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Tall ship - Definition and Overview |
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Tall ship is a somewhat informal collective term for some kinds of sailing ships. Contrary to other sailing ship classification terms, tall ship does not describe a particular kind of sailing ship identified by a sail plan – both barques and brigantines, for instance, are tall ships.
A tall ship is any sailing ship that has at least two masts and is square rigged. Incidentally, the requirement to have at least two masts means that tall ships usually also are large ships.
The term has come into widespread use even amongst landlubbers in the mid-20th century with the advent of the Tall Ships' Races. The American Sail Training Association (ASTA) has extended the definition of tall ship for the purpose of its races to embrace any sailing ship with more than 30 ft. (9.14 m) waterline length and on which at least half the people on board are aged 15 to 25.
Modern tall ships include:
- A.J. Meerwald
- Adventuress
- Akogare
- Alabama
- Albanus
- Alexander von Humboldt
- Alma
- America
- American Eagle
- American Pride
- American Rover
- Amerigo Vespucci
- Amistad
- Angele Aline
- Angelique
- Anna Kristina
- Antigua
- Aphrodite
- Appledore IV
- Kri Arung Samudera
- Asgard II
- TS Astrid
- Astrid Finne
- Atlantica
- Atlantis
- Baltic Beauty
- Bel Espoir II
- Belem
- Belle Poule
- Bill of Rights
- Black Jack
- Black Pearl
- Bluenose II
- Boa Esperanza
- HMS Bounty
- Bowdoin
- Bryza H
- Californian
- Capitan Miranda
- Christian Radich
- Cisne Branco
- Concordia
- Creoula
- Cuauhtémoc
- Danmark
- Dar Mlodziezy
- Den Store Bjorn
- Denis Sullivan
- Dewa Ruci
- Eendracht II
- Elissa
- HM Bark Endeavour
- Esmeralda
- Etoile
- Europa
- Fryderyk Chopin
- Gazela Philadelphia
- Georg Stage
- Gorch Fock
- Gorch Fock II
- USCGC Eagle
- Pilgrim
- Prince William
- Lene Marie
- Lord Nelson
- Spirit of New Zealand
- Star of India
- Stavros S Niarchos
- Tenacious
- Tradewind
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