Tall Ships - Halifax - 2004

During a recent visit to Halifax, we snapped a few photos of the tall ships that were gathered there for the weekend.

The following photos are thumbnails (240 x 180 pixels). Clicking on them will bring up a larger version of the photo (800 X 600). You can save any photo by "right clicking" on the photo, and performing a "save picture as" function to a location on your hard drive. We have tried to correctly identify each set of photos, however, we can't be 100% certain of the names of each ship.

Europa

Flag: Netherlands
Homeport: The Hague, The Netherlands
Rig: Barque
Sparred Length: 185'
LOA: 150'
LOD: 143'
LWL: 132'
Draft: 14'
Beam: 24'
Rig Height: 109'
Freeboard: 4'
Hull: Steel
Sail Area: 12,500 square feet (with studding sails, 24,500 square feet)
Built: 1911

Mircea

Flag: Romania
Rig: Bark
Homeport: Constanza, Romania
Sparred length: 269'
Built: 1938

Cuauhtemoc

Flag: Mexico
Home Port: Acapulco
Length overall: 270'
Draft: 17'1"
Beam: 39'4"
Rig: Barque
Hull: Steel

Picton Castle

Flag: Cook Islands
Rig: Barque, 3-masted
Homeport: Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
Sparred length: 176'
Rig height: 100'

Pride of Baltimore II

Flag: USA
Homeport: Baltimore, Maryland
Rig: Square topsail schooner, two-masted
Sparred Length: 170'
LOA: 108'
LOD: 96'6"
Draft: 12'4"
Beam: 26'
Hull: Wood
Rig Height: 107'
Freeboard: 6'
Sail Area: 10,442 square feet
Built in: 1988
Designer: Thomas C. Gillmer

Noble Dream

Flag: Canada
Homeport: East Dover, Nova Scotia
Rig: Marconi Schooner
LOA: 36 ft
LOD: 33 ft
LWL: 28 ft 6"
Beam: 8 ft 6"
Draft: 4 ft 10"
Built: Chester, Nova Scotia Launched 1969
Major Rebuild 1995
Designer / Builder: Ben Heisler

Constance

Flag: Canada
Homeport: Indian Point, Nova Scotia
Rig: Gaff Schooner
LOA: 53 ft
LOD: 42 ft
LWL: 32 ft
Beam: 11 ft 6"
Draft: 5 ft 6"
Built: Western Shore, Nova Scotia 1968
Major Rebuild: 2002-2004
Designer / Builder: Ray Stevens

Destination Foxharb'r

Flag: Cayman Islands
Homeport: Wallace, Nova Scotia
LOA: 134.5 ft
LWL: 111.38 ft
Beam: 28.60 ft
Draft: 209 Tonnes
Launched: October 7, 2002
Built: Alloy Yachts International, New Zealand

Westward

Flag: USA
Rig: Staysail Schooner
Homeport: Islesboro, Maine
Sparred Length: 125'
LWL: 82'
Draft: 12'
Beam: 22'
Rig Height: 105'
Hull: Steel
Sail Area: 7000 square feet
Built: 1961
Designer: Eldridge McInnis

Gazella Philadelphia

Flag: USA
Homeport: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Rig: Barquentine, three-master
Sparred Length: 178'
LOA: 150'
LOD: 140'
LWL: 133'
Draft: 17' (centerboard up), 7'6" (centerboard down)
Beam: 27'9"
Rig Height: 100'
Build: 1883
Hull: Wood
Major rebuild: 1901

Iskra

Flag: Poland
Rig: Barquentine
Homeport: Gdynia, Poland
Sparred length: 161'
Designer: Zygmunt Choren

Unicorn

Flag: Canada
Homeport: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Rig: Topsail Schooner
Sparred Length: 118'
LOD: 90'
LWL: 83'
Draft: 10'
Beam: 22'
Rig Height: 90'
Hull: Steel
Freeboard: 3'6"
Built: 1947

Pogoria

Flag: Poland
Rig: Barkentine
Homeport: Gdynia, Poland
Sparred length: 154'
Built: 1980
Designer: Zygmunt Choren

Spirit of Massachusetts

Flag: USA
Homeport: Boston, Massachusetts
Rig: Gaff topsail schooner, two-masted
Sparred Length: 125'
LOA: 103'
LOD: 100'
LWL: 80'
Draft: 10'6"
Beam: 24'
Rig height: 103'
Freeboard: 7'
Sail area: 7000 square feet
Built in: 1984
Designer: Melbourne Smith & Andrew Davis

Tenacious

Flag: United Kingdom
Rig: Barque, three-masted
Homeport: Southampton, UK
Sparred length: 213'3"
Rig height: 129'9"
Built: 1996-2000
Designer: Tony Castro, Ltd.

Silva

Flag: Canada
Rig: Three-masted schooner
Homeport: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Sparred length: 130'
Rig height: 75'
Built: 1939
Designter: Karlstads Mekaniska

Miscellaneous

Andrea Cay
Theodore Too
Harbour Hopper
Fire Boat
Unknown