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Tall ships 2022 schedule usa7/24/2023 ![]() ![]() In the midships area are the galley, saloon, 4 further cabins and another shower room. The furthest forward is the forepeak, where there is a 6-berth cabin and shower room. TS Maybe is a strong sea worthy vessel build with extra strength by using steel frames, a hardwood hull and teak decking.īelow deck TS Maybe has three main areas. The ship is 24m in length overall, and the height of the main mast is 25m. The distinguishing characteristic of a Ketch is that the forward of the two masts (the mainmast) is larger than the after mast (mizzen). This means that the sails are four cornered, fore-and-aft rigged, controlled at it’s peak by a spar (pole) called the gaff. In 2011, TS Maybe was restored to her original gaff rig. She returned to the International Tall Ship Races in the Baltics in 2009. ![]() Tall ship Maybe was sold to her present owners in 1989 and underwent another complete restoration retuning to sailing in 2007. IN the 1980s she also sailed through the Panama Canal and up the East coast of the USA to Canada. She sailed mainly around the Mediterranean and in the 1970s regularly crossed the Atlantic between the West Indies and the Mediterranean. In 1962, TS Maybe was bought by the Swiss family Hans Fehr, who were experienced sailors and enjoyed sailing in warmer climates. She is now one of the few boats that took part in that first race to still be competing in the International Tall Ship Races. In the hands of the Rietschoten family, TS Maybe spent many years sailing around the world.Ī major milestone in Maybe’s history is that she took part in the first ever International Tall Ships Race in 1956. TS Maybe has a rather famous history, built in 1929 and owned by Jan Jacob Van Rietschoten, father of the flying Dutchman, Cornelis ‘Conny’ Van Rietschoten, the only skipper to win the Whitbread Round the World Race twice. ![]()
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