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{{short description|Large, traditionally rigged sailing vessel}}
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[[File:Tall ship off of Newlyn 3.jpg|thumb|300px|A tall ship from above anchored off of Newlyn in Cornwall]]
[[File:Hanse sail 2010 warnemuende einlaufen.jpg|thumb|300 px|Group of "tall ships" at [[Hanse Sail]] 2010]]

A '''tall ship''' is a large, traditionally-[[rigging|rigged]] sailing vessel. Popular modern tall ship rigs include topsail [[schooner]]s, [[brigantine]]s, [[brig]]s and [[barque]]s. "Tall ship" can also be defined more specifically by an organization, such as for a race or festival.

==History==
[[File:Kruzenshterns för.jpg|thumb|right|The tall ship [[Kruzenshtern (ship)|''Kruzenshtern'']]]]
[[File:Portsmouthsunset.jpg|thumb|More than 36 tall ships participated in the 200th anniversary of the [[Battle of Trafalgar]] in Portsmouth, part of the fleet of 167 naval, merchant and tall ships from 36 countries]]

Traditional rigging may include [[square rig]]s and [[gaff rig]]s, usually with separate [[Mast (sailing)|topmasts]] and [[topsail]]s. It is generally more complex than modern rigging, which utilizes newer materials such as [[aluminum]] and [[steel]] to construct taller, lightweight masts with fewer, more versatile sails. Most smaller, modern vessels use the [[Bermuda rig]]. 

Author and [[master mariner]] [[Joseph Conrad]] (who spent 1874 to 1894 at sea in tall ships and was quite particular about naval terminology) used the term "tall ship" in his works;<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KPy-DwAAQBAJ&q=%22Joseph+Conrad%22+%22Tall+ship%22&pg=PT3001|title=Selected works of Joseph Conrad|last=Conrad|first=Joseph|date=2019-11-20|publisher=Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing|language=en}}</ref> for example, in ''The Mirror of the Sea'' in 1906.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MdfPAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Joseph+Conrad%22+%22Tall+ship%22+%22The+Mirror+of+the+Sea%22&pg=PA56|title=The Mirror of the Sea|last=Conrad|first=Joseph|publisher=Harper & Brothers|year=1906|pages=56|isbn=9781774415207 }}</ref>  

[[Henry David Thoreau]] also references the term "tall ship" in his first work, ''[[A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers]]'', quoting "Down out at its mouth, the dark inky main blending with the blue above. [[Plum Island (Massachusetts)|Plum Island]], its sand ridges scolloping along the horizon like the sea-serpent, and the distant outline broken by many a tall ship, leaning, still, against the sky." He does not cite this quotation, but the work was written in 1849.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/4232/pg4232.html|title=A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers|last=Thoreau|first=Henry David|website=www.gutenberg.org|access-date=9 May 2018}}</ref>

While [[Sail Training International]] (STI) has extended the definition of ''tall ship'' for the purpose of its races to embrace any sailing vessel with more than {{convert|30|ft|m|2|abbr=on|lk=}} [[waterline length]] and on which at least half the people on board are aged 15 to 25.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://sailtraininginternational.org/sailtraining/definition-of-a-tall-ship/|title=Definition of a tall ship|website=Sail On Board|language=en|access-date=2020-01-21}}</ref>

==Sail Training International==
[[File:RigFromAbove.jpg|thumb|The masts and yards of a [[brig]]]]
[[File:GoingAloft.jpg|thumb|Crew aloft, tending sails]]
In the 21st century, "tall ship" is often used generically for large, classic, sailing vessels, but is also a technically defined term by Sail Training International for its purposes and STI helped popularize the term. The exact definitions have changed somewhat over time, and are subject to various technicalities, but by 2011 there were 4 classes (A, B, C, and D). There are only two size classes, A is over 40 m LOA, and B/C/D are 9.14 m to under 40 m LOA. The definitions have to do with rigging: class A is for square sail rigged ships, class B is for "traditionally rigged" ships, class C is for "modern rigged" vessels with no "[[spinnaker]]-like sails", and class D is the same as class C but carrying a spinnaker-like sail.<ref name=":0" />

