Tall Ship Links

San Francisco

A number of "tall ships" make San Francisco bay their home or are here on a regular basis. Some of these are commercial enterprises and of course charge a fee to use their services. Others are "working" museums and generally have a lower use fee.

	The Alma is a working scow schooner operated by the National Park Service at the Hyde Street Pier in San Francisco. Offers special sails through the Society as well as training and school events through the museum program.
	The Seaward is an 82 foot classic schooner that is the flag ship of Call of the Sea, a nonprofit organization that inspires people of all ages and background to connect with the sea through traditional sailing vessels. She sails San Francisco Bay as well as points south carrying participant crew members.
	The Nehemiah is a 57 foot ketch offering both overnight and day youth sails as well as frequent public sales from Marina Bay/Richmond CA. They are available for private and corporate charters.
	The original Gas Light was built in the 1870's. Now more than a century later, the newest Gas Light is a replica scow schooner built and sailed by Billy Martinelli. She has been active in the San Francisco Maritime Museum youth sailing program and is available for private charters.
	San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, San Francisco's Maritime Museum and home to our many historic vessels, including Alma.
	Bay Crossings a publication on San Francisco Bay activities not just Tall Ship events.
	The Lady Washington is based in Oregon but visits the Bay Area on a regular basis often sailing in concert with the Hawaiian Chieftain offering a variety of sails to the public. Longer cruises are also available.
	The Richardson Bay Maritime Association promotes and publicizes the maritime history and traditions of Richardson Bay and serves as a public resource for maritime exhibits, learning and research activities.

California

	The Star of India is the oldest (1863) ship still able to go to sea (but only about once a year). If you're going to San Diego don't miss this one!
	The Californian, built in San Diego, was the official tall ship of the State of California. Originally berthed here in the bay area she has now returned to the San Diego area when the state, under governor Davis, sold her and a generous donor purchased her for the San Diego Maritime Museum. She is a replica of the 1847 Revenue Cutter, the C.W. Lawrence, a stately vessel that patrolled the coast of California keeping law and order in the mid 1800's.
	The America yacht replica was built in 1995 by Dennis Connor's America's Cup group in San Diego. This 139 foot vessel now offers charters and sails in and around San Diego. For those not familiar with the original of this yacht, it was built in 1851 by a syndacte formed by the New York Yacht club and was taken to England where she won the "100 Guinea Cup" race (sponsored annually by the Royal Yacht Squadron, around the Isle of Wight in that year. They brought this cup back to the United States where she became known as the "America's Cup" and became probably the most coveted of racing prizes. The cup remained there, in the custody of the New York Yacht club, until Dennis Connor lost her to the Australian racing team in 1983.
	The Brig Pilgrim is a replica of the ship made famous in Dana's Two Years Before the Mast. Located at Dana Point, California.
	The twin brigantines of the Los Angeles Maritime Institute, Irving Johnson and Exy Johnson are the newest Tall Ships on the West coast!
	The privateer Lynx, operating under the Lynx Educational Foundation provides a variety of programs for sailing and education. She is a frequent visitor to San Francisco Bay from her Newport home and her crew often dresses as an original crew of 1812 would dress.
	The Swift of Ipswich is a 70 foot replica ship operated by the Los Angeles Maritime Institute. With the advent of their Twin Brigantines program it appears that the Swift is not as active as it once was and is due for an extensive refurbish through 2004.
	The Tole Mour is a 156 foot, three masted topsail schooner operated by Guided Discoveries. It offers a youth sail training program and marine science classes in weekend, 3, 5 and 7 day expeditions to Catalina (grades 4 through 12). Home port is San Pedro, California.

Other

	The American Sail Training Association (ASTA) is the primer site for information on tall ship sail training. ggtss supports ASTA's efforts and has hosted its meetings here in the past and is scheduled to do so again in the near future.
	Tall Ships International is is the home of Tall Ships photographer Thad Koza. Visit here to find out about his latest endeavours and find out about many international viewing opportunities.
	Schoonerman is an excellent site listing a great number of tall ships with links to their web sites as well as pictures and statistics.
	The Tall Ship Fan contains an extensive, world wide listing of Tall Ships. Be sure to click on the British flag to get the English version!
	The WebRing for Tall Ships related web sites, includes personal home pages, tall ships organizations, museums, maritime art and maritime fiction pages.
	Tall Ships of the 21st Century is a commercial site offering a variety of Tall Ships oriented material for sale as well as information on current Tall Ship activities. Run by Glendale Nautical, "purveyor of fine tall ship media products and services."