNAS SAMUDERA was taken by my friend Hal Barstow, off of Stockholm, at the start of the tall ships race to Szczecin, July 2007.

More information will be added to the page on KLD TUNAS SAMUDERA later. tk

NINA

The replica of Christopher Columbus's NINA will be visitng the west coast for the Pacific Coast Challenge in 2008.

For NINA's 2008 schedule, e-mail:

columfnd@surfbvi.com

webpage: http://www.thenina.com

new book on Maine Windjammer fleet.......

Came across a wonderful new book on the Maine Windjammer fleet, and lighthouses.

Entitled:

Windjammers, Lighthouses and Other Treasures of the Maine Coast, the photography of Frank M. Chilleni has been published by Down East Books.

It has wonderful portraits of the Maine windjammer fleet and the captains of the schooners, along with a survey of the lighthouses along hte Maine coast. It can be order direct from
Down East Books:

http://www.downeastbooks.com

ISBN: 0-89272-680-6

new Dutch brig, MORGENSTER

A new Dutch brig has appeared on the entry list for the Tall Ships Races 2008.

It is the MORGENSTER.

As information becomes available, is will be posted on the daily log, and on my webpage:
http://www.tallshipsinternational.net

the e-mail address for MORGENSTER is: info@wyldeswan.nl

Polish Tall Ships -- Nov. 12th, 2007 Victoria, BC

Polish Tall Ships

A slide-show focusing on the fleet of Polish tall ships will be given by Thad Koza at the Polish Hall in Victoria, BC on Nov. 12th, 2007 -- 7 PM.

the talk will last about an hour, and will feature the DAR POMORZA, DAR MLODZIEZY, POGORIA, ISKRA, OCEANIA, FRYDERYK CHOPIN, BRYZA H, and SMUGA CIENA.

It will be held at the:

Polish Hall
90 Dock Street
Victoria, BC

Contact: Stan Planeta, tel: 250.384.0055

or write to Thad Koza at: tallships2009@yahoo.com

Nov. 14th, 2007 -- Bellingham, WA

The venue for the tall ships slide-show by Thad Koza in Bellingham, Washington
on Nov. 14th, 2007, has been changed to :

the Whatcom Museum of History & Art
121 Prospect Street
Bellingham, WA 98225

the change has been made to accommodate the anticipated larger audience.

The Squalicum Yacht Club has been scheduled as the 1st site for the tall ships slide-show.

Contact at Whatcom Museum is Todd Warger, and Todd can be reached at:

Twarger@cob.org

schooner MERRIE ELLEN

The former BRORA THOR has been renovated by new owners,and re-named the
MERRIE ELLEN. She will participate in the TACOMA TALL SHIPS 2008 rendezvous.

Canadian schooner GRAIL DANCER

14 Nov. 2007, Bellingham, WA

Tall Ships slide-show, preview of the fleet for 2008. by Thad Koza

14 November 2007, 7 – 9 PM

Squalicum Yacht Club

2633 S. Harbor Loop Drive
Bellingham, WA 98225

Contact: Steve Ayers at: sga29@aol.comor,

s.ayers@lfsinc.com

Tel: 360.647.1632

or contact Thad Koza at: tallships2009@yahoo.com

Brazilian tall ship, CISNE BRANCO

The Brazilian tall ship, and sail-training vessel for the Brazilian Navy, is a clipper ship.
CISNE BRANCO is also a sister-ship to STAD AMSTERDAM.

the brig, NIAGARA











The Brig NIAGARA is featured in the 2008 tall ships calendar.

Go to: http://store.tallshipsinternational.net

Swedish tallship, HELENE

Le DON du VENT

St. EULALIA

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