Extended Operational and Trade Vocabulary

Sail Training Ships and Tall Ship Associations glossary

Terms identifying the world’s sail-training fleet: named barques, schooners, brigantines and full-rigged ships such as Alexander von Humboldt, Adventuress and Amerigo Vespucci, their builders, rig types, sail areas and owning foundations and navies, and the tall-ship associations and youth-voyage programs that operate them in Sail Training International events.

207 defined terms.

A

A. von Humboldt II: German sail training barque built 2011 by BVT Brenn und Verformtechnik Bremen, 65 m length, 1,360 sq m sail area, owned by Deutsche Stiftung Sail Training, replacing the original Alexander von…
Adventure (Brixham): Although primarily a Gloucester schooner, the name Adventure recurs in sail training; the Brixham sailing trawler Adventure was used for youth voyages along the English Channel.
Adventuress: 1913 gaff schooner built in East Boothbay Maine, 41 m sparred length, owned by Sound Experience of Port Townsend Washington, US National Historic Landmark, runs Puget Sound youth programs.
Akogare: Japanese sail training brigantine built 1993, 53 m length, owned by Osaka City Sports Association, occasional participant in STI Asian and Pacific tall ships events.
Alexander von Humboldt: German barque built 1906 as Lightship Reserve Sonderburg, converted 1986 to three masted barque with green sails, 62.5 m length, retired from sail training 2011 and replaced by A. von Humboldt II.
Amerigo Vespucci: Florentine navigator whose voyages between 1499 and 1502 led to the naming of the Americas.
Amphitrite: 1887 German built three masted topsail schooner, 40 m length, restored 1980s as a UK based youth sail training vessel under Cirdan Sailing Trust.
Anny von Hamburg: 1911 German topsail schooner used in heritage sail training charters in the North Sea and Baltic.
Antigua: Caribbean island and superyacht hub home to the Antigua Charter Yacht Show.
Asgard II: Irish national sail training brigantine built 1981 at Arklow, 25.7 m length, owned by Coiste an Asgard, sank in the Bay of Biscay on 11 September 2008, all 25 crew rescued.
ASTA (American Sail Training Association): Founded 1973 in Newport Rhode Island, rebranded as Tall Ships America in 2007, the US member national sail training organization affiliated with Sail Training International.
Atlantis: Dutch three masted topsail schooner built 1905 as a North Sea lightship, converted to sail training in 1984, 43 m length.
Atyla: Spanish gaff schooner built 1984 in Bermeo Basque Country, 31 m length, owned by Atyla Ship Foundation, runs international youth voyages under STI.

B

Bap Union: Peruvian Navy four masted barque built 2014 to 2016 by Freire Shipyard Vigo, 115.5 m length, 3,500 sq m sail area, largest sail training ship in Latin America after commissioning.
Bark Europa: Dutch three masted barque built 1911 in Hamburg as the lightship Senator Brockes, rebuilt as a barque 1986 to 1994, 56 m length, operates Antarctic and trans ocean sail training voyages.
Barque: A sailing vessel of three or more masts, square-rigged on all but the aftermost, which carries fore-and-aft sails.
Barquentine: A sailing vessel square-rigged on the foremast only, with fore-and-aft sails on the remaining masts.
Belem: French three masted barque built 1896 at Nantes, 58 m length, 1,200 sq m sail area, last surviving 19th century French merchant tall ship and an active French sail training vessel.
Belle Poule: French Navy two masted topsail schooner built 1932 at Fecamp, 37.5 m length, paired with sister ship Etoile for officer cadet training at Ecole Navale.
Bessie Ellen: 1904 British west country trading ketch, 32 m sparred length, restored for adventure sail training based at Plymouth.
Bima Suci: Indonesian Navy barquentine built 2016 to 2017 at Freire Vigo, 111.2 m length, replacement and partner to Dewaruci as Indonesian Navy training tall ship.
Black Pearl: Sail Training Association of Western Australia operated brigantines have used heritage names; Black Pearl most commonly refers to non training charter craft and is excluded from STI series.
Bluenose II: Canadian gaff rigged knockabout schooner launched 1963 in Lunenburg Nova Scotia as a replica of the 1921 Bluenose, 49 m sparred length, provincial sail training and ambassador vessel.
Bounty replica (1960): MGM built three masted full rigged ship launched 1960 at Lunenburg, 55 m length, lost off North Carolina during Hurricane Sandy on 29 October 2012 with two fatalities.
Brig: A two-masted vessel square-rigged on both masts.
Brigantine: Two-masted vessel with square-rigged foremast and fore-and-aft mainmast, common in eighteenth and nineteenth century coastal trade.

