Corwith Cramer (ship)
Brigantine Corwith Cramer under full sail in the Caribbean Sea
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Corwith Cramer |
Builder | ASTACE Shipyard, Bilbao, Spain |
Launched | 1987 |
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Status | active |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 280 tons |
Length |
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Beam | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
Draft | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
Propulsion | Sail; auxiliary 500 hp (370 kW) Cummins diesel |
Sail plan | Brigantine, 7,800 sq ft (720 m2) of sail |
Complement | 38 persons |
The Corwith Cramer is a tall ship (specifically a brigantine) owned by the Sea Education Association (SEA) sailing school, named after SEA's founding director. Her home port is Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States. She was designed by specifically for SEA and was constructed by in 1987 in Bilbao, Spain. She is a 134-foot (41 m) steel brigantine built as a research vessel for operation under sail, and generally sails in the Atlantic Ocean.
See also[]
- SSV Robert C. Seamans
- Brigantine
- Woods Hole
- Nautical terms
- Rigging
- Tall ship
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Categories:
- Brigantines
- Individual sailing vessels
- Training ships
- Tall ships of the United States
- Sail training ships
- 1987 ships
- Lake Forest Academy alumni