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Tall Ships IDENTI-Kit
Two Masted Tall Ships

Step 2: What colour is the hull?

White
Black
Blue
Green
Brown

Click on the thumbnail images for information on each vessel including deck and rig details to confirm the identification of the photo.

You can also check the different types of rig here.


White Hull
Appledore V

Atlantica

Avenger


Christina Lynn

Comet II

Fritha


Grand Nellie

Larinda

Mar II


Peer's Fancy

Son of a Gun

Spirit of Massachusetts


Westward

Black Hull
Bluenose II

Cheers

Noble Dream


Pride of Baltimore

Ren Contre

Unicorn


When and If

Blue Hull
Dorothy Louise

Harmona

Osprey

Green Hull
Amasonia

Constance

Wawaloon

Brown Hull
Alexia

Detailed Listing of
Two Masted Tall Ships

Sources:For detailed histories of each vessel, please see the Tall Ships 2004 website: http://www.cbc.ca/tallships2004
Flag Images: Flags of the World Group http://www.EdwardMooney.com/miniflags/


ALEXIA

Canada

Home Port: Lunenburg
Rig: Schooner, gaff rigged
Length: 54' overall
Beam: 11' 3"
Built: 1993

Halifax, Aug.2, 2004, Alex Wilson, Nova Scotia Musuem


AMASONIA
Canada

Home Port: Heckman's Island
Rig: Schooner Marconi rigged
Length: 44' overall
Beam: 9' 6"
Built: 1935

photo from Nova Scotia Schooner Association


APPLEDORE V
USA

Home Port: Bay City, Michigan
Rig: Gaff Topsail Schooner
Length: 65' overall
Beam: 14'
Built: 1992

photo from American Sail Training Association


ATLANTICA

CANADA

Home Port: Lunenburg
Rig: Staysail Schooner
Length: 52' 7" overall
Beam: 11' 4"
Built: 1967

Halifax, Aug.2, 2004, Alex Wilson, Nova Scotia Musuem


AVENGER

CANADA

Home Port: Lunenburg
Rig: Gaff Schooner
Length: 54' overall
Beam: 11' 4"
Built: 1966

photo from Nova Scotia Schooner Association


BLUENOSE

CANADA

Home Port: Lunenburg
Rig: Gaff Schooner
Length: 181' overall
Rig Height: 132'
Built: 1963
Distinctive Features to Look For:Very large sails, low varnished deckhouses, yellow scrollwork carved on sides of bow.

Halifax, Aug.2, 2004, Alex Wilson, Nova Scotia Musuem


CHEERS

CANADA

Home Port: Maders Cove
Rig: Schooner Marconi rigged
Length: 37' overall
Beam: 9'
Built: 1983-1986

photo from Nova Scotia Schooner Association


CHRISTINA LYNN

CANADA

Home Port: Lahave River Yacht Club
Rig: Gaff Schooner
Length: 53' overall
Beam: 12'
Draft: 5' 5"

Halifax, Aug.2, 2004, Alex Wilson, Nova Scotia Musuem


COMET II

CANADA

Home Port: Lahave River Yacht Club
Rig: Gaff Schooner
Length: 44' 8" overall
Beam: 11' 6"
Built: 1980

photo from Nova Scotia Schooner Association


CONSTANCE

CANADA

Home Port: Indian Point
Rig: Gaff Schooner
Length: 53' overall
Beam: 11' 6"
Built: 1968

photo from Nova Scotia Schooner Association


DOROTHY LOUISE

CANADA

Home Port: Lunenburg
Rig: Gaff Schooner
Length: 44' overall
Beam: 10' 6"
Built: 1988

Halifax, Aug.2, 2004, Alex Wilson, Nova Scotia Musuem


FRITHA

USA

Home Port: Mackeral Cove, Maine
Rig: Brigantine
Sparred Length: 74' overall
Beam: 14'
Built: 1985
Distinctive Features: Large carved nameboard on stern.

Photos: Left,Halifax, Aug.2, 2004, Alex Wilson, Nova Scotia Musuem;
Right, in Halifax July 2004 Johnathan Parrill, MMA.


