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Friday, May 29, 2015
111 Feet Up – Climbing the Main Mast of a Fully-Rigged Tall Ship… at 9 Knots
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111 Feet Up – Climbing the Main Mast of a Fully-Rigged Tall Ship… at 9 Knots

  [contextly_sidebar id=”L3OI7oSpk51om3zT4wRAWpfVZW5hJ2Dh”]Here’s a video posted by Norway’s Stiftelsen Fullriggeren

May 29, 2015
Total Views: 1662

Thursday, April 2, 2015
Playing Pirate Does Not a Sailor Make
Incidents

Playing Pirate Does Not a Sailor Make

When I first read of the rescue of the tall ship Liana’s Ransom, I contacted friends in the tall ship community to express my sadness at the loss of

April 2, 2015
Total Views: 188

Monday, March 30, 2015
Tall Ship Abandoned – Nine Rescued from Canadian Schooner Off Massachusetts
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Tall Ship Abandoned – Nine Rescued from Canadian Schooner Off Massachusetts

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued all nine crewmembers from the Canadian tall ship Liana's Ransom 58 miles east of Gloucester, Massachusetts on

March 30, 2015
Total Views: 93

Tuesday, September 23, 2014
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Here’s What It Looks Like to Climb the 58-Meter Mast of a Tall Ship – Video

Here’s some GoPro video of a cadet at Russia’s Murmansk State Technical University climbing a 58-meter mast onboard the STS Sedov, a steel-hulled

September 23, 2014
Total Views: 293

Thursday, June 12, 2014
Interesting

USCG Releases Investigation Report Into Tall Ship Bounty Sinking

The U.S. Coast Guard on Thursday released its report of investigation of the October 2012 fatal sinking of the tall ship Bounty during Hurricane Sandy off the

June 12, 2014
Total Views: 448

Wednesday, May 28, 2014
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‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ Tall Ship Sinks Off Saint Lucia

An iconic two-masted, square-rigged tall ship famously used in all three of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies has sunk off St.

May 28, 2014
Total Views: 1974

Sunday, November 17, 2013
Ship Photos of The Day – Barque Eagle
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Ship Photos of The Day – Barque Eagle

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter EAGLE is seen on a foggy Sunday morning at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, Maryland, November 17,

November 17, 2013
Total Views: 63

Thursday, July 11, 2013
One Killed as Historic Norwegian Yacht Sinks During Race
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One Killed as Historic Norwegian Yacht Sinks During Race

One person is believed to have been killed after returning to a historic Norwegian sailboat which sank Thursday in the Baltic Sea off Sweden during a

July 11, 2013
Total Views: 285

Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Tall Ship, Picton Castle, Delivers Adventure and Cargo in the South Pacific
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Tall Ship, Picton Castle, Delivers Adventure and Cargo in the South Pacific

LUNENBURG – Circling the world five times as part of her famed 30,000-mile circumnavigation voyages, the tall ship Picton Castle has often been called

April 16, 2013
Total Views: 322

Friday, October 19, 2012
Tall Ship Detention: Argentina Does Not Negotiate With “Vulture Funds”
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Tall Ship Detention: Argentina Does Not Negotiate With “Vulture Funds”

BUENOS AIRES–Argentina’s government pledged on Friday to exhaust all legal measures to free a navy training ship detained in Ghana at the request

October 19, 2012
Total Views: 44

Monday, October 15, 2012
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Shunned By Her Hometown, Historic Ship May Be Scrapped

101 years ago the steel-hulled four-masted barque Peking, one of the last windjammers ever built, was launched at Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg,

October 15, 2012
Total Views: 135

Thursday, October 11, 2012
Argentine Tall Ship Stuck in Ghana For Foreseeable Future
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Argentine Tall Ship Stuck in Ghana For Foreseeable Future

BUENOS AIRES–An Argentine Navy cadet training ship will remain in Ghana after a court in the West African country rejected Argentina’s appeal of an

October 11, 2012
Total Views: 40

Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Argentina to Ghana: You’re Not Keeping Our Tall Ship
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Argentina to Ghana: You’re Not Keeping Our Tall Ship

(Bloomberg) — Argentina’s Foreign Ministry accused a Ghanaian court of violating rules of diplomatic immunity after it blocked an Argentine naval

October 3, 2012
Total Views: 32

Thursday, August 11, 2011
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Square riggers are back!!! A sail powered container ship for the 21st century

The age of sail may be getting a new beginning… and we couldn’t be more excited about the idea. Imagine being off Ambrose Light and witnessing a

August 11, 2011
Total Views: 142

Tuesday, May 10, 2011
World's Largest Sailing Ship, Russian Barque Sedov
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Barque Sedov – World’s Largest Sailing Ship Returns To Sea

Having undergone repair works in the port of Kaliningrad, the world’s biggest sailing ship, Russian-owned barque Sedov, has embarked on a new voyage.

May 10, 2011
Total Views: 643

Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Training Ship Fryderyk Chopin – Incident Photo Of The Week
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Training Ship Fryderyk Chopin – Incident Photo Of The Week

Fryderyk Chopin-Tall-Training-Ship The Fryderyk Chopin lost both its masts when it was hit by gale-force winds about 100 miles southwest of the English coast

November 2, 2010
Total Views: 463

Monday, July 26, 2010
Interesting

Plastiki – Catamaran Made of Plastic Soda Bottles

UPDATE: July 26, 2010 – gCaptain first reported on the Plastitki, a 60-foot catamaran made out of 2-liter soda bottles, over a year ago and we are now

July 26, 2010
Total Views: 759

Friday, March 5, 2010
Lifesaving Incidents

S/V Concordia and the Nautical Goat

It was not so much Transport Canada’s decision to investigate the capsize and sinking of the Barbados-flagged  sailing vessel Concordia that raised

March 5, 2010
Total Views: 108

Friday, February 19, 2010
Lifesaving Incidents

Canadian Tall Ship Carrying Students Sinks Off Brazil

Image via Digital Journal According to reports, all 64 students aboard the Canadian flagged tall ship Concordia which san 300 miles off the Brazilian coast

February 19, 2010
Total Views: 30

Friday, October 31, 2008
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Maritime Mystery – The Sailing Ship Mary Celeste

The List Universe brings us: Top 10 Unsolved Mysteries Mystery number 2, the harrowing tail of the sailing ship: Mary Celeste Mary Celeste was launched in Nova

October 31, 2008
Total Views: 547
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