===Class A===
[[File:Sedov in TSR at Kotka July 2017 2.jpg|thumb|Russian ''Sedov'' at the Kantasatama Harbour in [[Kotka]], [[Finland]], during the Tall Ships’ Races 2017]]
All square-rigged vessels (barque, barquentine, brig, brigantine or ship rigged) and all other vessels more than 40 metres length overall (LOA), regardless of rig. STI classifies its A Class as "all square-rigged vessels and all other vessels over {{convert|40|m|ft|0}} [[length overall]] (LOA)", in this case STI LOA excludes [[bowsprit]] and aft [[spar (sailing)|spar]].  STI defines LOA as "Length overall measured from the fore side of stem post
to aft side of stern post, counter or transom".<ref>
[http://www.sailtraininginternational.org/_uploads/documents/CaptainsPage/RuleOfRatingMeasurementForm.pdf STI Measurement form. ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131115611/http://www.sailtraininginternational.org/_uploads/documents/CaptainsPage/RuleOfRatingMeasurementForm.pdf |date=2013-01-31 }}</ref>

{| border="1" class="sortable wikitable"
|+  Class A Tall Ships
|-
! Current <br> name !! Current&nbsp;nationality !! Original <br> delivery !! Mast !! Rig !! Length excluding<br>bowsprit [m] !! Beam [m]
|-
|''[[Alexander von Humboldt II]]'' ||	{{flag|Germany}} ||2011  ||3  	   ||[[Barque]]  	|| 60 ||10.8 
|-
|''Alpha ''	|| {{flag|Russia}} ||1948 	||2 	 ||[[Barquentine]] 	|| ||8.9
|-
|''[[Italian training ship Amerigo Vespucci|Amerigo Vespucci]]'' || {{flag|Italy}} 	||1931 	||3 	  	||[[Full-rigged ship]] 	|| 82.4 ||15.8
|-
| ''[[Belem (ship)|Belem]]'' || {{flag|France}} ||	1896 ||	3  	||[[Barque]] 	|| 51 ||8.8
|-
| ''[[KRI Bima Suci|Bima Suci]]''||{{flag|Indonesia}} ||	2017 ||	3  	||[[Barque]] 	|| 111.20 ||13.65
|-
|''[[Capitan Miranda (ROU schooner)|Capitain Miranda]]''	|| {{flag|Uruguay}} ||1930|| 3 || [[Staysail]] [[Schooner]] 	|| 50.3 <!-- UNVERIFIED -->||7.9 
|-
|''[[Christian Radich]]'' || {{flag|Norway}} 	||1937 	||3 ||	  [[Full-rigged ship]]  || 62.5 || 9.7
|-
|''[[Cisne Branco]]''	|| {{flag|Brazil}} ||	1999 	||3 ||	  	[[Full-rigged ship]]  || 60.5 ||10.7
|-
|''[[USS Constitution|Constitution]]''	||{{flag|United States}} ||1797 ||	3||	 [[Full-rigged ship]]  	|| 62 <!-- UNVERIFIED --> || 13.26
|-
|''Creole'' 	|| {{flag|United&nbsp;Kingdom}} ||	1927 ||	3 ||	[[Schooner]]  || 42.7 <!-- UNVERIFIED -->||8.9
|-
|''[[UAM Creoula|Creoula]]''	||{{flag|Portugal}}	||1937 ||4 ||	[[Schooner]]  || 62.2|| 9.9
|-
|''[[ARM Cuauhtémoc (BE01)|Cuauhtemoc]]'' 	||{{flag|Mexico}} ||1982 ||	3 ||	  	[[Barque]] || 67.2 ||	12.0
|-
|''[[Danmark (ship, 1932)|Danmark]]'' 	||{{flag|Denmark}} ||	1932 	||3 	||  	[[Full-rigged ship]]  || 59.8 ||10.1
|-
|''[[Dar Młodzieży]]'' || {{flag|Poland}} 	||1982 	||3|| 	  	[[Full-rigged ship]]  || 94.8 <!-- UNVERIFIED -->||	14.0
|-
|''[[KRI Dewaruci|Dewaruci]]''	||{{flag|Indonesia}} ||1953 ||	3 ||	 [[Barquentine]]  	|| 49.7 ||9.4
|-
|''Druzhba''	||{{flag|Ukraine}}	||1987 ||	3 ||	[[Full-rigged ship]]  || 94.2 || 14
|-
|''[[USCGC Eagle (WIX-327)|Eagle]]'' ||	{{flag|United States}} 	||1936 ||	3 	||  	[[Barque]] 	|| 80.7 ||11.9
|-
|''[[Eendracht (1989 ship)|Eendracht]]''	|| {{Flag|Netherlands}} ||	1989 ||	3 ||	[[Gaff rig|Gaff]] 	[[Schooner]]  || 55.3 <!-- UNVERIFIED -->||12.2
|-
|''[[Elissa (ship)|Elissa]]'' ||{{flag|United States}} 	||1877|| 	3 ||	  [[Barque]] 	|| 45.4 ||8.5
|-
|''[[Esmeralda (BE-43)|Esmeralda]]'' || {{flag|Chile}} ||1953 ||4 ||  [[Barquentine]]	|| 94.13 ||	13.1
|-
