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Her Story: Sørlandet was built in 1927 in the Verksted Flag: Norwegian shipyard in the city of Kristiansand on the south Rig: coast of Norway. Built to be a -training ves- Full Square-Rigged sel, she is the oldest of three existing Norwegian Homeport: Kristiansand tall ships. Sørlandet made her North American Sparred Length: 210.5 ft. debut in 1933 when she served as the Norwe- Length Overall: 186 ft. gian Pavilion during the Chicago World’s Fair. : 7 ft. 7 in. Today she is a classroom for Class Afloat, Beam: a private school offering 11th and 12th grade 29.1 ft. high school and university level instruction. In Rig Height: 111.5 ft. the 2012-2013 school year, students will have Sail Area: 13,304 sq. ft. visited 22 ports of call from Istanbul to Brazil Displacement: 499 GRT and participate in service projects in Senegal and Crew: 20 Crew, 70 Trainees the Dominican Republic. Her Story: What began in 1947 as a fishing boat crafted from the recycled metals of captured German U-Boats Flag: USA following World War II, Unicorn today is the only Rig: Gaff-Rigged in the world that with an all-female crew. She is a floating platform for a leadership Homeport: Bridgeport, CT program designed exclusively for teenage girls Sparred Length: 110 ft. providing a voyage of self-discovery connecting the dots between their shipboard experiences and how Length Overall: 74 ft. Draft: that experience translates to real-life lessons, mak- 10 ft. ing good choices and how those choices pay off in Beam: 19.2 ft the end. In the summer of 2013, Unicorn will sail Rig Height: 96 ft. throughout the with teenage daugh- Sail Area: 9,688 sq. ft. ters of United States military and Canadian Forces Displacement: 74 GRT families who have a parent on active duty status or Crew: 9 Crew, 6 Trainees who has fallen in the line of duty. Her Story: During the , Commodore Oliver Flag: USA Hazard Perry fled to the Niagara when his Rig: own vessel was destroyed by enemy fire. Skillfully Brig maneuvering Niagara and firing on the British Homeport: Erie, Pennsylvania fleet, Perry won the Battle of Lake Erie within 15 Sparred Length: 198 ft. minutes of taking the helm. This pivotal event in Length Overall: 106.6 ft. the battle secured the Northwest Territories and Draft: 11 ft. opened trade routes for the United States. Today’s Beam: Niagara is an accurate recreation of her namesake 31 ft. and includes some of the original ship’s 1813 tim- Rig Height: 119 ft. bers in her construction. She is the Flagship of the Sail Area: 11,600 sq. ft. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and a National Displacement: 163 GRT Historic Landmark. Crew: 21 Crew, 28 Trainees Her Story: Lynx is an interpretation of a by the same name that was among the first ships to defend American freedom Flag: USA by evading the British naval fleet and blockading Ameri- Rig: 2-Masted Square can ports. A second Lynx with modified lines was built by Topsail Schooner the American Navy at the Washington Navy a year Homeport: Portsmouth, NH later. While the nearly completed schooner was still on the stocks, the British marched unopposed into our capital and Sparred Length: 122 ft. burned most of the public buildings. The Navy yard, rope Length Overall: 78 ft. walk, and ammunition magazines were destroyed by our Draft: 9 ft. own men to preclude their falling into the hands of Beam: 23 ft. the enemy. The Lynx was one of two ships to survive and Rig Height: 95 ft. ultimately went to sea until her loss with all hands in Sail Area: 4,669 sq. ft. January 1820, apparently in a hurricane off Jamaica. Displacement: 94 GRT The current Lynx, launched in 2001, is a living museum Crew: 8 dedicated to “those who cherish the blessings of America.” Her Story: Flag: USA Madeline is a reconstruction of a 19th century Rig: Gaff Rigged Top Great Lakes schooner and an official tall ship Masted Schooner of Michigan. She was built between 1985 and Homeport: Traverse City, MI 1990 in Traverse City by volunteers to serve as Sparred Length: 92 ft. a floating center for the interpretation of Great Length Overall: 55 ft. 6 in. Lakes maritime history. The original Madeline Draft: 8 ft. was built in Ohio in 1845. One of the four