Corwith Cramer (ship)

Brigantine Corwith Cramer under full sail in the Caribbean Sea
History
United States of America
Name: Corwith Cramer
Builder: ASTACE Shipyard, Bilbao, Spain
Launched: 1987
Status: active
General characteristics
Displacement: 280 tons
Length:
  • 134 ft (41 m) overall,
  • 98 ft (30 m) on deck
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.

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