C

Capitan Miranda: Uruguayan Navy three masted staysail schooner built 1930 in Cadiz, 60 m length, the cadet training ship of the Armada Nacional del Uruguay.
Charles W. Morgan: American whaling bark launched at New Bedford in 1841, preserved at Mystic Seaport.
Christian Radich: Norwegian full rigged ship built 1937 at Framnaes Mekaniske Verksted Sandefjord, 73 m length, 1,234 sq m sail area, civilian sail training vessel based in Oslo.
Cisne Branco: Brazilian Navy full rigged ship built 1999 at Damen Amsterdam, 76 m length, modeled on 19th century clipper lines, operates as the Brazilian Navy ceremonial tall ship.
Class A: STI category for square rigged vessels over 40 m LOA and all other vessels over 40 m, the headline class of the Tall Ships Races including Sedov, Kruzenshtern, Eagle and Cuauhtemoc.
Class B: STI category for traditionally rigged vessels (gaffers, schooners and similar) under 40 m LOA, comprising many heritage smacks, ketches and topsail schooners.
Class C: STI category for modern rigged vessels (Bermudan) under 40 m LOA without a spinnaker like sail.
Class D: STI category for modern rigged vessels under 40 m LOA carrying a spinnaker or similar downwind sail.
Concordia (school ship): Canadian three masted staysail schooner built 1992 at Szczecin, 57 m length, operated by West Island College International, sank off Brazil on 17 February 2010; all 64 aboard rescued.
Coronet: 1885 American schooner yacht, 40 m length, owned by the International Yacht Restoration School; under long term restoration at Newport Rhode Island.
Creoula: Portuguese four masted lugger schooner built 1937 in Lisbon, 67 m length, former Grand Banks cod fisher, today a Portuguese Navy sail training ship.
Cuauhtemoc: Mexican Navy three masted barque built 1982 at Astilleros Celaya Bilbao, 90.5 m length, 2,368 sq m sail area, fourth and last of the Celaya Latin American training ship series.
Cutty Sark Tall Ships Race: Original name (1956 to 2003) of the international tall ships racing series founded by retired London solicitor Bernard Morgan, sponsored by Cutty Sark Scots Whisky, succeeded by the Tall Ships Races…

D

Danmark: Danish full rigged ship built 1932 at Nakskov, 77 m length, 1,632 sq m sail area, owned by Danish Maritime Authority, trained US Coast Guard cadets 1942 to 1945 at New London.
Dar Mlodziezy: Polish three masted full rigged ship built 1981 at Gdansk Shipyard, 108.8 m length, 3,015 sq m sail area, civilian training ship of Gdynia Maritime University and lead vessel of the B95 class.
Dar Pomorza: Polish full rigged ship built 1909 at Blohm and Voss Hamburg as Prinzess Eitel Friedrich, 91 m length, Polish training ship from 1929 to 1982, now museum ship at Gdynia.
De Gallant: Dutch two masted gaff topsail schooner built 1916, 32 m length, used for cargo under sail and youth voyages.
Dewaruci: Indonesian Navy barquentine built 1953 at H. C. Stulcken and Sohn Hamburg, 58.5 m length, partnered since 2017 with the larger Bima Suci.
Diosa del Mar: Various Latin American training craft carry traditional names; Class B and C variants appear in port visits but are not regular STI race podium vessels.
Discovery, RRS: 1901 Antarctic vessel preserved at Dundee.
Duyfken (replica): Dutch replica built 1999 at Fremantle Western Australia of the 1606 VOC jacht, 20 m length, used for sail training and re enactment voyages.

