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A
tall ship is a large traditionally
rigged sailing vessel. Popular modern tall ship rigs include topsail
schooners,
brigantines,
brigs and
barques.
Traditional rigging may include
square rigs and
gaff rigs, with separate
topmasts and
topsails. It is generally more complex than modern rigging, which utilizes newer materials such as
aluminum and
steel to construct taller, lightweight masts with fewer, more versatile sails.
The term
tall ship has come into widespread use in the mid-
20th century with the advent of
The Tall Ships' Races.
While
Sail Training International (STI) has extended the definition of
tall ship for the purpose of its races to embrace any sailing vessel with more than 30
ft. (9.14
m) waterline length and on which at least half the people on board are aged 15 to 25, this definition can include many modern sailing yachts, so for the purposes of this article, tall ship will refer to those vessels rated as class "B" or above (
Fore and aft rigged vessels between 100 to 160 feet in length, and all square rigged vessels).
Gallery
Image:Bristol hf04 tallships in harbour 03.jpg|Kaskelot at the 2004 Bristol Harbour festival in England.
Image:Tallship in Toronto Harbour.jpeg|Kajama, a tourist tallship sailing in Toronto Harbour, Lake Ontario
Image:GoingAloft.jpg|The defining feature of square rigged tall ships - going aloft to set and stow sails.
Image:040731_061_earl.jpg|The Earl of Pembroke
Image:Portsmouthsunset.jpg|More than 36 tall ships participated in the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar in Portsmouth, part of the fleet of 167 naval, merchant and tall ships from 36 countries
Image:RigFromAbove.jpg|The masts and yards of a brig, a typical tall ship.
Image:Ml-full-sail.jpg|The Canadian schooner Maple Leaf, traditionally rigged, with a gaffed foresail, a square fisherman, and Marconi (fore-and-aft) main, staysail and jib.
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