The Fryderyk Chopin
1 January 2025 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General, Tall ships, Yacht of the Month Reading Time: 5 minutes 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: Yachting and Spa | Rubric: Tall ships, Yacht of the Month Reading Time: 4 minutes 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: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General, Tall ships, Bon appétit Reading Time: 7 minutes 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: Yachting and Spa | Rubric: Tall ships, Yacht of the Month Reading Time: 7 minutes 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: Yachting and Spa | Rubric: General, Tall ships, Cruise Ships, Yacht of the Month Reading Time: 5 minutes
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The Wind Surf
1 July 2024 | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa | Rubric: Tall ships, Cruise Ships, Yacht of the Month Reading Time: 5 minutes
at the Virgin Islands © Windstar cruises/cc-by-sa-4.0
The Stad Amsterdam
1 June 2024 | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa | Rubric: Tall ships, Cruise Ships, Yacht of the Month Reading Time: 6 minutes
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The tall ship Belem and the 2024 Summer Olympics torch relay
1 May 2024 | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa | Rubric: General, Tall ships, Yacht of the Month Reading Time: 11 minutes
in La Rochelle, France © Pascalou petit/cc-by-sa-3.0