Corwith Cramer (ship)

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Brigantine Corwith Cramer
Brigantine Corwith Cramer under full sail in the Caribbean Sea
History
United States
NameCorwith Cramer
BuilderASTACE Shipyard, Bilbao, Spain
Launched1987
Identification
Statusactive
General characteristics
Displacement280 tons
Length
  • 134 ft (41 m) overall,
  • 98 ft (30 m) on deck
Beam26 ft (7.9 m)
Draft13 ft (4.0 m)
PropulsionSail; auxiliary 500 hp (370 kW) Cummins diesel
Sail planBrigantine, 7,800 sq ft (720 m2) of sail
Complement38 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.

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