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Eagle (USCGC): US Coast Guard three masted barque built 1936 at Blohm and Voss Hamburg as Horst Wessel, 90 m length, 1,964 sq m sail area, war reparation 1946, sole active square rigger in US government service.
Eendracht: Dutch three masted schooner built 1989 at Damen Gorinchem, 59 m length, owned by Het Zeilend Zeeschip foundation, civilian sail training vessel in the North Sea and Baltic.
Eos (Royal Hellenic): Greek Navy sail training projects have used the name; STI member entries from Greece include the schooner Royal Helena and others rather than Eos.
Esmeralda (BE 43): Chilean Navy four masted barquentine built 1953 at Astilleros Celaya Cadiz, 113 m length, 2,870 sq m sail area, longest sail training ship in the world by overall length.
Etoile: French Navy two masted topsail schooner built 1932 at Fecamp, 37.5 m length, sister ship to Belle Poule, operated by Ecole Navale.
Europa (Bark Europa): See Bark Europa; commonly listed in STI Class A registers as Europa under Dutch flag.
Exy Johnson and Irving Johnson: Twin US brigantines built 2002 at San Pedro California, 27 m length each, operated by Los Angeles Maritime Institute for TopSail Youth Program.

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Fryderyk Chopin: Polish two masted brig built 1992 at Gdansk, 55 m length, 1,200 sq m sail area, civilian sail training brig that dismasted in the Bay of Biscay in October 2010.
Full rigged ship: Three or more masted vessel with square sails on every mast, exemplified by Amerigo Vespucci, Christian Radich, Dar Mlodziezy and Cisne Branco.
Fundacion Nao Victoria: Spanish foundation that operates the Nao Victoria, Galeon Andalucia and Nao Trinidad replicas as Class A and B sail training and heritage vessels.

G

Galeon Andalucia: Spanish 17th century Spanish galleon replica built 2009 at Punta Umbria, 51 m length, operated by Fundacion Nao Victoria for heritage sail training and port visits.
Galileo (Spanish): Several heritage schooners carry the name Galileo; Spanish Galileo (1932) operates as a Mediterranean charter and youth sail vessel.
Gazela Primeiro: Portuguese built four masted barquentine launched 1901, 54 m length, last surviving wooden square rigged Banks dory cod fisher, US National Historic Landmark, based at Philadelphia.
Georg Stage II: Danish full rigged ship built 1934 at Frederikshavn, 39 m length, civilian training ship of Stiftelsen Georg Stages Minde, training Danish merchant marine cadets.
George Stage (formerly Joseph Conrad): 1882 Danish three masted full rigged ship, 30 m length, served Danish Marineforeningen and was sold 1934 to Alan Villiers and renamed Joseph Conrad, today a static exhibit at Mystic.
Gloria: Colombian Navy three masted barque built 1968 at Astilleros Celaya Bilbao, 76 m length, 1,400 sq m sail area, first of the four Celaya built Latin American training barques.
Gorch Fock (I): German three masted barque built 1933 at Blohm and Voss, 82 m length, war reparation to USSR as Tovarishch 1948, today preserved at Stralsund as Gorch Fock.
Gorch Fock (II): German Navy three masted barque built 1958 at Blohm and Voss Hamburg, 89.4 m length, 1,952 sq m sail area, official Bundesmarine sail training ship, refit completed 2021.
Grand Turk: Salem privateer and East India trader built in 1781, illustrative of early American maritime commerce.
Greif (DDR Wilhelm Pieck): German brigantine built 1951 at Warnemuende, 41 m length, formerly East German training brig Wilhelm Pieck, today a German charter and youth training vessel.
Guayas: Ecuadorian Navy three masted barquentine built 1976 at Astilleros Celaya Bilbao, 78 m length, 1,400 sq m sail area, second of the Celaya barque series for Latin American navies.