|''Eugene Eugenides'' || {{flag|Greece}} ||1959 ||3 ||[[Topgallant sail|Topgallant]] [[Schooner]]  	|| ||	9.2
|-
|''[[Europa (barque)|Europa]]''   ||{{Flag|Netherlands}}	||1911 ||	3 	||  	[[Barque]] 	|| 44.5 <!-- UNVERIFIED -->||7.3
|-
|''[[Gazela]]''  || {{flag|United States}} || 1901 ||3 	||  [[Barquentine]]|| 42.7 || 7.9
|-
|''[[Georg Stage]] (II)'' 	|| {{flag|Denmark}} 	||1935 || 3 ||  	[[Full-rigged ship]]  	|| 42 <!-- UNVERIFIED -->||8.5
|-
|''[[ARC Gloria|Gloria]]'' 	|| {{flag|Colombia}}  ||	1968 ||	3 ||  	[[Barque]]|| 67 ||10.7
|-
|''Golden Quest'' 	|| {{flag|Tuvalu}}  ||1945 || 3 	|| [[Barque]] || 48 ||7.5
|-
|''[[Gorch Fock (1933)|Gorch Fock (I)]]'' || {{flag|Germany}}  ||1933 || 3 || [[Barque]]  || 73.7 ||11.9
|-
|''[[Gorch Fock (1958)|Gorch Fock (II)]]''	||{{flag|Germany}}||1958 	||3 	||  	[[Barque]] || 81.2 ||11.9
|-
|''[[Greif (brigantine)|Greif]]'' ||{{flag|Germany}} ||1950 || 2 || [[Brigantine]] ||41.1 ||7.4
|-
|''[[Großherzogin Elisabeth (ship)|Großherzogin Elizabeth]]''	|| {{flag|Germany}} ||1908 ||3 || [[Gaff rig|Gaff]] [[Schooner]] 	|| 53 <!-- UNVERIFIED -->||8.2
|-
|''[[Guayas (ship)|Guayas]]'' 	|| {{flag|Ecuador}}  	||1977 ||3 	||  	[[Barque]] || 56.10 ||10.4
|-
|''<!-- ORP -->Iskra (II)''	||{{flag|Poland}}	||1982 ||	3 ||  	[[Barquentine]]  	|| 40 ||	7.9
|-
|''[[Sail training vessel Italia (A5314)|Italia]]''	|| {{flag|Italy}} 	||1993 ||2 	||[[Brigantine]]  	|| 53.7 ||	9.16
|-
|''[[Jadran (ship)|Jadran]]''	|| {{flag|Montenegro}} 	||1933 ||3 	||[[Topsail]] [[Schooner]]  	|| 60||	8.9
|-
| ''[[James Craig (barque)|James Craig]]''   || {{flag|Australia}}   ||1874 ||3     ||[[Barque]]  ||54.8  ||  9.5
|-
|''Jessica''	|| {{flag|Australia}} 	||1983 ||3 	||[[Topsail]] [[Schooner]]  	|| ||	6.7
|-
|''[[Juan Sebastián Elcano (Spanish ship)|Juan Sebastián Elcano]]''	|| {{flag|Spain}}  ||1927 	||4 	||[[Topsail]] [[Schooner]]  	|| 94.13 ||13.1
|-
|''[[Royal Helena|Juan Bautista Cambiaso]]''	|| {{flag|Dominican Republic}}  ||2009 	||3 	||[[Barquentine]]  	|| 54.60 ||8.5
|-
|-|''[[:es:Galeón Andalucía|Galeon Andalucia]]''	|| {{flag|Spain}}  ||2010 	||3 	||[[Galleon]]  	|| 51  ||10.2
|-
|''[[Kaiwo Maru II]]'' 	||{{flag|Japan}}  	||1989 	||4 	||  	[[Barque]] || 89.0 ||	13.8
|-
|''[[Kaliakra (Tall ship)|Kaliakra]]''	|| {{flag|Bulgaria}} ||1984 ||	3 	||  	[[Barquentine]]  	|| 43.2 ||	7.9
|-
|''[[Khersones (ship)|Khersones]]'' 	|| {{flag|Ukraine}} 	||1989 	||3 	||  	[[Full-rigged ship]]  || 94.8 <!-- UNVERIFIED -->||14.0
|-
|''[[Kruzenshtern (ship)|Kruzenshtern]]''	|| {{flag|Russia}} ||1926  	|| 4 	||  	[[Barque]] || 95 ||14.0
|-
|''[[STS Leeuwin II|Leeuwin II]]'' 	|| {{flag|Australia}} 	||1986 	|| 3 ||[[Barquentine]]  	|| 41.2 ||9.0
|-
|''[[ARA Libertad (Q-2)|Libertad]]'' 	|| {{flag|Argentina}}  	||1960 ||	3 	||  	[[Full-rigged ship]]  	|| 91.7 ||13.7
|-
|''[[La Grace]]''  || {{flag|Czech Republic}}||2010 	|| 2||	[[Brig]] 	|| 32.8||	|6.06
|-
|''Lord Nelson''||{{flag|United&nbsp;Kingdom}} || 1985 ||3 || [[Barque]] || 40.2 <!-- UNVERIFIED -->||	8.5
|-
|''[[Mercator (ship)|Mercator]]'' ||{{flag|Belgium}}||1932||3||[[Barquentine]]||68 ||11.9
|-
|''Meridian''	|| {{flag|Lithuania}}  ||1948 ||3|| [[Barquentine]]  || ||8.9 
|-
|''[[STS Mir|Mir]]'' 	||{{flag|Russia}} ||1987 	||3 	||  	[[Full-rigged ship]]  	|| 94.8 ||14.0
|-
|''[[Mircea (ship)|Mircea]]''||{{flag|Romania}}	||1938 ||	3 ||  	[[Barque]] || 73.7 ||12.5
|-
|''[[Morgenster (ship)|Morgenster]]''	|| {{flag|Netherlands}}  	||1919||	2|| 	[[Brig]]  	|| 38.0 ||6.0
