Robert C. Seamans

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Type:	Brigantine
Hull:	Steel
Built:	2001, Tacoma, WA
Homeport:	Woods Hole, MA
Designer:	Laurent Giles
Builder:	JM Martinac Shipbuilding, Tacoma, WA
Sparred Length:	134.5 ft
Length on deck:	111.4 ft
Length waterline:	87.5 ft
Beam:	25.4 ft
Draft:	12.3 ft
Displacement:	300 tons
Sail Area:	8,554 sq. ft

Named for former Chairman (b October 30, 1918) and Trustee of Sea Education Association's (SEA) board, the Robert C. Seamans is a state of the art 134 foot steel brigantine. As befitting a former Deputy Administrator at NASA, Secretary of the United States Air Force and Dean of Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s School of Engineering, she is one of the most sophisticated oceanographic research and sailing school vessels ever built in the United States complete with hydrographic winches, bathymetric equipment, biological and geological sampling equipment, wet/dry laboratory and a computer laboratory.

Joining the Corwith Cramer, at SEA, the Robert C. Seamans provides undergraduates with an opportunity to participate in an academic study abroad program. The program combines intensive research in the areas of oceanography, maritime studies, and nautical science with hands-on experience aboard a traditional sailing ship.

She is based in the Pacific Ocean with typical cruise tracks ranging from Juneau, AK; Honolulu, HI; Tahsis, British Columbia; Seattle, WA; Tahiti; the Sea of Cortez; and San Francisco, CA.