FREEDOM SCHOONER AMISTAD

Specificatons:

Flag: USA
Rig: Topsail Schooner
Homeport: New Haven, Connecticut
Normal Cruising Waters: East Coast of the United States
Sparred Length: 129’
LOA: 85'
LOD: 81’
LWL: 79 ’
Draft: 10’6"
Beam: 23’
Rig Height: 100'
Sail Area: 5,200 square feet
Power: cat 3304 x 2
Hull: Wood

Amistad America, Inc. is a national, non-profit educational organization.  Their goal is to promote improved relationships between races and cultures by acknowledging common experiences and encouraging dialogue that is based on respect.  The inherent lessons and legacies of freedom, justice, perseverance, cooperation, and leadership arising from the historic Amistad Incident of 1839 are symbolized by the re-created Amistad, Connecticut’s Flagship and Tall Ship Ambassador.  The Freedom Schooner visits ports nationally and internationally as a n ambassador for friendship and goodwill.  It serves as a floating classroom, icon and as a monument to the millions of souls that were broken or lost as a result of the insidious Transatlantic slave trade.  The vessel offers an important message for all Americans about our collective history and future.  The home port for Freedom Schooner Amistad is Long Wharf Pier in New Haven, Connecticut.

 

 

Information courtesy of ASTA Tall Ships!, 16th edition.