|-
|''[[U.S. Brig Niagara (replica)|U.S. Brig Niagara]]''||{{flag|United States}} ||1988 ||	2 ||  	[[Brig]] 	|| 37.5 <!-- UNVERIFIED -->||	9.8
|-
|''[[Nippon Maru (1984)|Nippon Maru]]'' 	|| {{flag|Japan}}  	||1984 ||	4 ||	[[Barque]] || 89.0 ||	13.8
|-
|''[[Oosterschelde (ship)|Oosterschelde]]''	|| {{flag|Netherlands}}  ||1918 	||3 	||[[Topsail]] [[Schooner]]  	|| 40.12 ||7.5
|-
|''[[Italian training ship Palinuro|Palinuro]]''	||{{flag|Italy}}	||1934 ||	3 ||  	[[Barquentine]]  	|| 58.7 ||	10.1
|-
|[[Pallada (tallship)|''Pallada'']]	||{{flag|Russia}}	||1989 ||	3 ||  	[[Full-rigged ship]]  	|| 94.2 ||14.0
|-
|''[[Peacemaker (ship)|Peacemaker]]''	||{{flag|United States}}	||1989 ||	3 ||  	[[Barquentine]]  	|| 38 ||10.4
|-
|''[[Picton Castle (ship)|Picton Castle]]'' || {{flag|Canada}} ||	1928 ||	3 ||  	[[Barque]] || 45.2 <!-- UNVERIFIED -->||	7.3
|-
|''[[Pogoria (ship)|Pogoria]]''	||{{flag|Poland}}||1980 ||	3 || 	[[Barquentine]]  	|| 40.9 || 	7.9
|-
|''[[PNS Rah Naward|Rah Naward]]''	||{{flag|Pakistan}}||2001 ||	2 || [[Brig]] || 40.6 || 9.9
|-
|''[[Roald Amundsen (brig)|Roald Amundsen]]''||{{flag|Germany}}|| 	1952 ||	2 ||[[Brig]] 	|| 40.8 || 7.2
|-
|''[[Royal Albatross (ship)|Royal Albatross]]'' ||{{flag|Malaysia}}||2001 ||	4 || 	[[Barquentine]]  	|| 47.0 || 7.6
|-
|''[[Royal Clipper]]'' ||{{flag|Sweden}}|| 2000 ||	5 || 	[[Full-rigged ship]]  	|| 134.8 || 16.5
|-
|''[[NRP Sagres (1937)|Sagres]]'' ||{{flag|Portugal}}||1937 ||	3 ||	  	[[Barque]] 	|| 81.3 ||11.9
|-
|''[[Santa Maria Manuela]]''	||{{flag|Portugal}}	||1937 ||4 ||	[[Schooner]]  || 62.4 ||9.9
|-
|''[[STS Sedov|Sedov]]'' ||	{{flag|Russia}} ||	1921 ||	4|| [[Barque]] || 108.7 ||14.6
|-
|''[[Shabab Oman]]'' 	|| {{flag|Oman}} ||	1971 ||	3|| 	[[Barquentine]]  	|| 43.9 ||	8.5
|-
|[[Simón Bolívar (barque)|''Simón Bolívar'']] || {{flag|Venezuela}} ||	1979 	||3 ||	  	[[Barque]] 	|| 70.0 ||10.4
|-
|''[[Sorlandet (ship)|Sørlandet]]''	|| {{flag|Norway}} ||	1927 	||3 ||	  	[[Full-rigged ship]]  	|| 56.7 ||	9.6
|-
|''[[Spirit of New Zealand]]'' || {{flag|New Zealand}} 	||1986 ||	3 	||  	[[Barquentine]] 	|| 33.2 ||	9.0
|-
|''[[Stad Amsterdam]]''   ||{{Flag|Netherlands}}	||2000 ||	3 	||  	[[Full-rigged ship]] 	|| 62.4 ||10.5
|-
|''[[Statsraad Lehmkuhl]]'' || {{flag|Norway}} ||	1914|| 	3  ||[[Barque]] || 84.6 ||12.6
|-
|''[[Star of India (ship)|Star of India]]'' ||{{flag|United States}} 	||1863|| 	3 ||	  [[Barque]] 	|| 62.5 ||10.7
|-
|''[[Stavros S Niarchos (ship)|Stavros S Niarchos]]'' ||{{flag|United&nbsp;Kingdom}}||2000 ||	2 || [[Brig]] || 40.6 || 9.9
|-
|''[[INS Sudarshini (A77)|Sudarshini]]''	||{{flag|India}} ||2011 ||	3|| 	[[Barque]]  	||54.0 ||8.5
|-
|''[[HMS Surprise (replica ship)|Surprise (ex Rose)]]''	||{{flag|United States}} ||1970 ||	3|| 	[[Full-rigged ship]]  	|| 54.6 ||9.8
|-
|''[[INS Tarangini|Tarangini]]''	||{{flag|India}} ||1997 ||	3|| 	[[Barque]]  	||54.0 ||8.5
|-
|''Thor Heyerdahl'' 	||{{flag|Germany}}||1930 	||3  ||	[[Topsail]] [[Schooner]]  	|| 42.5 ||	6.5
|-
|''Unicorn'' 	|| {{flag|United&nbsp;Kingdom}} || 1948 	||2  || [[Brig]] || ||7.3
|-
|[[BAP Unión (BEV-161)|''Unión'']]	||{{flag|Peru}} ||2014||	4|| 	[[Barque]]  	||99.0 ||13.5
|-
|''[[INS Varuna|Varuna]]''	||{{flag|India}} ||1981 ||	3|| 	[[Barque]]  	||54.0 ||8.5
|-
|''Young America'' ||{{flag|United States}} 	||1975 || 2 || [[Brigantine]] || ||7.2
|-
|''[[STS Young Endeavour|Young Endeavour]]'' || {{flag|Australia}}  ||1986 || 2 || [[Brigantine]] || 35 || 7.8
|}

