Sailing
"The gods do not deduct from man's allotted span the days spent sailing."
Before I studied oceanography, I had the good fortune to spend several years at sea working on (mostly) traditional sailing vessels.
Here are some of the vessels and routes I’ve had the privilege to sail:
Built in 1906, Polaris is a traditional "pumpkin-seed" sloop, named after the shape of her hull. She sails on San Francisco Bay as part of the Spaulding Marine Center.
The SV Kwai was built in Bremen, Germany in 1950, then converted by Capt. Brad Ives to a sailing cargo vessel. She sailed for many years between Hawai'i, Kiribati, and the Cook Islands.
Photo Courtesy of Captain Brad Ives of SV Kwai.
The SV Alvei was built at Montrose, Scotland in 1920, then converted to a sailing vessel by Capt. Evan Logan. She served as a low-cost training and adventure vessel between New Zealand, Fiji, Vanuatu, and other Pacific islands.
Photo courtesy of Proteus Social Innovation & Development.
Geronimo was built in 1998 by New England Boat Works in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. She is a sail training vessel for St. George's School.
Photo Courtesy of St. George's School.
Ernestina was built in 1894 at the James and Tarr Shipyard in Essex, USA. She has a long and storied history as the last transatlantic packet schooner and Arctic exploration vessel.
Photo Courtesy of Fred Sterner/Ernestina.
Tabor Boy was built in 1914 in the Netherlands and provides sail training to the students of Tabor Academy.
Photo Courtesy of Tabor Academy.
Bonnie Lynn was built in 1998, with her hull constructed in Palm Coast, Florida, and the vessel completed and rigged in Islesboro, Maine. She is a charter vessel sailing between New England and the Caribbean.
Photo Courtesy of Schooner Bonnie Lynn.
Pride of Baltimore II is a replica Baltimore Clipper topsail schooner. Homeported in Baltimore, she served as a goodwill ambassador for the state of Maryland.
Photo Courtesy of Pride of Baltimore.
Hawaiian Chieftan was built in 1988 in Hawaii, USA. She is a charter vessel sailing the west coast of the USA.
Photo courtesy of Grays Harbor Historical Seaport.
Appledore II is a traditional wooden two-masted schooner built in 1978 in Maine, USA. She conducts daysails out of Camden, Maine and Key West, Florida.
Photo Courtesy of Schooner Appledore.