Type:	Topsail Schooner
Built:	1984, San Diego, CA
Homeport:	San Diego, CA
Designer:	Melbourne Smith
Builder:	Jayford Hazell/Nautical Heritage Society
Sparred Length:	145 ft
Length on deck:	93.5 ft
Beam:	24 ft
Draft:	9.5 ft
Rig Height:	145 ft
Displacement:	129 t
Sail Area:	7,000 sq. ft

The "Official Tall ship Ambassador for the State of California", The Californinan was built in 1984 as a replica of the revenue service cutter C.W. Lawrence which operated off the Californian coast in the 1850's. The Californian sailing outside of San Diego harbor File links The following pages link to this file: Californian (ship) Categories: Images with unknown source ... A topsail is a sail set above another larger sail. ... Two-masted fishing schooner A schooner is a type of sailing ship characterized by the use of fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... City nickname Americas Finest City City flower Carnation City urban tree Jacaranda City native tree Torrey Pine Mayor Dick Murphy* City Attorney Michael Aguirre City Council District One District Two District Three District Four District Five District Six District Seven District Eight Scott Peters Michael Zucchet Toni Atkins Tony... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ... City nickname Americas Finest City City flower Carnation City urban tree Jacaranda City native tree Torrey Pine Mayor Dick Murphy* City Attorney Michael Aguirre City Council District One District Two District Three District Four District Five District Six District Seven District Eight Scott Peters Michael Zucchet Toni Atkins Tony... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ... The Kaskalot at the 2004 Bristol Harbour festival in England. ... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The United States Revenue Cutter Service was established by Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton in 1790 as an armed maritime law enforcement service. ... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ...

A precursor to today's Coast Guard, the Revenue Cutter Service was responsible for securing the tax revenue and to relieve distressed merchant vessels, much as the United States Coast Guard operates today. US coastguard A coast guard is an organization devoted to saving the lives of shipwrecked mariners or people in danger at sea. ... The United States Revenue Cutter Service was established by Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton in 1790 as an armed maritime law enforcement service. ... In business, revenue is the amount of money that a company actually receives from its activities, mostly from sales of products and/or services to customers. ... In most seafaring countries, the merchant marine (or merchant navy) is a fleet of ships used for commerce that sometimes complements the navy. ... Coast Guard shield The United States Coast Guard is the coast guard of the United States. ...

Originally commissioned by the Nautical Heritage Society, she's been flown the Californian flag up and down the Californian coast and in ports ranging from Hawaii, Mexico, and the East Coast. State nickname: The Aloha State Other U.S. States Capital Honolulu Largest city Honolulu Governor Linda Lingle Official languages Hawaiian and English Area 28,337 km² (43rd)  - Land 16,649 km²  - Water 11,672 km² (41. ... The East Coast (also known as the Eastern Seaboard) is a term referencing the easternmost coastal states in the United States of America. ...

Recently accquired by the San Diego Maritime Museum, she underwent a complete overhaul and has now returned to providing sail training and sea educational programs up and down the Californian coast. Sail training in the modern sense is a development of the manning methods of sailing ship operators at the start of the 20th Century. ...

Reference

• Schooner
• Revenue Cutter Service
• Rigging
• Tall ship

Two-masted fishing schooner A schooner is a type of sailing ship characterized by the use of fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts. ... The United States Revenue Cutter Service was established by Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton in 1790 as an armed maritime law enforcement service. ... This article is about the rigging of ships, and is based on the detailed article in the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica, now in the public domain. ... The Kaskalot at the 2004 Bristol Harbour festival in England. ...

External Links

• The San Diego Maritime Museum (http://www.sdmaritime.com/contentpage.asp?ContentID=52)
• The Nautical Heritage Society (http://www.californian.org/htm/shipinfo.htm)
• The American Sail Training Association (http://sailtraining.org/)

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