H

Halve Maen (replica): 1989 American replica of Henry Hudson's 1609 VOC jacht, 25 m length, originally homeported on the Hudson River, used for educational sail.
Hansewerft: German shipyards that built or rebuilt several heritage tall ships and youth sail training schooners in the Baltic.
Hawaiian Chieftain: 1988 American steel topsail ketch, 31 m length, operated as a sail training and education ship on the US west coast until withdrawal in 2018.
Helena: Finnish three masted topsail schooner built 1992 at Uudenkaupungin Vene Uusikaupunki, 36 m length, operated by the Sail Training Association Finland.
HMS Bounty (1960): See Bounty replica (1960); lost 2012 off Cape Hatteras during Hurricane Sandy.
HMS Trincomalee: 1817 Royal Navy Leda class frigate restored at Hartlepool, 46 m length, oldest British warship still afloat, used for educational visits and limited youth sail experience.
Hosanna: French heritage vessel cited in early sail training literature by Hilaire and Jeannine Cuny; Class B participation in early Cutty Sark races.

I

Ile de France: Several schooners and brigantines have carried the name; current STI participation is intermittent.
Iskra: Polish Navy three masted staysail schooner built 1982 at Gdansk, 49 m length, 770 sq m sail area, Polish Naval Academy training ship.
Iskra (1927): Predecessor Polish three masted barquentine launched 1917 in Holland, served as Polish Navy training ship 1927 to 1977, today preserved at Gdynia.
It Famme: Frisian botter and small youth sail craft used in Dutch national sail training events; not part of STI Class A racing.
Italia: Italian Navy schooner built 1993 to 2006, 49 m length, an Italian Navy nautical training schooner complementing Amerigo Vespucci and Palinuro.

J

James Craig: Australian 1874 three masted iron barque restored at Sydney 1972 to 2001, 54 m length, operated by Sydney Heritage Fleet for limited sail training voyages.
Jeanie Johnston: Irish three masted barque replica built 2002 at Blennerville Tralee, 47 m length, originally for sail training and Atlantic crossings, now museum vessel at Dublin.
JR Tolkien: Dutch three masted topsail schooner built 1964 as Mira and rebuilt 1996, 43 m length, runs commercial and youth sail charters.
JST (Jubilee Sailing Trust): UK charity founded 1978 to enable mixed ability sail training, operating Lord Nelson (1986 to 2019) and Tenacious (2000), pioneer of accessibility focused tall ship design.
Juan Sebastian de Elcano: Boskalis Mega Hopper TSHD of 32,000 m3.
Jubilee Sailing Trust: See JST.
Jylland (Fregatten): 1860 Danish wooden steam and sail screw frigate, 71 m length, preserved at Ebeltoft as world's longest wooden warship; used for occasional sailing reenactments.

K

Kaiwo Maru: Japanese four masted barque built 1989 at Sumitomo Uraga, 110 m length, 2,760 sq m sail area, Independent Administrative Institution National Institute for Sea Training merchant marine cadet ship.
Kaliakra: Bulgarian three masted barquentine built 1984 at Gdansk Shipyard, 49 m length, owned by the Bulgarian Naval Academy.
Kapitan Borchardt: Polish three masted topsail schooner built 1918 in Holland and rebuilt 2011, 41 m length, sail training and charter vessel under Polish flag.
Ketch: Two-masted rig with mizzen forward of the rudder post and shorter than the main.
Khersones: Ukrainian three masted full rigged ship built 1989 at Stocznia Gdanska as the fifth B95 class sister, 108.6 m length, 2,771 sq m sail area, registered at Kerch and detained at Sevastopol after 2014.
Kruzenshtern (STS): Russian four masted barque built 1926 at Geestemuende as the German Padua, 114.5 m length, 3,800 sq m sail area, war reparation to USSR 1946, operated by Murmansk State Technical University.
Kursk (training): Several Russian Federation and former Soviet training schooners carry traditional names; not to be confused with the submarine K 141 Kursk.

