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Tall Ship Facts
If a sailing ship takes six years to plan and another six years to build, you're bound to have some impressive and interesting details to share. Here are some of our favourite facts..
| "If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the people to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea." - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
- Without any money, the building of the ship was a "no budget" project, relying on the natural abundance of the Amazon
- The ship consists of 2 km of wood planking, 40,000 nails and screws, 40 tons of ballast and 6 km of rope!
- The sailcloth measures in at a quarter the size of a football stadium
- The masts are roughly the same height of the famous Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro
- Some of the woods from the Amazon include Ipé, Itaúba, Pikea and Muiricatiara
- The ship has been featured on numerous TV shows and mini-series, including the ESPN X-Games and The Amazing Race
- Built in the style of an 1850 North European fishing schooner, the naval architect of the ship was Olivier van Meer Design BV, Enkhuisen, Holland
- The ship favours broad reach winds above force 4 and below force 9.
- Features 16 total berths (4 single berths plus 6 double berths)
- Vast deck space provides ample sitting areas throughout ship
- Hammocks, snorkel gear, flotation tubes and other recreation supplies available onboard
- Max speed is 14 knots under sail or 10 knots under engine power
- Safety equipment includes an inflatable life raft, life-buoys with lights and rope, lifejackets, sling lines, fire extinguishers, flares, flare gun and more
- Year built 2000
- Length overall 36.25 m (119 feet)
- Length stem/stern 28.43 (93 feet)
- Length water line 22.3 m (73 feet)
- Beam 7.1 m (23.5 feet)
- Displacement 144.77 tons (161.72 tons laden)
- Ballast 36 ton lead/steel
- Draft 3.02 m (10 feet)
- Mast height 30m (100 feet)
