Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Virginia"
Photos of the sailing ship:
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Technical data of the sailing ship:
Name: | Virginia |
Registered port: | Norfolk |
Nation: | USA |
Type of rigging: | SCHONER |
Year built: | 2004 |
Yard: | Tri-Coastal Marine Inc., Norfolk, USA |
Overall length: | 36.90 m |
Length (hull): | 34.75 m |
Breadth: | 7.30 m |
Draught: | 3.75 m |
Sail area: | 590 m2 |
Ship's hull: | Holz / Wood |
Power: | 205 PS |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 01 Nov 2007
- modeled after a pilot schooner "Virginia" of the Virginia Pilot Association, which was in service between 1917-1926 in the Chesapeake Bay.
- reconstruction in Norfolk, Virginia, as a non-profit project for education, today used for teenager sailing trips, sail training and as ambassador of the town and the state Virginia.
Contact:
Website (English, 13 Oct 2007):http://www.schoonervirginia.org/
Virginia: website of the operator with information about the use of the ship, Virginia's history, photos, contact address
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.
American Sail Training Association (ASTA)
"Sail Tall Ships! A Directory of Sail Training and Adventure at Sea"
2005 ISBN: 0-9636483-9-X
(16th Edition)
Page: 294 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact
(Zeichnung)
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: 256 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact
(Zeichnung)
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: 285 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact