List of schooners

A small fishing schooner.

The following are notable schooner-rigged vessels.

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Active schooners

Name	Image	Built	Flag & home port	Description	Rig	Notes
A. J. Meerwald		1928	USA Bivalve, New Jersey	Educational vessel and state ship of New Jersey; former oyster schooner	2 masted gaff	[1]
Adix		1984	ESP Valencia	three mast gaff
Adventure		1926	USA Gloucester, Massachusetts	National Historic Landmark former Grand Banks fishing schooner	2 masted gaff knockabout	[2]
Adventurer-56 (formerly Blue Max)		1984	USA Annapolis, Maryland	Privately owned	Staysail	[3]
Adventuress		1914	USA Port Townsend, Washington	National Historic Landmark former pilot boat	2 masted gaff	[4]
Alabama		1926	USA Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts	Tourism vessel, former pilot boat	2 masted gaff	[5]
Alaska Rover		1989	USA Resurrection Bay, Alaska	Working schooner plying the tourism trade.	2 masted gaff rigged, topsail schooner.	[6]
Albanus		1988	FIN Mariehamn, Åland	Sail training vessel, replica of a 1904 freighter	2 masted gaff	[7]
Alma		1891	USA San Francisco	National Historic Landmark former cargo scow	2 masted gaff	[8]
Alma Doepel		1903	AUS Melbourne, Victoria	Former commercial and sail training vessel, currently under repair	3 masted gaff, square topsail	[9]
Amazing Grace		1981	USA San Diego, California	Education/sail training ship for Maritime leadership	2 masted gaff, square topsail
American Eagle		1930	USA Rockland, Maine	National Historic Landmark Gloucester schooner	2 masted gaff	[10]
American Pride		1941	USA Long Beach, California	Education/sail training vessel; former fishing boat	3 masted gaff	[11]
American Rover		1986	USA Norfolk, Virginia	Working schooner providing tours for up to 150 passengers.	3 masted topsail schooner	[12]
American Spirit		1991	USA Washington, D.C.	Education and excursion vessel	2 masted gaff	[3]
Amistad		2000	USA New Haven, Connecticut	Education vessel	2 masted gaff, square topsail	[13]
Anne (formerly Tantra Schooner)		1978		Privately owned by Reid Stowe	2 masted gaff
Antonina (formerly Robert Emit)		1986	USA Townsends Inlet, New Jersey	Privately owned	Staysail	[14]
Argia		1986	USA Mystic, Connecticut	Tourism/charter vessel	2 masted gaff	[15]
Argo		2006	BVI Road Town, Tortola	Education/sail training vessel	2 masted Marconi/ staysail	[16]
Atalanta		1901	GER Wismar	Education/sail training and charter vessel	2 masted gaff	[17]
Athos		2010		World's largest two-mast schooner at launch	2-mast Bermuda
Atlantic		2010	IMN Douglas, Isle of Man	replica of racing yacht Atlantic (William Gardner, 1903)	3 mast gaff
Atyla		1984	ESP Badalona, Spain	Sail training vessel (Civil)	2 masted schooner, staysail
Australia		1862	USA Mystic, Connecticut	Education exhibit	2 masted gaff	[18]
Belle Poule		1932	FRA Brest	Naval training vessel	2 masted gaff, square topsail	[19]
Schooner Bessie Ellen
Bill of Rights		1971	USA Chula Vista, California	Privately owned; commercial day/overnight charters; school ship; 100 ton captain training.	2 masted gaff topsail schooner
Black Douglas		1930	MOR Morocco	Privately owned; former school ship	3 masted Marconi/staysail schooner
Bluenose II		1963	CAN Lunenburg, Nova Scotia	Replica of racing/fishing schooner Bluenose	2 masted gaff
Bonny Rover			USA Norfolk, Virginia	Privately owned		[14]
Bowdoin		1921	USA Castine, Maine	National Historic Landmark arctic exploration/sail training vessel	2 masted gaff knockabout	[20]
Brilliant		1932	USA Mystic, Connecticut	Sail training vessel
C.A. Thayer		1895	USA San Francisco	National Historic Landmark former lumber/fishing boat	3 masted gaff/Marconi mizzen	[21]
Californian		1984	USA San Diego	Education/sail training replica of C.W. Lawrence	2 masted gaff, square topsail
Cape Cleare		1983	USA Port Townsend,Wa	Active West Coast Trolling Schooner	Marconi Mainmast/Gaff Foremast
Cashier		1849	USA Bivalve, New Jersey	Oldest schooner in the United States, oldest operational fishing vessel in the United States, and holder of New Jersey Oyster License No. 1; being restored by the Bayshore Discovery Project		[14][22]
