Tall ship

A tall ship is a mehrmastiges sailing ship with square sails mainly. Terms of similar meaning are Windjammer and tallship (from English " tall ship ", literally high or large ship ).

Known tall ship More recently, for example, the Gorch Fock of 1933, Passat, Pamir, Beijing, Pomerania, Sedov, Krusenstern, Alexander von Humboldt and the Gorch Fock of 1958.

History

Sailing acted as a merchant ship and / or as a warship. Maritime renames the commercial transportation of goods and people on the seas and oceans (see also history of seafaring ).

The number of tall ships went from the beginning of the 20th century because of the more profitable and more independent wind- propelled vessels; as vessels for sailing enthusiasts there are they up to today.

Examples of tall ships are the types of sailing ships full-rigged ship, brig, barque clipper.

Tall ship today

Today, tall ships will continue to be used as training ships of the Navy or for tourism purposes. Sail training ships offer a sail training on a tall ship; besides joy of sailing this should also promote personality development and character building.

Tall ship parades take place at international regattas, such as the Kieler Woche, the Travemünde Week, the Hanse Sail as well as at other events without connected Regatta, as the Armada Rouen and the Sail Amsterdam.