GRAND NELLIE

USA

Home Port: St. Thomas, USVI
Rig: Topsail Schooner
Sparred Length: 75' overall
Beam: 16'
Built: 1998

photo from American Sail Training Association


HARMONA

Canada

Home Port: Lahave River Yacht Club
Rig: Schooner Marconi rigged
Length: 42' overall
Beam: 9' 10"
Built: 1963

photo from Nova Scotia Schooner Association


LARINDA

Canada

Home Port: Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Rig: Schooner Junk Rigged
Sparred Length: 86' overall
Beam: 16' 6"
Built: 1996
Distinctive Features to Look For: Masts lean slightly forward, junk style sails, large plywood repair patches, figurehead of frog with telescope.


Photos: Left, by Thad Koza; Right, Halifax July 2004, Johnathon Parrill, MMA.


MAR II

Canada

Home Port: Halifax
Rig: ketchBermuda rigged
Sparred Length: 75' overall
Beam: 18'
Built: 1959
Distinctive Features to Look For: Only ketch rig in parade of sail. Usually has blue and white striped staysail, stern windows.

photo from Nova Scotia Schooner Association


NOBLE DREAM

Canada

Home Port: East Dover
Rig: Schooner Marconi rigged
Length: 36' overall
Beam: 8' 6"
Built: 1969

photo from Nova Scotia Schooner Association


OSPREY

Canada

Home Port: Armdale Yacht Club
Rig: SchoonerMarconi rigged
Length: 38' overall
Beam: 9' 9"
Built: 1970

photo from Nova Scotia Schooner Association


PEER'S FANCY

Canada

Home Port: Hubbards
Rig: Gaff Schooner
Length: 42' overall
Beam: 10' 8"
Built: 1972

photo from Nova Scotia Schooner Association


PRIDE OF BALTIMORE II

USA

Home Port: Baltimore
Rig: Square Topsail Schooner
Sparred Length: 170'
Beam: 26'
Built: 1988
Distinctive Features to Look For: Severely raked (slanted backwards) masts, gunports.

Halifax, Aug.2, 2004, Alex Wilson, Nova Scotia Musuem


RENCONTRE

Canada

Home Port: Hubbards
Rig: Gaff Schooner
Length: 30' 6" overall
Beam: 8' 6"
Built: 1991-1995

photo from Nova Scotia Schooner Association


SON OF A GUN
Canada

Home Port: Yarmouth
Rig: Tancook Whaler Schooner
Length: 55' overall
Beam: 10'
Built: 1994

photo from Nova Scotia Schooner Association


SPIRIT OF MASSACHUSETTS

USA

Home Port: Boston
Rig: Gaff Topsail Schooner
Sparred Length: 125'
Beam: 24'
Built: Charlestown Naval Yard, Boston, 1984
Distinctive Features to Look For: No portholes in hull, Low traditional deckhouses, small golden eagle figurehead, blue nameplates at bow.
Sources: Ocean Classroom Foundation Website: http://www.oceanclassroom.org/Vessels.html

Halifax, Aug.2, 2004, Alex Wilson, Nova Scotia Musuem


UNICORN

Canada

Home Port: Halifax
Rig: Square Topsail Schooner
Sparred Length: 118'
Beam: 22'
Built: 1947
Distinctive Features to Look for: Large Deckhouses, riveted steel hull.

Halifax, Aug.2, 2004, Alex Wilson, Nova Scotia Musuem


WAWALOON

Canada

Home Port: Armdale Yacht Club
Rig: Gaff Schooner
Length: 42' overall
Beam: 9'
Built: 1946

photo from Nova Scotia Schooner Association


WESTWARD

USA

Home Port: Islesboro, Maine
Rig: Square Topisal Schooner
Sparred Length: 125'
Beam: 22'
Built: 1961
Distinctive Features to Look For: Sometimes confused with Spirit of Massachusetts but Westward has seven portholes on each side and a Yard on foremast. Also has larger white deckhouses.

Halifax, Aug.2, 2004, Alex Wilson, Nova Scotia Musuem


WHEN AND IF

USA

Home Port: Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts
Rig: Schooner
Sparred Length: 85'
Beam: 15'
Built: 1939
Distinctive Features to Look For: Small A-frame protruding from stern to support rigging. Narrow Hull.

photo from American Sail Training Association


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