Challenge			CAN Toronto, Ontario	Charter boat	3 masted Marconi/staysail
Charlotte		2007	USA Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts	Built over the course of three and a half years at the Gannon & Benjamin yard, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, by and for Nathaniel Benjamin	2 masted gaff	[23][24]
Clipper City		1984	USA New York City	Replica of eponymous Great Lakes cargo boat	2 masted gaff, square topsail
Creole		1927	ESP Palma, Majorca	World's longest wooden yacht, refitted by Cantiere Navale Ferrari-Signani	three masted staysail
Denis Sullivan		2000	USA Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Education/sail training/tourism vessel	3 masted gaff
Eendracht		1989	NED Rotterdam	Education/sail training/tourism vessel	3 masted gaff
Ernestina		1894	USA New Bedford, Massachusetts	National Historic Landmark former fishing/arctic exploration/packet boat	2 masted gaff
Eleonora		2000	UK London	replica of the racing schooner Westward (Herreshoff, 1910)	2 masted gaff, yard topsail	[25]
Elena		2009	UK London	replica of the racing schooner Elena (Herreshoff, 1911)	2 masted gaff, yard topsail	[26]
Empire Sandy		1943	CAN Thunder Bay	Tourism vessel; former British tugboat rebuilt as schooner	3 masted gaff, square topsails
Enterprize		1997	AUS Melbourne, Victoria	Replica of 1829 cargo ship	2 masted gaff, square topsail
Evelina M. Goulart		1927	USA Essex, Massachusetts	Awaiting restoration; former fishing boat	2 masted gaff, currently downrigged
HMS Falken (S02)		1946	SWE Karlskrona	Naval sail training vessel, with Gladan	2 masted gaff	[27]
Fame		2003	USA Essex, Massachusetts	Replica of the 1812 privateer schooner which captured the first prizes of the War of 1812	2 masted gaff
Freda B		1991	USA Sausalito, California	Designed by legendary East Coast naval architect, Charles Wittholtz. She was built in steel by Treworgy Yachts of Florida.	2 masted gaff rigged, topsail	[28]
Gallant		1916	NED Amsterdam		2 masted gaff	[29]
HMS Gladan (S01)		1947	SWE Karlskrona, Sweden	Naval sail training vessel, with Falken	2 masted gaff	[27]
Governor Stone		1877	USA Fort Walton Beach, Florida	National Historic Landmark; oldest surviving Gulf schooner	2 masted gaff	[30][31]
Grace Bailey		1882	USA Camden, Maine	National Historic Landmark former lumber boat	2 masted gaff	[32]
Harvey Gamage		1973	USA Boothbay Harbor, Maine	Education/sail training vessel	2 masted gaff	[33]
Helena C		1968	CAY Cayman Islands	Privately owned; former sail training vessel	3 masted gaff/Marconi mizzen, square topsails	[34]
Highlander Sea		1924	USA Port Huron, Michigan	Sail training/education and tourism vessel; former pilot boat	2 masted gaff	[35]
Hindu		1925	USA Key West, Florida	Tourism/charter vessel in Key West in the winters and Provincetown, Massachusetts in the summers. Designed as a half-scale model of a Grand Banks fishing schooner.	2 masted gaff	[36]
Isaac H. Evans		1886	USA Rockland, Maine	National Historic Landmark, oldest surviving oyster schooner	2 masted gaff	[37]
J. & E. Riggin		1927	USA Rockland, Maine	National Historic Landmark former oyster boat	2 masted gaff
J.R. Tolkien		1964	NED Amsterdam	Luxury chartership and naval trainingvessel.
Jacob Meindert		1952	NED Makkum, Súdwest-Fryslân		2 masted gaff, square topsail
Kajama		1930	CAN Toronto, Ontario	Charter boat, former German coastal trader	3 masted gaff	[38]
Kathleen and May		1900	UK Bideford, Devon	Privately owned coastal trader. Restored 2000. Delivered "reduced carbon footprint" wine cargo from France to Dublin in 2008.[39]	3 masted gaff, square fore mast topsails	[40]
L. A. Dunton		1921	USA Mystic, Connecticut	National Historic Landmark former Essex fishing boat	2 masted gaff
Lady Maryland		1985	USA Baltimore, Maryland	Educational vessel; replica of local 19th century workboats	2 masted gaff	[41][42]
Lettie G. Howard		1893	USA New York City	National Historic Landmark former Essex fishing boat	2 masted gaff
Lewis R. French		1871	USA Rockland, Maine	National Historic Landmark former cargo boat; oldest surviving sailing vessel built in Maine	2 masted gaff	[43]
