The sail training ship Eendracht

1 June 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Tall ships, Yacht of the Month Reading Time:  5 minutes

© Żeglarz

© Żeglarz

Eendracht is a three-masted schooner from the Netherlands, built in 1989 at the Damen shipyard after a design by W. de Vries Lentsch. Her homeport is Rotterdam.   read more…

Sail training ship Cisne Branco

1 May 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Tall ships, Yacht of the Month Reading Time:  6 minutes

© flickr.com - Marinha do Brasil/cc-by-sa-2.0

© flickr.com – Marinha do Brasil/cc-by-sa-2.0

Cisne Branco is a tall ship of the Brazilian Navy, based at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, used for diplomatic and public relations operations worldwide. Her name means “white swan.” A full-rigged ship, she was built in Amsterdam, Netherlands by Damen Shipyard. Her keel was laid on 9 November 1998, and she was christened and launched on 4 August 1999, delivered to the Brazilian Navy on 4 February 2000. The vessel was commissioned as a Brazilian naval vessel on 9 March 2000. Its sister ship is Stad Amsterdam.   read more…

The sail training ship Bima Suci

1 January 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: Tall ships, Yacht of the Month Reading Time:  5 minutes

at quai Richard Waddington, Rouen, France © Chabe01/cc-by-sa-4.0

at quai Richard Waddington, Rouen, France © Chabe01/cc-by-sa-4.0

KRI 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.   read more…

The sail training ship Tarangini

1 October 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: Tall ships, Yacht of the Month Reading Time:  9 minutes

passing Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge, Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, USA © Cruadin/cc-by-2.5

passing Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge, Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, USA © Cruadin/cc-by-2.5

INS 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.   read more…

The sail training ship Capitán Miranda

1 September 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Tall ships, Yacht of the Month Reading Time:  4 minutes

Capitán Miranda - Bow and figurehead © Dohness/cc-by-sa-4.0

Capitán Miranda – Bow and figurehead © Dohness/cc-by-sa-4.0

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.   read more…

The sail training ship Cuauhtémoc

1 June 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: Tall ships, Yacht of the Month Reading Time:  6 minutes

© Copyleft/cc-by-sa-3.0

© Copyleft/cc-by-sa-3.0

ARM Cuauhtémoc is a sail training vessel of the Mexican Navy, launched in 1982.   read more…

The Simón Bolívar

1 May 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: Tall ships, Yacht of the Month Reading Time:  3 minutes

© Emil Westerbaan Fotografie/cc-by-sa-4.0

© Emil Westerbaan Fotografie/cc-by-sa-4.0

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.   read more…

The sail training ship Sudarshini

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

in Kochi © Indian Navy

in Kochi © Indian Navy

INS Sudarshini is a sail training ship built by Goa Shipyard for the Indian Navy. The ship is a sister ship of INS Tarangini which was commissioned in 1997. “Sudarshini” means “beautiful lady Sundari” after the younger half-sister of Buddha. The ship was designed by Colin Mudie, a naval architect and yacht designer from the United Kingdom. Her homeport ist Kochi.   read more…

The Esmeralda

1 February 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: 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…

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