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Saturday, September 13, 2008

The Wonderful Experience of A Tall Ship Sailing Adventure


The Wonderful Experience of A Tall Ship Sailing Adventure

With tall ships being very rare these days, it is becoming more difficult to enjoy a cruise onboard a traditional rigged sailing vessel. However, there are still some around and the most popular ships of this kind include brigantines, topsail schooners, barques and brigs. With the traditional tall ships having gaff rigs, square rigs along with separate topsails and topmasts, they are sort after by people who want to learn how to sail quickly because they encompass all the basic fundamentals of sailing any sail boat and are great fun.

Technically, tall ships are not really described as a type of ocean vessel. Tall ships are usually described by its topsails and topmasts it carries as contrasting to the current elevated aspect-ratio rig with Marconi mains that are seen today.

The U.S. coast guard classifies ships based on their structure, prescribing requirements for captain and crew, intended use, number of passengers, waters they may operate in and the minimal safety equipment necessary.

Sail Training International extends the meaning of a tall ship for a reason of its class to embrace any nautical vessel with over 30 ft in waterline length and at least half of the onboard people are age from 15 to 25. This description also includes the modern sailing yachts. Tall ships are classified as class B as you can see in the comparison.

For the reason of categorization and race rating, the STI would divide tall ships in the subsequent classes:

•Class A: Classified as all vessels which are over 160 ft. in length on the whole, despite of rig and square rigged ships of over 120 ft. in span.

•Class A: All rectangle rigged ships less than 120 ft. in span.

•Class B: Fore-and-aft rigged ships between 100 ft. and 160 ft. in span

•Class C: All other ships with fore-and-aft rigged of at least 30 feet of span at the waterline.

With the usual tall ships include sails that are worked from decks with ropes, others must be manhandled. This allows volunteers can get a chance to climb up and open the sails manually, an effort which is under direct supervision of the expert crew. Harnesses and oilskins are necessary for this task.

Tall ships are splendid vessels of the sea. It would be wonderful for future sailors to experience the fun of sailing them. It can also be a great place to meet new friends as racing competitions are open to all. Tall ships can also be great experience if you are traveling alone. There is always a shortage of crew and previous experience is not really needed, because anyone can crew a ship and be able to sail it in no time.

Mark is a sailing ship enthusiast and has been writing many sailing ship related articles to help you save money and enjoy wonderful sailing vacations.

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By Simon Mann

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