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La Boudeuse: Various French expedition replicas; the modern brig La Boudeuse circumnavigated under Patrice Franceschi as a sail training vessel.
Lady Maud: 1907 British Thames sailing barge, 33 m sparred length, used in UK youth sail charters.
Lady Nelson (replica): 1988 Australian replica of the 1799 brig sloop, 19 m length, operated by the Tasmanian Sail Training Association at Hobart.
Lady Washington: 1989 American replica of the 1750 brig, 34 m length, operated by Grays Harbor Historical Seaport, Washington's official ship.
Le Renard: French topsail cutter replica built 1991 at Saint Malo of Robert Surcouf's 1812 corsair, 31 m length, sail training under STI Class B.
Leeuwin II: Australian three masted barquentine built 1986 at Fremantle, 55 m length, operated by Leeuwin Ocean Adventure Foundation, Western Australia's official tall ship.
Lehmkuhl (Statsraad Lehmkuhl): See Statsraad Lehmkuhl; Norwegian three masted barque built 1914, 98 m length, world's largest privately owned sail training ship.
Libertad (ARA): Argentine Navy three masted full rigged ship built 1956 to 1963 at Astillero Rio Santiago, 103.7 m length, 2,652 sq m sail area, holds the 1966 transatlantic sail record Cape Race to Dublin.
Lord Nelson (SV): UK Jubilee Sailing Trust three masted barque built 1986 at Wivenhoe, 49 m length, world's first purpose built tall ship for mixed ability crews, retired and sold 2020.

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Malcolm Miller: UK Sail Training Association topsail schooner built 1968 at Aberdeen, 41 m length, sister to Sir Winston Churchill, served until 2000, broken up 2010.
Maria Asumpta: 1858 Spanish brig, 38 m length, oldest sailing square rigger when she was wrecked at Pentire Point Cornwall on 30 May 1995 with three fatalities.
Mary Anne: Australian topsail schooner built 1996, 26 m length, sail training in Tasmania and the Tall Ships Races Australia 2013.
Maybe: 1929 UK two masted gaff ketch, 32 m sparred length, sail training vessel often participating in STI Class B.
Mercator (museum): Belgian four masted barquentine built 1932 at Leith, 79 m length, sail training to 1960, today preserved at Oostende.
Mexico (national tall ship policy): Mexican Navy operates Cuauhtemoc as the national sail training barque and primary international ambassador ship.
Mir: Russian three masted full rigged ship built 1987 at Stocznia Gdanska as the fourth B95 class sister, 110 m length, 2,771 sq m sail area, owned by Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and…
Morgenster: Dutch two masted brig built 1919 as a herring lugger and rebuilt 2008, 48 m length, operates youth and adventure sail training voyages.
Mutin (Le): French Navy two masted gaff schooner built 1927 at Les Sables d'Olonne, 33 m length, oldest serving French Navy commissioned vessel and a sail training ship.

N

Nadezhda: Russian three masted full rigged ship built 1991 at Gdansk, 108.6 m length, sixth and last B95 class sister, operated by Far Eastern State Technical Fisheries University Vladivostok.
Nao Trinidad: Spanish 16th century carrack replica built 2018 at Punta Umbria, 29 m length, operated by Fundacion Nao Victoria.
Nao Victoria: Spanish replica of Magellan's flagship built 1991 to 1992 at Punta Umbria, 26 m length, sail training and heritage tours under Fundacion Nao Victoria.
Niagara (US Brig): 1988 American reconstruction of Oliver Hazard Perry's 1813 War of 1812 brig, 60 m sparred length, flagship of Pennsylvania, operates Great Lakes sail training.
Nippon Maru I (museum): Japanese four masted barque built 1930 at Kobe, 97 m length, sail training to 1984, today preserved at Yokohama.
Nippon Maru II: Japanese four masted barque built 1984 at Sumitomo Uraga, 110 m length, 2,760 sq m sail area, partner to Kaiwo Maru as NIST cadet training ship.
Noorderlicht: Dutch two masted topsail schooner built 1910, 46 m length, polar expedition and sail training in Svalbard and Arctic waters.

O

Oban Sails: Scottish small craft sail training organization affiliated with national STI member RYA Sail Training; runs Argyll based youth voyages.
Ocean Spirit of Moray: UK Bermudan ketch, 22 m length, operated by Ocean Youth Trust Scotland.
Ocean Youth Trust: UK federated youth sail training charity (founded 1960 as Ocean Youth Club) operating multiple Bermudan ketches and other vessels, member of UK Sail Training.
Oceania (research): Polish research and sail training schooner built 1985 at Gdansk, 49 m length, operated by Institute of Oceanology PAS Sopot.
Oosterschelde: Dutch three masted topsail schooner built 1918 at Zwartewaal, 50 m length, last surviving large Dutch sailing freighter, operates global sail training and Darwin200 expedition.
Operation Drake (1978 to 1980): UK round the world youth expedition aboard the brigantine Eye of the Wind, precursor to Operation Raleigh and a milestone in STI affiliated youth sail training.
Operation Raleigh (1984 onward): Follow on to Operation Drake, with the schooner Sir Walter Raleigh as flagship; later replaced by inland and overseas Raleigh International programs.

