Choose a Vessel

THALASSA was originally built in 1980 in Harlingen, Holland, but after she sank in 1985 was bought by Arnold Hilkema and Jacob Jan Dam who totally rebuilt and refitted her. She was relaunched in 1995. 2004 was the first year she competed in The Tall Ships Races.

The “Juan Sebastián Elcano” is the Spanish Navy midshipmen training vessel. She is a four masted topsail schooner with a hull made of iron and a crew composed of 220 members, including midshipmen. She was launched in 1927 and delivered to the “Armada” in 1928. Since then, she has completed 77 training voyages including ten […]

Artemis is the goddess of the hunt in Greek mythology. The Frisian Sailing Company’s new flagship was given that name when she was launched in 1926. Equipped as a whaling vessel, she hunted whales until the end of the 1940’s. She chiefly navigated the Arctic Ocean and the Antarctic Ocean. In the 1950’s, she was […]

MIRCEA was built between 1938-1939 in Blohm and Voss Shipyard, Hamburg, Germany and she was commissioned in the Romanian Royal Navy on May 17, 1939. MIRCEA is an A class barque (three mast sailing boat). The name of MIRCEA comes from the Vallachian ruler Mircea cel Batran (1386-1418), who extended his kingdom up to the […]

Bonawentura was built in Gdansk in 1948.  In the early days she was a fishing boat in the Baltic Sea, until 1967, when she was withdrawn from working at sea and was stationed at the port of Wladyslavovo as a tug until 1974.  Eventually her hull was transported by barge to the Academic Nautical Club […]

TBC

Mutin is the oldest vessel in the French Navy. She was built in 1926 in the shipyards of Florimond-Guigardeau in the region of Sables d’Olonne of France and launched on 19 March 1927. Like any  tuna fishing vessels built in Sables d’Olonne MUTIN is traditionally rigged, however she never served as a tuna fishing vessel.From […]

The “Gulden Leeuw” is a big, sturdy sailing ship reminiscent of the 30’s and with the deck layout of a classic yacht. This ship was built in 1937 on behalf of the Danish Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. The DANA was designed and built as an ocean-going ice class ship. During her period of service […]

Spaniel was designed and built in Poland in 1979 as a single handed ocean racer. In 1980, Polish Yachtsmen took line honours in the Ostar 80 race after a 19 day Westward Atlantic Crossing. From 1982-97, the Academy of Science for research and occasional cruising and racing used Spaniel. Privately owned since 1997, Spaniel is […]

SY Politechnika – Opal IV type yacht (Conrad 45), which is owned by the Student Sailing Club of the Warsaw University of Technology. It was established in 1978 and since then has served as the club’s flagship vessel

I 1894 mottok den verdensberømte skipsdesigneren Colin Archer fra Larvik et helt spesielt oppdrag for den engelske tømmerhandleren Frederick Croft, som bestilte en yacht i høy klasse. Skipet ble sjøsatt 10. august 1897 og fikk navnet Wyvern fra mytologien, som betyr «en ærefryktinngytende drage». Frederick Croft var en entusiastisk sjømann og krysset Nordsjøen mange ganger, […]

Loyal is a ketch which was built in Hardanger, Norway, in 1877 for fishing. It took around 400m of timber to build Loyal. The building time was one year with approximately 15 craftsmen at work. This resulted in a solid self-supporting construction, an elegant and smooth hull, together with firm rigging. To preserve the ship, […]

PNS Rah Naward (which means "Swift Mover") was built as a sail training ship for the UK’s Sail Training Association and named Prince William (a sister ship to the Stavros S Niarchos built at the same time for the same organisation).  Both hulls had been built in Germany in 1996, but their completion as brigantines […]

Regina-Germania was built in 1980 in Hamburg, Germany. Her hull is made of steel and once the outside of the vessel was complete, the owner, Erich Herrman, and his family fitted out the interior taking four years to do so. She was completed and launched in 1984 and since 1991 has regularly taken part in […]