{| border="1" class="sortable wikitable"
|+  Historical
|-
! Name !! Last nationality !! Original <br> delivery !! Mast !! Rig !! End
|-
|''[[Alexander von Humboldt (ship)|Alexander&nbsp;von&nbsp;Humboldt]]'' ||	{{flag|Germany}} ||1906  ||3 ||[[Barque]] || Sold 2011/ relocated to Caribbean, 2013 returned to Germany; currently docked
|-
|''[[Bounty (1960 ship)|Bounty]]'' ||{{flag|United States}} ||1960 || 3 ||[[Full-rigged ship]]  || Sank 2012
|-
|''[[Concordia (ship)|Concordia]]'' || {{flag|Canada}} || 1992 || 3|| [[Barquentine]] || Sank 2010
|-
|''Dunay'' || {{flag|USSR}} || 1928 ||3 || [[Full-rigged ship]]  || Burned 1963
|-
|''Prince William'' ||{{flag|United Kingdom}}||2001 ||2 || [[Brig]] || Sold (2010); now a sail training ship of the Pakistan Navy with the name ''[[PNS Rah Naward|Rah Naward]]''
|-
|''[[Rickmer Rickmers|Sagres]]'' ||{{flag|Portugal}}||1896 ||3 || [[Barque]] || Replaced by the third ''Sagres'' in 1961. Sold (1983); now permanently moored in Hamburg, Germany with the name ''[[Rickmer Rickmers]]''
|-
|''[[ARA Presidente Sarmiento|Sarmiento]]'' 	|| {{flag|Argentina}}  	||1897 ||	3 	||  	[[Full-rigged ship]]  	|| [[Museum ship]], moored in Buenos Aires, Argentina
|-
|''[[ARA Uruguay|Uruguay]]'' 	|| {{flag|Argentina}}  	||1874 ||	3 	||  	[[Barque]]  	|| [[Museum ship]], moored in Buenos Aires, Argentina
|-
|}