P

Padua: German four masted barque built 1926 at J. C. Tecklenborg Geestemuende, 114.5 m length, transferred 1946 as war reparation and renamed Kruzenshtern.
Palinuro: Italian Navy three masted barquentine built 1934 at Nantes as the French Commandant Louis Richard, 69 m length, training ship of Italian Navy since 1955.
Pallada: Russian three masted full rigged ship built 1989 at Stocznia Gdanska as the third B95 class sister, 108.6 m length, 2,771 sq m sail area, operated by Far Eastern State Technical Fisheries University…
Peking: German four masted barque built 1911 by Blohm and Voss for F. Laeisz, 115 m length, repatriated 2017 from New York and now museum ship at Hamburg.
Pelican of London: UK three masted barquentine rebuilt 2007 from 1948 French trawler Pelican, 45 m length, distinctive lateen mizzen, operates youth sail training.
Pen Duick II to VI: Eric Tabarly's series of racing yachts that influenced French youth sail training even though Pen Duick II is best known as the first OSTAR winner (1964).
Picton Castle: Canadian three masted barque built 1928 as North Sea trawler and rebuilt 1996 to 1998, 54 m length, operates global circumnavigation sail training voyages under Cook Islands flag.
Pogoria: Polish three masted barquentine built 1980 at Gdansk, 47 m length, lead ship of the Pogoria class, used by Polish Sail Training Association.
Pommern: Finnish four-masted barque preserved at Mariehamn.
Pride of Baltimore II: American 1988 topsail schooner reproduction of an 1812 Baltimore clipper, 47 m sparred length, official goodwill ambassador of Maryland, operates youth sail education.
Prince William: UK Sail Training Association brig built 2001 at Appledore, 60 m length, replaced Sir Winston Churchill and Malcolm Miller, sold 2010 to private owners.
Providence (Sloop): 1976 American 12 gun sloop replica of John Paul Jones's first command, 33 m sparred length, operated as a tall ship at Newport Rhode Island.

Q

Queen Galadriel: UK Cirdan Sailing Trust two masted topsail ketch built 1937 in Denmark as Else and rebuilt 1985, 30 m length, youth sail training in the Thames Estuary and the Channel.
Quetzalcoatl: Various traditional craft carry the name; not a current STI Class A entrant.

R

Rara Avis: French heritage three masted schooner built 1957, 32 m length, sail training participant in STI Class B.
Regina Maris (1908): Danish three masted topsail schooner built 1908 in Svendborg, 44 m length, operated as a sail training vessel until the late 1970s and later restored in Germany.
Roald Amundsen: German two masted brig built 1952 at Rosslau as an East German tanker Vilm and rebuilt 1992 to 1993, 50 m length, operates as a youth sail training vessel.
Rona: UK Bermudan ketch, used by Ocean Youth Trust and London Sailing Project, key training platform from the 1970s onward.
Royal Helena: Bulgarian three masted topsail schooner built 2017 in Varna, 54 m length, civilian sail training and charter vessel, regular STI Tall Ships Races participant.
Royal Hellenic Navy Sailing: Hellenic Navy operates the brigantine Eugenios Eugenides as a Hellenic Naval Academy training vessel.
Royal Yachting Association (RYA) Sail Training: UK national governing body that, with UK Sail Training charity, represents Britain at Sail Training International.

