Tall Ship Kalmar Nyckel

1638 replica tall ship of Delaware needs a crew.

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Maritime Heritage

Photograph 1899 of three masted schooners

( Library of Congress Photo )

1901 Schooner Theoline Disaster

Maine-Built four masted Schooner THEOLINE Smashed in Storm

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Windjammers 2009 December News

Windjammer Assiciation December 2009 Newsletter

Schooner Virginia Halting Operations

Schooner Virginia, the 122-foot wooden sailboat built on the waterfront here five years ago, is halting operations because of money problems - at least for now. About 15 people, including the ship's crew and two captains, will be laid off, said Will King, executive director of the Virginia Maritime Heritage Foundation, which owns the ship. ( Read More )

Schooner Roseway

Roseway was built for Harold Hathaway of Taunton, Massachusetts at the John F. James & Son shipyard in Essex. Hathaway's intention was to build a boat which might best the Canadians in the international fisherman's races popular at that time; to that end, Roseway was impeccably maintained and used only occasionally as a fishing boat.
In 1941, Roseway was purchased by the Boston Pilot's Association to serve as a pilot boat for Boston Harbor. Roseway continued to serve as a pilot vessel until the early 1970s, she was then sold and converted into a passenger vessel for the tourist trade. Roseway changed hands several times in the ensuing decades, operating primarily out of Camden, Maine and the US Virgin Islands. In 1997, she was listed as a National Historic Landmark. Roseway in 2002 donated the vessel to the newly founded World Ocean School.

Two New Schooners

Nine sailors from the barque Picton Castle going on a mission in the Grenada rain forrest to cut down, mill and drag out two 30 feet lumbers to be used as keels for two schooners. The keel laying is this Sunday in Lunenburg.

Three-Masted Schooner Rachel

The wreckage of an old sailing ship has surfaced again on the Baldwin County coast, Alabama, and a spokesman for Fort Morgan says it's most likely the three-masted schooner Rachel.
The ship ran aground in the early 1900s, and its most recent reappearance was on the beach six miles east of Fort Morgan after Tropical Storm Ida struck two weeks ago. Mike Bailey, Fort Morgan's events coordinator, says the Rachel was 155 feet long and was one of the largest Biloxi schooners built.
The Mobile Press-Register reports that Bailey says the ship was carrying a load of lumber when it ran into a storm, and ran aground because it was not carrying enough of a crew to handle it. The ship wreckage has reappeared on the beach, usually after storms, for at least 40 years.

Schooner Harvey Gamage Hauled

The schooner Harvey Gamage hauled at the Northend Shipyard , Rockland, Maine

Worlds Largest Barque

Launched in 1914, Norway’s tall ship HNoMS Statsraad Lehmkuhl is the world’s largest three-masted barque. The 95-year-old ship is used to train cadets from the Royal Norwegian Naval Academy. With 50 sails and an old-fashioned rig-system, the tall ship does not carry advanced computer technology, electric engines or hydraulic systems. The Statsraad Lehmkuhl is pictured with the Lord Nelson

Save The CITY OF ADELAIDE

MORE than 60 prominent South Australians have signed an open letter to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, calling on him to save the historic ship City of Adelaide. The group is trying to save the ship, which is the oldest clipper of its type in the world. It is currently sitting on a slipway in Scotland and is at imminent risk of destruction.

Maine Windjammers November News

Maine Windjammers November 2009 Newsletter

My Maine Windjammers Video

I will also be leading two PhotoCruises in June and August 2010 aboard the 95' schooner HERITAGE out of Rockland, Maine, if you would like to sail and photograph windjammer pleases email me at fredleblanc@comcast.net for more information.

The Great Gloucester Schooner Race

Schooners Spirit of Massachusetts, Ernestina and

Pride of Baltimore II
Schooner Ernestina