===Class B===
Traditionally rigged vessels (i.e. gaff rigged [[sloop]]s, [[ketch]]es, [[yawl]]s and [[schooner]]s) with an LOA of less than 40 metres and with a waterline length (LWL) of at least 9.14 metres, one good example is ''[[Spirit of Bermuda]]''.

===Class C===
Modern rigged vessels (i.e. Bermudan rigged sloops, ketches, yawls and schooners) with an LOA of less than 40 metres and with a waterline length (LWL) of at least 9.14 metres not carrying spinnaker-like sails.

{| border="1" class="sortable wikitable"
|+  Class C Tall Ships
|-
! Current <br> name !! Current&nbsp;nationality !! Original <br> delivery !! Mast !! Rig !! Length excluding<br>bowsprit [m] !! Beam [m]
|-
|''[[Sail training vessel Caroly (A5302)|Caroly]]'' ||	{{flag|Italy}} ||1948  ||2  	   ||[[yawl]]  	|| 23.66 || 4.8
|-
|''[[Sail training vessel Capricia (A5322)|Capricia]]'' ||	{{flag|Italy}} ||1963  ||2  	   ||[[yawl]]  	|| 22.56 || 5.03
|-
|''[[Sail training vessel Stella Polare (A5313)|Stella Polare]]'' ||	{{flag|Italy}} ||1965  ||2  	   ||[[yawl]]  	|| 21.47 || 4.89
|-
|''[[Sail training vessel Corsaro II (A5316)|Corsaro II]]'' ||	{{flag|Italy}} ||1961  ||2  	   ||[[yawl]]  	|| 20.9 || 4.7
|-
|}

===Class D===
Modern rigged vessels (i.e. Bermudan-rigged sloops, ketches, yawls and schooners) with an LOA of less than 40 metres and with a waterline length (LWL) of at least 9.14 metres carrying spinnaker-like sails. There are also a variety of other rules and regulations for the crew, such as ages, and also for a rating rule. There are other sail festivals and races with their own standards, the STI is just one set of standards for their purposes.

==Earlier description of classes==
An older definition of class "A" by the STI was "all square-rigged vessels over 120′ (36.6 m) [[length overall]] (LOA). [[Fore-and-aft rig|Fore and aft]] rigged vessels of 160′ (48.8 m) (LOA) and over". By LOA they meant length excluding [[bowsprit]] and aft spar.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kohkun.go.jp/tallship_e/tallship_list.html|title=National Institute for Sea Training (NIST)<!-- Bot generated title -->|website=kohkun.go.jp|access-date=9 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100127162324/http://www.kohkun.go.jp/tallship_e/tallship_list.html|archive-date=27 January 2010}}</ref>

Class "B" was "all fore and aft rigged vessels between 100 and 160 feet in length, and all square rigged vessels under 120′ (36.6 m) (LOA)".