S

Sabbatical III: Single masted long distance training yachts often used in OYT and JST style adventure programs; not a tall ship.
Sagres (NRP): Portuguese Navy three masted barque built 1937 at Blohm and Voss as Albert Leo Schlageter, 90 m length, 1,952 sq m sail area, transferred 1962 to Portugal via Brazil (as Guanabara).
Sail Training Association (STA UK): UK charity founded 1956 by Bernard Morgan that organized the first Cutty Sark Tall Ships Race in 1956 and operated Sir Winston Churchill and Malcolm Miller schooners.
Sail Training International (STI): International nonprofit incorporated 2002 in Gosport England, governing body for the Tall Ships Races and umbrella for national sail training organizations.
Sail Training Ireland: Irish national sail training charity formed after the loss of Asgard II, currently coordinating youth voyages on chartered vessels rather than a national flagship.
Sailing Training Association Western Australia (STAWA): Operator of Leeuwin II and predecessor youth sail programs in Western Australia, affiliated to Australian Sail Training Association.
Schooner: Two- or more-masted fore-and-aft rigged vessel of New England origin.
Sedov (STS): Russian four masted barque built 1921 at Krupp Germaniawerft Kiel as Magdalene Vinnen II, 117.5 m length, 4,192 sq m sail area, world's largest active sail training ship, owned by Kaliningrad State…
Shabab Oman II: Royal Navy of Oman three masted full rigged ship built 2014 at Damen Galati Romania, 87 m length, 2,300 sq m sail area, replacement for the original Shabab Oman.
Shtandart: Russian replica frigate built 1999 in St Petersburg of Peter the Great's 1703 ship, 34.5 m length, sail training in European waters under Sail Training International.
Simon Bolivar: Venezuelan Navy three masted barque built 1980 at Astilleros Celaya Bilbao, 82.4 m length, 1,650 sq m sail area, second of the Celaya Latin American training ship series.
Sir Winston Churchill: UK Sail Training Association three masted topsail schooner built 1965 at Hessle, 41 m length, operated 1966 to 2000, sold to private owner.
Sorlandet: Norwegian three masted full rigged ship built 1927 at Hoivolds Skipsbyggeri Kristiansand, 64 m length, oldest full rigged ship still in operation, today operated by West Island College International.
Spirit of Bermuda: Three masted Bermuda sloop schooner built 2006 at Wareham UK, 34 m length, sail training flagship of Bermuda Sloop Foundation.
Spirit of New Zealand: New Zealand steel three masted topsail barquentine built 1986 at Whangarei, 45 m length, operated by Spirit of Adventure Trust for youth sail training.
Spirit of Tasmania (sail): Not a sail training ship; the name refers to TT Line Bass Strait ferries and is excluded from STI registers.
Statsraad Lehmkuhl: Historic Norwegian tall ship, occasionally cited in heavy-lift literature as a non-cargo project vessel.
Stavros S Niarchos: UK Tall Ships Youth Trust two masted brig built 2000 at Appledore, 60 m length, 1,015 sq m sail area, sister vessel to Prince William, sold 2010.
Staysail schooner: Schooner rig variant carrying staysails between the masts rather than gaff sails, used by Concordia and Iskra.
STI Tall Ships Races: Annual or biannual race series organized by Sail Training International, typically four ports over a single summer, with at least 50 percent under 26 year old trainee crew.
STS (Sailing Training Ship): Common prefix for civilian sail training vessels, used for Kruzenshtern, Sedov, Mir, Pallada and others.

T

Tall Ships America: US national sail training organization (formerly ASTA), based at Newport Rhode Island, organizes the TALL SHIPS CHALLENGE Series on the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific coasts and Great Lakes.
Tall Ships Atlantic: Periodic Sail Training International transatlantic race series, notable editions in 1984, 1992 (Columbus 500), 2000, 2009 and 2017, linking European and American ports.
Tall Ships Challenge Series: TSA flagship sail training race and event series held annually since 2002 on rotating US coasts and the Great Lakes.
Tall Ships Mediterranean: Sail Training International race series in the Mediterranean Sea, held in 1996, 2007, 2013, 2017, 2018 and 2022 among other editions.
Tall Ships Youth Trust (TSYT): UK charity, successor of the original Sail Training Association, owner operator of Stavros S Niarchos and Prince William and now of a fleet of Challenger 72 yachts.
Tall Ships' Races: Annual sail training event organized by Sail Training International.
Tarangini (INS): Indian Navy three masted barque built 1997 at Goa Shipyard, 54 m length, sail training ship of Indian Naval Academy at Ezhimala.
Tecla: Dutch two masted gaff ketch built 1915, 32 m length, sail training and expedition voyages including polar regions.
Tenacious (SV): UK Jubilee Sailing Trust three masted barque built 2000 at Merlin Quay Southampton, 65 m length, 1,200 sq m sail area, world's largest wooden tall ship purpose built for mixed ability crews.
Thalassa: Dutch three masted topsail schooner built 1980 at IJlst as fishing vessel and rebuilt 1984, 47 m length, operates Northern European and Arctic sail training.
Tole Mour: 1988 American three masted gaff topsail schooner, 47 m length, operated as a sail training vessel in California waters by California Boating Center and later Mark Twain.
Topsail Schooner: A schooner carrying square topsails on the foremast, sometimes called a hermaphrodite brig in older American usage.
Tradewind: Sail Training vessel name applied to several heritage ketches and schooners; the Hayling Island based Tradewind 35 yachts have been used in UK youth voyages.
Tres Hombres: Dutch two masted brigantine built 2007 from a 1943 hull, 32 m length, engineless sail freighter under Fairtransport, occasional sail training berths.
Triton (Greek): Hellenic Navy heritage sailing dinghies, peripheral to Class A sail training operations.