Lily		1978	USA Stuart, Florida	Tourism/charter vessel. Schooner rig with a scow hull. May have been the last boat purpose built to haul cargo commercially under sail power in the United States. Originally known as Lily of Tisbury.	2 masted gaff	[44]
S.S.S. Lotus		1918	USA Webster, New York	Sea Scout Ship; former private yacht	2 masted gaff
Lynx		2001	USA Newport Beach, California	Education/sail training vessel; interpretation of an eponymous 1812 privateer vessel; also see HMS Mosquidobit (1813)	2 masted gaff, square topsail
Madeline			USA Newport, Rhode Island	Tourism vessel	2 masted; gaff fore, Marconi main	[45]
Manitou		1983	USA Traverse City, Michigan	Replica of 19th century cargo schooners	2 masted gaff	[46]
Maple Leaf		1904	CAN Vancouver, British Columbia	Sail training/ecotourism vessel; former yacht and fishing boat	2 masted, gaff fore and Marconi main
Margaret Todd		1998	USA Bar Harbor, Maine	Tourism vessel; steel hull and deck	4 masted schooner
Marité		1921	FRA		3 masted gaff, square topsails
Mary Day		1962	USA Camden, Maine	Designed by Havilah Hawkins, Sr., built by Harvey Gamage, rebuilt in 2000. Mary Day serves for training and charter.	2 masted gaff topsail schooner	[47]
Mercantile		1916	USA Camden, Maine	National Historic Landmark former coastal trader, now tourism vessel	2 masted gaff
Mystic		2007	USA Mystic, Connecticut	Tourism/charter vessel	3 masted gaff, square topsails	[48]
Mystic Whaler		1967	USA New London, Connecticut	Tourism/charter vessel	2 masted gaff	[49]
Naga Pelangi		2009	GER Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg	Tourism/charter vessel	2 masted junk	[50]
Nighthawk		1880	USA Baltimore, Maryland		2 masted gaff	[51]
Noorderlicht		1910	NED Enkhuizen	Built as German naval lightship, now expedition cruise ship	2 masted gaff	[52]
Olad		1927	USA Camden, Maine	Built in 1927 by Crosby Boatyard, now does day sails and charters	2 masted gaff	[53]
Oosterschelde		1918	NED Rotterdam	Former freighter, last remaining Dutch vessel of its type	3 masted gaff, square topsails
Pacific Swift		1986	CAN Victoria, British Columbia	Youth sail training vessel	2 masted gaff, square topsail
Phoenix		1972	USA Orcas Island, Washington State	Ferrocement Hull 60' on deck, 90' sparred length, 51 tons, 18' beam, 3,500 Sqr feet of sail.	Gaff-rigged Tops'l schooner.
HMS Pickle		1995	UK Conwy, Wales	Replica of HMS Pickle (1800), built in Russia. Used for charters and at the various bicentennial Trafalgar celebrations in the UK.	2 masted, square top-sail
Pioneer		1885	USA New York City	Tourism/museum vessel; former wrought iron-hulled cargo sloop	2 masted gaff	[54]
Pride of Baltimore II		1988	USA Baltimore, Maryland	Replica Baltimore Clipper, flagship of Maryland	2 masted gaff, square topsail
Quinnipiack		1984	USA New Haven, Connecticut	Educational vessel; replica 19th century Gulf Coast freighter	2 masted gaff	[55]
R. Tucker Thompson		1985	NZ Opua, Bay of Islands	Sail training/tourism vessel	2 masted gaff, square topsails
Rainbow Warrior (1989)		1957	NED Amsterdam	Former commercial trawler, converted and re-launched by Greenpeace in 1989	3 masted gaff
Raja Laut		2006		Luxury charter schooner	2 masted gaff
La Recouvrance		1993	FRA Brest	Tourism vessel; replica of 1817 Navy boats	2 masted gaff, square topsails
Regina Maris		1970	NED Amsterdam	Charter boat	3 masted gaff	[56]
Roseway		1925	USA Camden, Maine	Education/sail training and tourism vessel; former racing/fishing and pilot boat	2 masted gaff
Saraswati 2		2014	Karakalpakstan Nukus	Ultra lightweight racing schooner	2 masted marconi rig	[57]
Sadko		1993	ESP Barcelona	Replica in 18th century style	2 masted gaff	[58]
Sedna IV		1957	CAN Cap-aux-Meules, Quebec	Research/documentary filmmaking/polar exploration vessel; former trawler	3 masted gaff/Marconi mizzen
Shamrock			SWE Stockholm	Sail training vessel	2 masted gaff
Shenandoah		1964	USA Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts	Tourism vessel	2 masted gaff, square topsails; no engine	[5]