See also a list of class "A" ships with lengths including bowsprit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kohkun.go.jp/tallship_e/list/tallship_list_a_e.html|title=National Institute for Sea Training (NIST)<!-- Bot generated title -->|website=kohkun.go.jp|access-date=9 May 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081020020630/http://www.kohkun.go.jp/tallship_e/list/tallship_list_a_e.html|archive-date=20 October 2008}}</ref>

==Lost tall ships==
Tall ships are sometimes lost, such as by a storm at sea. Some examples of lost tall ships include:

* ''[[Asgard II]]'', an Irish national sail training ship, commissioned in 1982, was lost in 2008 off the French coast. The two-masted brigantine is thought to have collided with a submerged object.
* ''[[STV Astrid|Astrid]]'' ran aground in 2013 off Ireland, and then broke up in 2014 after being salvaged
* ''[[Bounty (1960 ship)|Bounty]]'', a full-rig ship lost off the North Carolina coast as [[Hurricane Sandy]] approached in 2012.
* ''[[Concordia (ship)|Concordia]]'', a triple-mast [[barquentine]] built in 1992 and operated by Canada as a school ship; lost at sea in 2010, in a squall.
* ''[[Endeavour II (barque)|Endeavour II]]'', built in 1968; wrecked in a 1971 gale off New Zealand
* ''[[Fantome (schooner)|Fantome]]'', a former yacht built in 1927, then operated as a cruise ship. Was lost in [[Hurricane Mitch]] in 1998.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Corzo |first1=Cynthia |last2=Morgan |first2=Curtis |last3=Herald |first3=John Barry |date=8 November 1998 |title=The loss of the Windjammer Schooner, Fantome |url=http://www.fortogden.com/fantommiamiherald.html |work=[[Miami Herald]] |access-date=9 May 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131026133449/http://www.fortogden.com/fantommiamiherald.html |archive-date=26 October 2013 |via=FortOgden}}</ref>
* [[Lennie (barque)|''Lennie'']], built in 1871, ran aground on [[Digby Neck]] in 1889.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lennie - 1889|url=https://novascotia.ca/museum/wrecks/wrecks/shipwrecks.asp?ID=2773|publisher=Marine Heritage Database|date=2007-10-05|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025022052/https://novascotia.ca/museum/wrecks/wrecks/shipwrecks.asp?ID=2773|archive-date=2017-10-25}}</ref><ref>[http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?34993 Lennie (+1889)] Wrecksite</ref>
* ''[[Bark Marques|Marques]]'', built in 1917;  was lost in a 1984 [[Tall Ships' Races|Tall Ships Race]].

