1 January 2026 | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa | Category: Tall ships , Yacht of the Month
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at quai Richard Waddington, Rouen, France © Chabe01/cc-by-sa-4.0
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Bima Suci (945) is a
barque and
training ship of the
Indonesian Navy .
Bima Suci was
launched on 18 September 2017 by Freire Shipyard,
Vigo ,
Spain . The vessel was
commissioned in 2017.
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1 December 2025 | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa | Category: Cruise Ships , Yacht of the Month
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Empire Windrush was a
passenger motor ship that was launched in Germany in 1930 as the MV
Monte Rosa . She was built as an
ocean liner for the German shipping company
Hamburg Süd . They used the ship to carry German emigrants to South America, and as a
cruise ship . During
World War II , she was taken over by the
German navy and used as a
troopship . During the war, she survived two
Allied attempts to sink her.
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1 November 2025 | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa | Category: Tall ships , Cruise Ships , Yacht of the Month
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The Golden Horizon at Brodosplit Shipyard in Split © Ballota/cc-by-sa-4.0
🔊 Listen to this Post SV Golden Horizon is a steel-
hulled five-
masted barque rigged tall ship which is intended to serve as a
cruise ship , but has almost never seen active service. Originally named
Flying Clipper , the luxury vessel was designed by
Polish naval architect Zygmunt Chore? , for Star Clippers Ltd. of Sweden, and built by the
Brodosplit Shipyard in
Split, Croatia . She is the largest sailing ship ever launched. Her design was based on
France II , a famous French five-mast cargo
windjammer built in 1911.
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1 October 2025 | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa | Category: Tall ships , Yacht of the Month
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passing Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge, Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, USA © Cruadin/cc-by-2.5
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Tarangini is a
three-masted barque , commissioned in 1997 as a
sail training ship for the
Indian Navy . She is
square rigged on the fore and main masts and
fore-and-aft rigged on the mizzen mast. She was constructed in
Goa to a design by the British
naval architect Colin Mudie , and launched on 1 December 1995. In 2003–04, she became the first
Indian naval ship to
circumnavigate the globe .
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1 September 2025 | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa | Category: General , Tall ships , Yacht of the Month
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Capitán Miranda (ROU 20) is a three-masted
staysail schooner of the
Uruguayan Navy . Originally acquired by the Uruguayan Navy as a
survey ship in 1930, the ship remained in service until 1976 in this role. Destined for the
shipbreakers , the vessel was repurposed as a
training ship in 1978.
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1 August 2025 | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa | Category: Tall ships , Yacht of the Month
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Hermione is a 32-gun
Concorde -class frigate fitted for
12-pounder guns , completed in Rochefort by the Asselin organisation in 2014. It is a
reproduction of the 1779
Hermione , which achieved fame by ferrying General
La Fayette to the United States in 1780 to allow him to rejoin the American side in the
American Revolutionary War .
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1 July 2025 | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa | Category: London , Yacht of the Month
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A Thames sailing barge is a type of commercial
sailing boat once common on the
River Thames in
London . The
flat-bottomed barges , with a shallow draught and
leeboards , were perfectly adapted to the
Thames Estuary , with its shallow waters and narrow tributary rivers. The larger barges were seaworthy vessels, and were the largest sailing vessel to be handled by just two men. The average size was about 120 tons and they carried 4,200 square feet (390 m²) of canvas sail in six working sails. The
mainsail was loose-footed and set up with a
sprit , and was
brailed to the mast when not needed. It is sheeted to a
horse , as is the
foresail ; they require no attention when
tacking . The foresail is often held back by the mate to help the vessel come about more swiftly.
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1 June 2025 | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa | Category: Tall ships , Yacht of the Month
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Cuauhtémoc is a
sail training vessel of the
Mexican Navy , launched in 1982.
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1 May 2025 | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa | Category: Tall ships , Yacht of the Month
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🔊 Listen to this Post Simón Bolívar is a
training vessel for the
Venezuelan Navy . She sails from the home port of
La Guaira and is a frequent participant in
tall ship events. She is named after
Simón Bolívar , the liberator of
Bolivia ,
Colombia ,
Peru ,
Ecuador ,
Panama and
Venezuela .
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