Sir Winston Churchill		1966	GRC	Privately owned; former sail training vessel	3 masted gaff/Marconi mizzen, square topsails	[59]
Solway Lass		1902	AUS Airlie Beach, Queensland	Charter vessel; former cargo carrier and wartime supply boat	2 masted gaff, square topsails
Spirit of Bermuda		2004	Hamilton, Bermuda	Educational vessel owned and operated by the Bermuda Sloop Foundation	3 masted staysail schooner	[60]
Spirit of Dana Point		1983	Dana Point, California	Educational vessel owned and operated by the Ocean Institute	2 masted topsail	[61]
Spirit of Massachusetts		1984	USA Boothbay Harbor, Maine	Education/sail training vessel; modeled after Fredonia	2 masted gaff	[62]
Spirit of South Carolina		2007	USA Charleston, South Carolina	Education/sail training vessel	2 masted gaff
Stephen Taber		1871	USA Camden, Maine	National Historic Landmark former cargo boat	2 masted gaff
Summer Wind		1979	USA Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Tourism/charter vessel	2 masted Junk	[63]
Svanen		1916	NOR Oslo	Education/sail training vessel	3 masted gaff	[64]
Swift of Ipswich		1938	USA Los Angeles	Sail training vessel for at-risk youth; replica of a 1787 schooner	2 masted gaff, square topsails	[65]
Tara		1989	FRA Lorient	Polar exploration vessel	2 masted Marconi	[66]
Te Vega		1930	ITA	Privately owned; former private yacht, research vessel, and school ship	2 masted gaff
Thomas E. Lannon		1997	USA Gloucester, Massachusetts	Tourism/Private Charter. Built in Essex, MA	2 masted gaff
Tole Mour		1988	USA Avalon, California	Education/sail training vessel	3 masted gaff, square topsails
Tradewind		1911	NED	Undergoing refit; former fishing/cargo/charter boat	2 masted gaff, square topsails	[67][68]
Victory Chimes		1900	USA Rockland, Maine	National Historic Landmark	3 masted gaff	[69]
Virginia		2005	USA Norfolk, Virginia	Sail training/tourism vessel; replica of a 1916 pilot boat	2 masted gaff knockabout
Wayward Wind		1972	Fiji Suva, Fiji	Tourism/charter vessel	2 masted Marconi/staysail, square topsails	[70]
Western Union		1939	USA Key West, Florida	Flagship of Key West	2 masted gaff
Westward		1961	USA Boothbay Harbor, Maine	Education/sail training vessel	2 masted Marconi/staysail, square topsails	[71]
Weymouth (schooner)		1860	USA Hamilton Township, New Jersey			[72]
William Bassett		1988	USA Onset, Massachusetts	Privately owned		[73]
Winfield Lash		2000	USA Friendship, Maine	Privately owned (construction took 18 years)		[74][75]
Woodwind		1993	USA Annapolis, Maryland	Tourism vessel	2 masted staysail	[76]
Woodwind II		1998	USA Annapolis, Maryland	Tourism vessel	2 masted staysail	[76]
Xarifa		1927	UK Cowes	Sail cruise vessel	3 masted, Marconi sail
Yuniy Baltiets		1989	RUS Saint Petersburg	Sail training vessel	2 masted; gaff fore, Marconi main	[77]
Zawisza Czarny		1952	POL Gdynia	Sail training vessel	3 masted, square sail
Zodiac (schooner)		1924	USA Seattle, Washington	Sail training/charter vessel; former private yacht and pilot boat	2 masted gaff

Historical schooners

Fictional schooners

• Dragon, Iain Lawrence's The Smugglers and The Buccaneers, The High Seas Trilogy
• Ebba, Ker Karraje's pirate schooner in Jules Verne's Facing the Flag
• Ghost, seal-hunting schooner in Jack London's The Sea-Wolf
• Hispaniola, a schooner from Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island
• Kestrel, Revolutionary War privateering topsail schooner, Danelle Harmon's Captain of My Heart, My Lady Pirate, and Wicked at Heart
• Prudence & Apostle 1219, Iain Lawrence's The Smugglers and The Buccaneers, The High Seas Trilogy
• Ringle, a Baltimore clipper, in Patrick O'Brian's The Commodore and subsequent novels in the Aubrey–Maturin series
• Seaspray, a privately owned tops'l schooner belonging to journalist Dan Wells in the Roger Mirams 1960's Australian TV Series "The Adventures of the Seaspray"
• Sweet Judy, Terry Pratchett's Nation
• Unnamed Schooner, crewed by Chris Kristofferson's character in the song, Highwayman by the The Highwaymen.
• "We're Here", Rudyard Kipling's Captains Courageous

See also

• List of tall ships

References