U

UCSB Eagle Scout fleet: Not a sail training reference; excluded.
Ulysses (heritage): Various sail training vessels carry the name; the Ulysses fleet of Italian Coast Guard training yachts is used for cadet sail experience.
Unicorn (1948): American two masted hermaphrodite brig built 1948 in Lemvig Denmark as Lyra and rebuilt 1980s, 40 m length, used in youth and educational sail charters.
United States (sail training policy): USCGC Eagle, Pride of Baltimore II, US Brig Niagara, Lady Washington, Picton Castle (Canadian flag) and the Tall Ships America fleet collectively make up the principal North American sail training…

V

Vahine: Several French built tall ships have used the name; Class B participants in early Mediterranean STI events.
Varuna (INS): Earlier Indian Navy sail training schooner, predecessor to Tarangini.
Vega Gamleby: Swedish three masted schooner built 1909, 35 m length, used by youth sail training association in Smaland.
Vespucci, Amerigo: Florentine navigator whose name was applied to the Americas.
Vicki Lyn: Class C Bermudan ketch type names appear in STI registers from multiple flags.
Vlissingen Sail Training: Dutch port hosting STI Tall Ships Races and home of the Eendracht foundation.
VLS (Volunteer Life Squad): Not a sail training body; excluded.

W

Wapen von Hamburg III: 1992 German replica of a 17th century three masted ship, 49 m length, sail training and corporate charter in the Baltic.
Wavertree: 1885 British full rigged iron ship preserved at South Street Seaport New York, 99 m length, static museum exhibit with educational sail programs alongside.
Wilhelm Pieck (Greif): See Greif; former East German training brigantine.
Wylde Swan: Dutch two masted gaff topsail schooner rebuilt 2010 from 1920 herring hunter, 60 m length, world's largest two masted topsail schooner, operates youth sail and Masterskip school.

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Xebec Heritage: Mediterranean lateen-rigged historical vessels.

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Yawl: Two-masted fore-and-aft rigged vessel with small mizzen aft of the rudder post.
Yola (Khersones): Russian language references to Khersones occasionally use transliteration variants; see Khersones.
Young Endeavour (STS): Australian Royal Australian Navy two masted brigantine built 1987 at Brooke Yachts Lowestoft, 44 m length, 728 sq m sail area, gift of the UK to Australia for the 1988 Bicentenary, operated by Young…
Youth Sail Training Association of Western Australia: Operator of Leeuwin II; see STAWA.

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Zawisza Czarny: Polish three masted schooner built 1952 at Gdansk, 42 m length, owned by Polish Scouting Association ZHP, traditional Polish scout sail training ship.
Zenobe Gramme: Belgian Navy auxiliary ketch built 1961 at Boel Tamise, 28 m length, smallest commissioned Belgian Navy vessel, used for sail training and oceanographic work.
Zephyr (heritage): Various small Class C training yachts carry the name in STI registers.
Zodiac (1924): American two masted gaff topsail schooner built 1924 at East Boothbay Maine, 49 m sparred length, US National Register of Historic Places, operates sail training in the Pacific Northwest.