Beam: 16 ft. brothers who served as captain and crew be- came grandfather to the man who owned the Rig Height: 71 ft. Sail Area: now infamous Great Lakes freighter Edmund 1,539 sq. ft. Fitzgerald. Displacement: 50 GRT Crew: 11 Her Story: Flag: Playfair joined Toronto in 1974. Rig: Brigantine She was christened in 1973 by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, and is the only Canadian Homeport: Toronto, Ontario, Canada ship to be commissioned by a reigning Sparred Length: 72 ft. monarch. Since the founding of Toronto Length Overall: 60 ft. Brigantine in 1962, thousands of young Draft: 8 ft. people have participated in the organization’s Beam: 15 ft. character building programs that foster and reward self-confidence, teamwork, Rig Height: 56 ft. responsibility, custodianship and leadership. Sail Area: 2,600 sq. ft. By working together, sailing and managing Displacement: 40.37 GRT square-rigged ships, they have discovered im- Crew: 11 Crew, 18 Trainees portant lessons about life and themselves. PATHFINDER

Her Story: The Pathfinder was the original vessel of Flag: Canada Toronto Brigantine, a charitable organization Rig: Brigantine founded in 1962 to develop leadership, discipline, and citizenship in a maritime Homeport: Toronto, Ontario, Canada environment. The men and women who Sparred Length: 72 ft. founded Toronto Brigantine believed that Length Overall: 60 ft. exposure to the challenge of the sea-going life- Draft: 8 ft. style could benefit young people. From stand- Beam: 15 ft. ing watch to coordinating daily operations, from preparing meals to repairing systems, the Rig Height: 56 ft. entire ship’s complement is between 13 and Sail Area: 2,600 sq. ft. 18 years of age aside from the Captain. Displacement: 34.96 GRT Toronto Brigantine celebrated its 50th Crew: 11 Crew, 18 Trainees Anniversary in 2012. Her Story: The Peacemaker was built on a riverbank in Flag: USA southern Brazil by an Italian family of boat Rig: Barquentine builders, using traditional methods and the Homeport: Wilmington, DE finest tropical hardwoods. The ship which was Sparred Length: 150 ft. launched in 1989 was intended to be a private yacht for the family of a Brazilian industrialist. Length Overall: 128 ft. After a short voyage in the , the ship Draft: 14 ft. was docked in Savannah, Georgia where it Beam: 33 ft. languished until purchased by Peacemaker Rig Height: 126 ft. Marine and began life as a vessel Sail Area: 10,000 sq. ft. and a seagoing representation of the group’s desire to encourage peace and unity around the Displacement: 297 GRT world. Crew: 6 Crew, 5 Trainees Her Story: Flag: USA The Denis Sullivan is an educational sailing Rig: 3-Masted Schooner vessel connecting learners of all ages to the Great Homeport: Milwaukee, WI Lakes, oceans and our world of water through experiential learning and technology. She was Sparred Length: 137 ft. completed in 2000 by professional shipwrights Length Overall: 99 ft. and nearly 1,000 volunteers and is the world’s Draft: 9 ft. only recreation of a 19th century three-masted Beam: 24 ft. Great Lakes schooner. The Denis Sullivan travels Rig Height: 95 ft. over 18,000 nautical miles each year from her summer home at Discovery World to her winter Sail Area: 4,597 sq. ft. home in Southern Florida. Displacement: 99 GRT Crew: 11 Her Story: Pride of is the moniker given the Baltimore Clipper Chausseur and her famous captain . One of America’s most notorious Flag: USA (or legal pirates), Boyle sailed to the , Rig: Sq. Topsail Schooner harassed the British merchant fleet and captured or Homeport: Baltimore, MD sank 17 British vessels before returning home to Sparred Length: 157 ft. Baltimore harbor. As a Goodwill Ambassador for Baltimore and the State of , Pride of Balti- Length Overall: 100 ft. more II has sailed nearly 200,000 miles and visited Draft: 12 ft. 5 in. over 200 ports in 40 countries. She is a reproduction Beam: 26 ft. of an 1812-era Baltimore Clipper commissioned in Rig Height: 107 ft. 1988 as a sailing memorial to her immediate pre- Sail Area: 9,000 sq. ft. decessor, the original , which was tragically sunk by a white squall off in Displacement: 97 GRT 1986, taking her captain and three crew members Crew: 11 Crew, 6 Trainees down with her.