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Tall Ship Elissa – 1877 survives Hurricane Ike with little damage
ELISSA is a three-masted, iron-hulled sailing barque built in 1877 in Aberdeen, Scotland by Alexander Hall & Company. Under various names, rigs and owners she had a 90 year carreer carrying...
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Of Tall Ships and Stupid Lawyers
The U.S. Coast Guard Barque Eagle is among the high-masted, altitudinous sailing vessels, that have visited Portsmouth in the past. The age of wooden ships and iron men is long gone. We appear to be...
View ArticleCoast Guard Tall Ship Eagle –“the Largest Confined Leadership Laboratory”
A well done video providing an interesting perspective on sail training. Coast Guard Tall Ship “Eagle” Seu browser não suporta iframes. The post Coast Guard Tall Ship Eagle – “the Largest Confined...
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High Drama on the Sail to Dublin – Teens Battle 60 Knot Winds & Black Diamond...
Photo: Frank Miller/The Irish Times The Dublin Tall Ship Festival is well underway this weekend in Ireland, with 40 tall ships and at least a dozen accompanying vessels. A million vistitors are...
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Delaware’s Tall Ship Kalmar Nyckel Seeks Volunteer Sailing Crew
The Kalmar Nyckel Foundation is seeking recruits to train as volunteer crew for the replica ship Kalmar Nyckel. The original ship of that name served as Peter Minuit’s flagship for the 1638...
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Tall Ship Providence Blown Over in Blizzard Winds
Photo: Rocky Steeves The sloop Providence, a 1976 built replica of the Continental Navy sloop of the same name, was blown off her jack stands while on shore at Newport Shipyard in Newport, Rhode...
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The Truly Tall Ship Oliver Hazard Perry
These days just about anything with a mast or two is called a “tall ship.” Some are and many are not. One ship that definitely qualifies is Rhode Island’s Oliver Hazard Perry. A dedicated team of...
View ArticleSailing Tall Ship Danmark
A video for a Saturday. A wonderful documentary from 1992 about sailing on the tall ship Danmark. World of Discovery – Tall Ships: High Sea Adventure The post Sailing Tall Ship Danmark appeared first...
View ArticleGalveston’s Tall Ship Elissa — Sailing in Her 142nd Year
A video by Mike Headley of the Galveston’s tall ship Elissa on her yearly sail. She is a three-masted barque built in Aberdeen, Scotland and launched in 1877. She is now a museum ship at the Texas...
View ArticleRebuilding the Tall Ship Providence
Here is a wonderful short video by Ryan Smith featuring some really breathtaking drone footage of the rebuilding and rerigging of the Tall Ship Providence. The 1976 built replica of the Continental...
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