Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Harvey Gamage"
Photos of the sailing ship:
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Source, location, date:
Werner Jurkowski,
Halifax,
07/2000
Technical data of the sailing ship:
| Name: | Harvey Gamage |
| Registered port: | Islesboro, Maine |
| Nation: | USA |
| Type of rigging: | SCHONER |
| Year built: | 1973 |
| Yard: | South Bristol, Maine |
| Overall length: | 39.90 m |
| Breadth: | 7.10 m |
| Draught: | 3.00 m |
| Sail area: | 576 m2 |
| Ship's hull: | Holz / Wood |
| Power: | 220 PS |
| Engine: | Volvo Penta Diesel |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 04 Mar 2000
- built in South Bristol, Maine, in 1973 by master shipwright Harvey Gamage, for whom she is named, construction like the 19th century trading schooners, fitted with modern navigation and safety equipment, certified by the U.S. Coast Guard for the carriage with passengers
- sails to provide the experience of history to the people of America
- the operator, the Harvey Gamage Foundation, offers programs of sea education for the youth in cooperation with South Street Seaport and the Proctor Academy, the "Ocean Classroom" is a high school with education program in Mathematics, English, Science and History together with traditional seafaring
- preferred area of operation is the Caribbean Sea to New England and Eastern Canadian waters
Literature for further reading:
We recommend the following references for your further research of the ship. The references marked with have been included in the generation of the ship profile on this page.
Anthony Churchill
"Sail to Adventure"
ISBN: 0 948337 05 2
Page: 162 Source with picture Source with history Quelle with contact
American Sail Training Association (ASTA)
"Sail Tall Ships! A Directory of Sail Training and Adventure at Sea"
2000 ISBN: 0-9636483-5-7
(12th Edition)
Page: 132 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact
Thaddeus Koza
"Tall Ships - the Fleet of the 21th Century"
Tide-Mark Press, East Hartford 2000 ISBN: 1-55949-551-0
(http://www.tallshipsinternational.com/)
Page: 87 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data
Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 2002 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(10. aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage)
Page: 383 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data
American Sail Training Association (ASTA)
"Sail Tall Ships! A Directory of Sail Training and Adventure at Sea"
2007 ISBN: 978-0-9799878-0-9
(17th Edition)
Page: 168 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact