The Ships

Bounty
Home Port: Greenport, Long Island, NY
Sparred Length: 180’
Rig Height: 115’
Sail Area: 10,000 square feet
www.tallshipbounty.org

Owned by the British Admiralty, HMS Bounty was a merchant ship recommissioned in 1787 to collect sapling breadfruit trees for plantations in the West Indies. The infamous mutiny was told in the novel Mutiny on the Bounty by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall and in movies.

The new Bounty was built in 1960 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada, for MGM Studios “Mutiny on the Bounty” starring Marlon Brando. The ship’s original drawings, still on the file in the British Admiralty, were consulted during construction.

The HMS Bounty Organization, LLC is dedicated to keeping the ship sailing and using her as a vehicle for teaching the nearly lost arts of square rigged sailing and seamanship.

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Lynx
Home Port: Newport Beach, CA
Sparred Length: 122’
Rig Height: 94’
Sail Area: 4,669 square feet
www.privateerlynx.org

Lynx was built to interpret a naval schooner. The original Lynx was built in 1812 in Fell’s Point, Maryland, and was among the first ships to defend recently won American freedom by evading the British naval fleet that blockaded U.S. ports.

The Lynx operates as a sail training vessel for the study of history, the environment and ecology. Incorporating a comprehensive program designed to enrich personal achievement through teamwork and the discipline of sail training, the ship operates under its code “Be Excellent to Each Other and to Your Ship.” Lynx crew members wear period costumes in keeping with maritime traditions of the early 19th century.

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Flagship Niagara
Home Port: Erie, PA
Sparred Length: 198’
Rig Height: 120’
Sail Area: 11,600 square feet
www.flagshipniagara.org

Niagara is square-rigged, two-masted warship originally armed with 18 carronades and two long guns. The brig was built in Erie and became the flagship of Oliver Hazard Perry in the victorious Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.

In 1988, ship builder Melbourne Smith built the present Niagara. This fourth Niagara incorporates some original timber in non-structural areas.

Niagara’s mission is to interpret the War of 1812 history, promote the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Erie Region. The ship is recognized in the United States and abroad as a fine sail training vessel. It offers a unique level of authenticity and a one of a kind adventure.

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Pathfinder and Playfair
Home Port: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sparred Length: 72’
Rig Height: 54’
Sail Area: 2,600 square feet
www.tallshipadventures.on.ca

Pathfinder and Playfair were designed and built as sail training vessels in Kingston, Ontario.

More than 15,000 young people have worked aboard the sister ships with youth officers who are trained and qualified during Tall Ship Adventures’ Winter Training Program. The captain is the only adult on board. Youth between the ages 13 and 18 are the working crew on one or two week adventures.

Each year the ships sail more than 8,000 miles, spending more than 40 nights at sea.

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Pride of Baltimore II
Home Port: Baltimore, MD
Sparred Length: 157’
Rig Height: 107’
Sail Area: 9,018 square feet
www.pride2.org

As the Goodwill Ambassador of the State of Mary land, Pride II represents the business, tourism, and educational interests of the state. The much more seaworthy Pride II replaces the original Pride which was lost at sea.

It is a reproduction of 1812-era topsail schooners called Baltimore Clippers. They built in the Inner Harbor of Baltimore, Maryland.

Pride of Baltimore II has sailed about 200,000 miles and visited more than 200 ports in 40 countries in North, South and Central America, Europe and Asia.

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Roald Amundsen
Home Port: Eckernforde, Germany
Sparred Height: 165’
Rig Height: 105’
Sail Area: 9,150 square feet
www.sailtraining.de

Roald Amundsen offers sail training for beginners as well as young and old sailors. She operates year-round and sails the North Sea, Baltic Sea and the English Channel this summer. In winter, she usually travels to the Canary Islands sailing the challenging Bay of Biscay and the Mediterranean Sea.

Initially designed as a deep sea fishing lugger, the hull was built in 1952 for service to the military fleet of the former East Germany. The ship went out of service when the Berlin wall came down in 1989. A group of sailing enthusiasts discovered her in 1992, converted and rigged her as a traditional brig designated for sail training.

The ship is crewed and maintained entirely by volunteers, many of whom joined as trainees and eventually qualified as regular crew.

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Unicorn
Home Port: Bridgeport, CT
Sparred Length: 118’
Rig Area: 96’
Sail Area: 9,688 square feet
www.tallshipunicorn.com

Unicorn, since being acquired by its current owners in 1999, operates as a sail training vessel and preserves maritime tradition through tall ships festivals and community involvement. Unicorn’s voyages take her to the Great Lakes, the East Coast of North America and the Caribbean.

She was built in 1947 in Holland with a hull made from recycled metals of captured German U-boats after World War II. In December 2003, Unicorn was rechristened with her original Dutch schooner name. In the summer, the ship is chartered by Sisters Under Sail, a non-profit on-board leadership program for teenage girls and women formed by co-owner Dawn Santamaria. As owners, crew and those who’ve sailed her will tell you, this Dutch-built topsail schooner is in history, strong and has a soul all her own.

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