Engineering:Corwith Cramer (ship)
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Brigantine Corwith Cramer under full sail in the Caribbean Sea
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| History | |
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| Name | Corwith Cramer |
| Builder | ASTACE Shipyard, Bilbao, Spain |
| Launched | 1987 |
| Identification |
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| Status | active |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 280 tons |
| Length: |
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| Beam: | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Draft: | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sail; auxiliary 500 hp (370 kW) Cummins diesel |
| Sail plan: | Brigantine, 7,800 sq ft (720 m2) of sail |
| Complement: | 38 persons |
The Corwith Cramer is a tall ship (specifically a brigantine) owned by the Sea Education Association (SEA) sailing school, named after SEA's founding director. Her home port is Woods Hole, Massachusetts , United States. She was designed by Wooden and Marean specifically for SEA and was constructed by ASTACE in 1987 in Bilbao, Spain. She is a 134-foot (41 m) steel brigantine built as a research vessel for operation under sail, and generally sails in the Atlantic Ocean.
See also
- SSV Robert C. Seamans
- Brigantine
- Woods Hole
- Nautical terms
- Rigging
- Tall ship
External links
- Sea Education Association
- Corwith Cramer Technical Info
- Slideshow of a cruise
- Current position reports
