The Esmeralda

1 February 2025 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: Tall ships, Yacht of the Month Reading Time:  7 minutes

at Pearl Harbor © United States Navy - Photographer's Mate 1st Class Dennis C. Cantrell

at Pearl Harbor © United States Navy – Photographer’s Mate 1st Class Dennis C. Cantrell

The ship is the sixth to carry the name Esmeralda. The first was the frigate Esmeralda captured from the Spanish at Callao, Peru, by Admiral Lord Thomas Cochrane of the Chilean Navy, in a bold incursion on the night of 5 November 1820. The second was the corvette Esmeralda of the Chilean Navy, which, set against superior forces, fought until sunk with colors flying on 21 May 1879 at the Battle of Iquique. These events are considered significant milestones by the Chilean navy.   read more…

The Fryderyk Chopin

1 January 2025 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Tall ships, Yacht of the Month Reading Time:  5 minutes

off of Madeira, Portugal © Zbigniew Bosek/cc-by-sa-3.0

off of Madeira, Portugal © Zbigniew Bosek/cc-by-sa-3.0

The Fryderyk Chopin is a Polish brig-rigged sailing-ship. The ship was designed by Polish naval architect Zygmunt Choreń, named in honour of the early to mid 19th century Polish composer Fryderyk Chopin, and launched in 1992 in the Dora Shipyard, Gdynia, Poland. She was chartered for a year by West Island College (“Class Afloat”) in Nova Scotia to expand their Tall Ship educational program. After that, she was operated by the European School of Law and Administration, a private university in Poland. The homeport is Szczecin.   read more…

The Druzhba

1 November 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: Tall ships, Yacht of the Month Reading Time:  4 minutes

Druzhba in Hamburg, Germany, 1989 © Wolfgang Fricke/cc-by-sa-3.0

Druzhba in Hamburg, Germany, 1989 © Wolfgang Fricke/cc-by-sa-3.0

The Druzhba (English: Friendship) is a training ship of the Ukrainian Academy of Navigation. The ship, built in 1987, is one of the modern full-rigged ships in a series of sister ships designed by the Polish sailing ship designer Zygmunt Choreń and was built at the Polish Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk.   read more…

Rum Regatta

3 October 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Tall ships, Bon appétit Reading Time:  7 minutes

© Ivo Schneider/cc-by-3.0

© Ivo Schneider/cc-by-3.0

The Rum Regatta (also spelled Rumregatta, Danish: Romregatta) is the largest gaff-rigged sailing meeting in Northern Europe. Since 1980, every year on the weekend after Ascension Day, well over 100 participating ships meet on the Flensburg Inner Fjord for a regatta that is more reminiscent of a “unserious squadron trip”.   read more…

The Albatros

1 October 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: Tall ships, Yacht of the Month Reading Time:  7 minutes

© pjakobs/cc-by-sa-4.0

© pjakobs/cc-by-sa-4.0

The Albatros – previously Dagmar Larssen, Iris Thy and Esther Lohse – is a three-masted topsail schooner belonging to the “Clipper” club and is used for trips with young people and older sailors. The sailing ship with the relatively high jibboom mainly sails in the German and Danish Baltic Seas. Every year it is moored at Ring-Andersen in Svendborg for winter maintenance work, which is largely carried out on a voluntary basis.   read more…

The Santa Maria Manuela

1 September 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Tall ships, Cruise Ships, Yacht of the Month Reading Time:  5 minutes

© panoramio.com - Ramon Espiña Fernand…/cc-by-sa-3.0

© panoramio.com – Ramon Espiña Fernand…/cc-by-sa-3.0

Santa Maria Manuela is a Portuguese four-masted schooner. Originally a codfish fishing ship, Santa Maria Manuela is now used for sail training, hands on sailing holidays, environmental expeditions and team development programs. It belongs to Grupo Jerónimo Martins and is the sistership of the Portuguese Navy‘s Creoula. It’s one of the last ships of the former Portugese “Frota Branca/White Fleet”.   read more…

The Wind Surf

1 July 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: Tall ships, Cruise Ships, Yacht of the Month Reading Time:  5 minutes

at the Virgin Islands © Windstar cruises/cc-by-sa-4.0

at the Virgin Islands © Windstar cruises/cc-by-sa-4.0

MSY Wind Surf is a five-mast staysail schooner that is one of the largest sailing cruise ships in the world, with two electric propulsion motors powered by four diesel electric generating sets also. She can carry up to 342 passengers, in a total of 150 ocean-view staterooms, 18 ocean-view suites and 2 deluxe bridge suites, with a crew of 210. Wind Surf had been owned and operated by Club Med under the name Club Med 1, and was later transferred to Windstar Cruises.   read more…

The Stad Amsterdam

1 June 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: Tall ships, Cruise Ships, Yacht of the Month Reading Time:  6 minutes

© Żeglarz

© Żeglarz

The Stad Amsterdam (City of Amsterdam) is a three-masted clipper that was built in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in 2000 at the Damen Shipyard.   read more…

The tall ship Belem and the 2024 Summer Olympics torch relay

1 May 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Tall ships, Yacht of the Month Reading Time:  11 minutes

in La Rochelle © Pascalou petit/cc-by-sa-3.0

in La Rochelle, France © Pascalou petit/cc-by-sa-3.0

Belem is a three-masted barque from France. She made her maiden voyage as a cargo ship in 1896, transporting sugar from the West Indies, cocoa, and coffee from Brazil and French Guiana to Nantes, France.   read more…

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