==Gallery==
<gallery class="center">
File:Alexander von Humboldt ship all sails.jpg|''[[Alexander von Humboldt (ship)|Alexander von Humboldt]]''
File:AmerigoVespucci.JPG|''[[Italian training ship Amerigo Vespucci|Amerigo Vespucci]]''
File:Belem(02).jpg|''[[Belem (ship)|Belem]]''
File:Bounty Greenock.jpg|''[[Bounty (1960 ship)]]''
File:CisneBranco07.jpg|''[[Cisne Branco]]''
File:Tall ship Christian Radich under sail.jpg|''[[Christian Radich]]''
File:US Navy 101021-N-7642M-317 USS Constitution returns to her pier after an underway to celebrate her 213th launching day anniversary.jpg|''[[USS Constitution]]''
File:UAM Creoula 20071106.jpg|''[[UAM Creoula]]''
File:Cuauhtemoc 001.jpg|''[[ARM Cuauhtémoc (BE01)]]''
File:Denmark frigate SLV Green.jpg|''[[Danmark (ship, 1932)|Danmark]]''
File:Dar Mlodziezy2007.jpg|''[[Dar Młodzieży]]''
File:Dewaruci.jpg|[[KRI Dewaruci|''Dewaruci'']]
File:USCG Eagle.jpg|[[USCGC Eagle (WIX-327)|USCGC ''Eagle'']]
File:040731_061_earl.jpg|[[Earl of Pembroke (tall ship)|''Earl of Pembroke'']]
File:Eendracht II.JPG|[[Eendracht (1989 ship)|''Eendracht'']]
File:Elissa-ship.jpg|''[[Elissa (ship)|Elissa]]''
File:'Europa' in Belfast Lough - Tall Ships Belfast 2009 - geograph.org.uk - 1446281.jpg|[[Europa (barque)|Europa]]
File:ARC Gloria by Will White.png|''[[ARC Gloria|Gloria]]''
File:Gorch-Fock-190806-1.jpg|''[[Gorch Fock (1933)|Gorch Fock (I)]]''
File:Gorch-Fock 2 HFX 2007.jpg|[[Gorch Fock (1958)|''Gorch Fock (II)'']]
File:Segelschulschiff Greif Hanse Sail 2008 (dark1).jpg|''[[Greif (brigantine)]]''
File:Juan Sebastián Elcano DN-SC-92-00851.jpg|[[Spanish ship Juan Sebastián Elcano (1927)|''Juan Sebastián Elcano'']]
File:Tallship in Toronto Harbour.jpeg|''[[Kajama]]''
File:Bristol hf04 tallships in harbour 03.jpg|''[[Kaskelot (tall ship)|Kaskelot]]''
File:Kaiwo Maru II in yokohama japan.jpg|''[[Kaiwo Maru II]]''
File:Kaliakra1.jpg|''[[Kaliakra (ship)|Kaliakra]]''
File:Khersones Kieler Woche 2005.jpg|''[[Khersones (ship)|Khersones]]''
File:Крузенштерн 10.JPG|[[Kruzenshtern (ship)|''Kruzenshtern'']]
File:LeeuwinII.jpg|[[STS Leeuwin II|''Leeuwin II'']]
File:Libertad_2.jpg|[[ARA Libertad (Q-2)|ARA ''Libertad'']]
Image:Ml-full-sail.jpg|[[Maple Leaf, schooner|''Maple Leaf'']]
File:Mercator op zee.jpg|''[[Mercator (ship)|Mercator]]''
File:TallShipsRace 2003-Turku-fin Mir1.jpg|''[[STS Mir|Mir]]''
File:Tall ships antwerp 2010 Morgenster.jpg|''Morgenster''
File:Peacemaker.jpg|''[[Peacemaker (ship)|Peacemaker]]''
File:PictonCastle-AnchoredOffCarriacou-March14-09.jpg|''[[Picton Castle (ship)|Picton Castle]]''
File:Pogoria 2008-08-30.jpg|[[Pogoria (ship)|''Pogoria'']]
File:PrinceWilliamAlongsideInFredrikstad.jpg|[[PNS Rah Naward|''Rah Naward'']]
FIle:Roald Amundsen front view.jpg|''[[Roald Amundsen (brig)|Roald Amundsen]]''
File:RoyalAlbatross.jpg|''[[Royal Albatross (ship)|Royal Albatross]]''
File:Royal-clipper.jpg|''[[Royal Clipper]]''
File:N.R.P. Sagres, navio-escola. Forças Armadas Marinha Portuguesa.jpg|[[Sagres III|N.R.P. ''Sagres'']]
File:Amsterdam Sail 2010 0819 Sedov 01.jpg|''[[STS Sedov]]''
File:Rnov shabab oman under sails.jpg|''[[Shabab Oman]]''
File:Simon Bolivar (ship) 4.jpg|''[[Simón Bolívar (barque)|Simón Bolívar]]''
File:Sørlandet in Oslo 7jun2005.jpg|''[[Sørlandet (ship)|Sørlandet]]''
File:Stad Amsterdam 2009c.jpg|''[[Stad Amsterdam]]''
File:Statsraad Lehmkuhl and Lord Nelson.jpg|''[[Statsraad Lehmkuhl]]''
File:StavrosNiarchosFullSailBrigMatchRace2003.JPG|''[[Stavros S Niarchos (ship)|Stavros S Niarchos]]''
File:INS Sudarshini.jpg|''[[INS Sudarshini (A77)|INS Sudarshini]]''
File:HMS-Surprise-overall.jpg|''[[HMS Surprise (replica ship)|HMS Surprise]]''
File:Tarangini.jpg|''[[INS Tarangini]]''
File:B.A.P. Union..jpg|''[[BAP Unión]]''
File:Young Endeavour at FBE.jpg|''[[STS Young Endeavour]]''
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[American Sail Training Association]]
*[[Cutty Sark Tall Ships' Race]]
*[[Iron-hulled sailing ship]]
*[[Jubilee Sailing Trust]]
*[[List of large sailing vessels]]
*[[Operation Sail]]
*[[Sail training]]
*[[SAIL Amsterdam]]
*[[Tall Ships Challenge]]
*[[Tall Ship Chronicles]]
*[[Tall Ships Youth Trust]]
*[[The Tall Ships' Races]]
*[[Windjammer]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
* American Sail Training Association; ''Sail Tall Ships!'' (American Sail Training Association; 16th edition, 2005 {{ISBN|0-9636483-9-X}})
* Thad Koza; ''Tall Ships: A Fleet for the 21st Century'' (Tide-Mark Press; 3rd edition, 2002; {{ISBN|1-55949-739-4}})

==External links==
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* [http://sailtraining.org American Sail Training Association]
* [http://anotherworldadventures.com/adventure-type/interests/all-sailing-trips/ Another World Adventures]

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