 Prince William alongside in Fredrikstad at the end of the Tall Ships' Race 2005. Prince William is one of two tall ships used by the Tall Ships Youth Trust (formerly the Sail Training Association). This British charity aims to promote self-confidence, responsibility, teamwork and similar qualities in young people through sailing Prince William and Stavros S Niarchos. The former Sail Training Association was previously equipped with two schooners, Malcolm Miller and Sir Winston Churchill, but these were seen as too old for further use (in terms of accommodation and so on, since the rigs are traditional) and were replaced. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1536x2048, 1252 KB)Prince William in Fredrikstad at the end of the 2005 Tall Ships Race. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1536x2048, 1252 KB)Prince William in Fredrikstad at the end of the 2005 Tall Ships Race. ...
The USCGC Eagle. ...
Tall Ships Youth Trust is a sail training organisation in the United Kingdom which owns and operate two tall ships, the Prince William and the Stavros S Niarchos. ...
The Stavros S Niarchos under full sail off the Isle of Wight in October 2003 The Stavros S Niarchos is a British brig-rigged tall ship owned and operated by the Tall Ships Youth Trust. ...
The TSYT's new ships are two-masted brigs, with the rig designed by Michael Willoughby (his description of the design). The hulls were built in Germany as cruise ships for the West Indies, designed to carry masts and sails and use them from time to time, but not to be serious sailing vessels. This project was cancelled and the part-finished hulls were bought in 1997 by the TSYT. They were then modified by Appledore Shipbuilders to take the strains of a full sailing rig and to improve their sailing properties, including the addition of a new deeper keel holding fifty tons of ballast. In sailing, a brig is a vessel with two masts at least one of which is square rigged. ...
The Caribbean or the West Indies is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. ...
Appledore shipyard The shipyards cranes Appledore Shipbuilders is a shipbuilder in Appledore, North Devon. ...
Prince William's rig is designed according to traditional rules, occasionally modified slightly with trainees in mind. The foremast is slightly shorter than the main mast, but they are otherwise identical. Each consists of a steel lower mast and topmast and timber topgallant and royal mast. Spars are steel on the lower and topmasts (course, lower topsail and upper topsail yards) and timber above this (topgallant and royal yards). Access to the tops is by a vertical "jacob's ladder" down to the ratlines, rather than inverted futtock shrouds. There is a gold sovereign placed under the foremast where it meets the keel, a tradition supposed to give the ship luck. mizzen mast, mainmast and foremast Grand Turk The mast of a sailing ship is a tall vertical pole which supports the sails. ...
A traditional ships mast, consisting of lower (ie Main-, Fore- or Mizzen-) mast, topmast and topgallant/royal mast. ...
The mast of a sailing ship is a tall vertical pole which supports the sails. ...
mizzen mast, mainmast and foremast Grand Turk The mast of a sailing ship is a tall vertical pole which supports the sails. ...
The fore royal yard on the Prince William. ...
A USN petty officer uses the Jacobs ladder of an Iranian cargo ship during a maritime interdiction operation in the Persian Gulf. ...
Ratlines, pronounced rattlins, are lengths of thin line tied between the shrouds of a sailing ship to form a ladder. ...
Futtock shrouds are rope, wire or chain links in the rigging of a traditional square rigged ship. ...
The accommodation for voyage crew (ie ordinary paying volunteers) is in six eight-berth cabins, two for each watch. The accommodation is air-conditioned, because the ship spends a significant amount of time in tropical waters each year.
 The first sighting of Excelsior as Prince William closed to offer assistance during the 2005 Tall Ships' Race to Norway. Prince William competed in the 2005 Tall Ships' Races. She came fourth in class (of 25) and fourth overall (of 100+) in the first race from Waterford to Cherbourg. In the second race, from Newcastle to Fredrikstad, she suspended racing in order to answer a distress call from another vessel, the Lowestoft trawler Excelsior which was in danger of losing her mast and sinking. The Prince William, which is registered as a UK Auxiliary Coastguard vessel, stood by Excelsior in case of disaster, supplied a portable pump via RIB in large seas and accompanied her into Fredrikstad in case of further damage. Prince William was listed as "retired" by the race authorities, but was awarded a prize for her actions. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ...
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The Cutty Sark Tall Ships Race is a long-distance race for sailing ships. ...
The human rib cage. ...
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