Sailing ship directory
Ships
60 ships in the directory
A. J. Meerwald
A Delaware Bay oyster schooner launched in 1928, today a floating classroom.
AE7-Stadt Emden
A 1908 herring lugger, now a museum ship in Emden and a reminder of the herring trade.
Aagtje
Abbi
A replica of an 1880 Danish coastal jolle. A small wooden boat, now at Flensburg.
Abel Tasman
A 1920 barquentine converted from a freighter. Charter sailing on the IJsselmeer.
Abel Tasman
A steel schooner of 1913, originally a freighter. Today she sails the Spanish coast.
Absalon af Lynæs
A wooden Isefjord fishing boat of 1903, built to work in rough weather.
Actief
Activ
A three-masted topsail schooner of 1951, one of the last large oak-built ships.
Adelaar
A steel schooner of 1902 that sailed around the world. Now cruising Indonesian waters.
Adelante
A 2002 replica of a Danish sloop, built for long voyages to Scandinavia.
Adella
A Norwegian ketch of 1863. After a long restoration, a comfortable charter vessel.
Adix
A three-masted schooner of 1983, one of the largest private sailing yachts built post-war.
Adler von Krautsand
An Elbe besanewer of 1913. Saved from the scrapyard and restored to her original dimensions.
Adornate
A former 1961 fishing trawler, now a staysail schooner after a full refit.
Adriana
A two-masted klipper of 1911 that carried sand across the Zuiderzee. Now a charter ship.
Adriane
Adventure
A Gloucester fishing schooner of 1926, the highest-earning vessel of her kind.
Adventuress
A 1913 schooner built for Arctic collecting, now a floating classroom in Puget Sound.
Aegir
A two-masted klipper of 1904, now a charter vessel out of Harlingen in Friesland.
Aenna te Gondern
Aeolus
A classic yacht of 1904 from San Diego. After several restorations she races in the Solent.
Aglaia
Agnes
A Scilly Isles pilot cutter built in 2003 to the lines of an 1841 original.
Akka
Al Adida
A dhow from Abu Dhabi, built 1990. Left behind after an exhibition, now used for youth work in Rostock.
Alabama
A 1926 pilot schooner from Mobile Bay. Today she sails with young people in New England.
Albanus
A replica of a 1904 Åland cargo ketch, today a sail training vessel for young people.
Albarquel
A 1957 gaff ketch, originally a Portuguese salt trader. Now chartering out of La Ciotat.
Albatros
A three-masted klipper of 1898, over a century in service. She now sails the North Sea.
Albatros
A North Sea klipper of 1899 — Europe's last cargo ship working under sail.
Albatros
A gaff ketch of 1913. After a long career as a freighter, restored to her original dimensions.
Albatros
A sea tjalk of 1906 that sailed to England, up the Elbe and into the Baltic.
Albatros
A three-masted topsail schooner of 1942. A ship for youth work since 1978.
Albatross
A four-masted schooner of 1942 that circled the globe on a scientific expedition.
Albert Johannes
A flat-bottomed three-masted schooner of 1928. She sails the Baltic out of Rostock.
Alberta CK318
An 1885 oyster smack from Brightlingsea. Now a private yacht racing on the East Coast.
Albin Köbis
A 1948 fishing boat converted to a gaff ketch, named after a leader of the sailors' revolt.
Alcyone
A schooner of 1956, six years in the building. A training ship for traditional and modern seamanship.
Aldebaran
A turn-of-the-century Dutch klipper that carried vegetables and coal under sail alone.
Alexa
A Danish hajkutter of 1938. No sailing experience expected aboard — just a hand on the ropes.
Alexander T
A 1997 gaff cutter on English pilot cutter lines. Week-long voyages with young crews.
Alexander von Humboldt
A barque of 1906. Eighty years as a lightship, then flagship of German sail training.
Alexander von Humboldt II
A barque of 2011, successor to the legendary "Alex". A sail training ship of European reach.
Alexandria
A three-masted topsail schooner of 1929. She was lost off Cape Hatteras in 1996.
Alfhild
A Colin Archer type of 2000, built to the design of a 1907 vessel.
Alfred
A besanewer of 1913. Saved from the scrapyard by a folklorist, now at Greifswald.
Aliado
Alida
A keenaak of 1907. A charter vessel that races with the Dutch flat-bottomed fleet.
Alliance
A French tuna dundee of 1949, today a gaff ketch in the Mediterranean.
Alliance
A small Danish jagt of 1927. Her restoration won an award from the traditional ships association.
Alliance
A three-masted schooner of 1995 that looks every inch a windjammer. Charter from Yorktown.
Alma
The last San Francisco Bay scow schooner, built 1891. A National Historic Landmark.
Alma Doepel
An Australian three-masted schooner of 1903. She carried timber, jam and troops.
Alte Liebe
A boieraak of 1949. An artist saved her from the scrapyard; she now stands ashore.
Alte Liebe
A 1947 fishing cutter converted to a ketch. For years a ship for European youth education.
Alvei
A 1920 herring drifter, now a topsail schooner in the Pacific. Everyone aboard is crew.
Alvekongen
A Colin Archer type of 1979 built to an 1898 design. She has sailed as far as Trondheim.