Sea Cloud

The sailing cruise ship “Sea Cloud” seen from the lighthouse.
La nave a vela da crociera “Sea Cloud” vista dal faro.

External links: Sea Cloud (Wikipedia)

Interviewing the Captain

Interviewing the Captain of the “Amerigo Vespucci”.
Intervistando il Capitano dell'“Amerigo Vespucci”.

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External links: Italian training ship Amerigo Vespucci (Wikipedia)
Link esterni: Amerigo Vespucci (A 5312) (Wikipedia)

City of Amsterdam

The clipper “Stad Amsterdam” (City of Amsterdam), Porto Mediceo. (Already posted on Instagram)
Il clipper “Stad Amsterdam” (Città di Amsterdam), Porto Mediceo. (Già pubblicato su Instagram)

The “Vespucci” Is Back

Last Saturday the school ship “Amerigo Vespucci” came back to Livorno at the end of her summer training cruise.

(Already posted on Instagram)

Sabato scorso la nave scuola “Amerigo Vespucci” è ritornata a Livorno alla fine della campagna addestrativa estiva.

(Già pubblicato su Instagram)

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S/Y Chaplin

The “Chaplin”, one of the sailing yachts of the Sport Velico Marina Militare (Navy Sailing Sport), with the training ship “Amerigo Vespucci” in background.

See also: Amerigo Vespucci - #Vespucci85 - Stern Balcony - Vespucci amidst Chains
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Vespucci amidst Chains

The statue of the navigator Amerigo Vespucci as figurehead of the training ship bearing his name.

(Already posted on Instagram)

See also: Amerigo Vespucci - #Vespucci85 - Stern Balcony
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Stern Balcony

The training ship “Amerigo Vespucci” during her short stay in port: one of the three officers on the stern balcony is the Captain. The ship will be back in Livorno in October, after a 13-week training campaign.

(Already posted on Instagram)

See also: Amerigo Vespucci - #Vespucci85
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M/S Panorama

“Panorama” or “Pan Orama” is a 54-meter three-masted sailing ship that can accommodate up to 49 passengers in 24 cabins, with a crew of 16. (This photo was taken last August)
The ship, launched in 1993, was renovated in 2008 and again refurbished in 2014.

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Baggage Handling

Handling baggage under the sail ship “Palinuro”, leaving in two days for a training cruise in the Mediterranean.
Rows of neatly arranged bags, ready to be loaded on board. Two cadets of the Ukrainian Navy.

External links: Palinuro (A 5311) - Italian Naval Academy - (Wikipedia)
See also: Palinuro - Faventibus Ventis - Palinuro and Vespucci - Tall Ships Walk - Palinuro (A 5311)
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Palinuro (A 5311)

With the “Amerigo Vespucci” still in the Navy yard of La Spezia for extraordinary maintenance, it will be the school ship “Palinuro” to carry the first-year cadets of the Naval Academy in their summer training cruise.
Palinurus, a figure from the Roman mythology, was the helmsman of one of the ships of Aeneas.

External links: Amerigo Vespucci - Palinuro (A 5311) - Italian Naval Academy - Palinurus (Wikipedia)
See also: Palinuro - Faventibus Ventis - Palinuro and Vespucci - Tall Ships Walk
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Theme Day: Ageing

The inspiration for this photo comes from a famous work of one of my favorite painters: “The Stages of Life” by Caspar David Friedrich. The moored sail ship is our old friend “Pogoria”.

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External links: The Stages of Life - Caspar David Friedrich (Wikipedia)
See also: Pogoria - Welcome Back Pogoria - STS Pogoria - Goodbye, Pogoria!

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HMS Falken

The 39-meter “Falken” is a sail training ship of the Swedish Navy, technically a schooner with a crew of fifteen.

She was built in 1947 at a shipyard in Stockholm, along with her sister ship “Gladan”, and carries up to 38 cadets.

The officers and the cadets of the “Falken” attended a reception at the Naval Academy of Livorno. The ship left the port on Friday evening in route to Ajaccio, in Corsica.

External links: Swedish Navy - Schooner - Italian Naval Academy (Wikipedia) - Port of Livorno (Pinterest)
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Club Med 2

A real lady of the sea does not leave her berth without the assistance of at least one tug, leaving azimuth thrusters and other weird contraptions to cruise ships in a hurry.

The “Club Med 2” has computer-operated sails and two electric motors, powered by four diesel generators. She was launched in 1992 at the Ateliers et chantiers du Havre, in Le Havre, France. Her sister ship, the “Club Med 1” was launched in 1989 and now sailing under the name of “Wind Surf”

The “Club Med 2” can carry up to 386 passengers with a crew of 214. She usually sails the waters of the Mediterranean and Adriatic Sea in the summertime, and the Caribbean in the winter.

External links: Club Med 2 - Azimuth thruster - Azipod (Wikipedia)
See also: Wind Surf
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31st Naval Academy Trophy

Everything is ready for the 31st edition of the “Trofeo Accademia Navale” (Naval Academy Trophy), which begins today. The tents of the “Tuttovela” (All about sailing) village are in place and “Nave Italia” is already here. (Photo taken on April 23)

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External links: 31st TAN (Official site, in Italian)

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Goodbye, Pogoria!

I happened to be in port when the “Pogoria” was leaving. They didn't need a tug: three members of the crew unberthed the ship on their own with the help of a rubber boat.

Then they sped along the moving ship to go back on board.

In a few seconds the “Pogoria” was already recovering her service boat, sailing away.

See also: Pogoria - Welcome Back Pogoria - STS Pogoria
External links: Pogoria - Gdańsk Shipyard (Wikipedia)

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STS Pogoria

The STS “Pogoria” is a Polish sail training ship built in 1980 at the Stocznia Gdańskа (Gdańsk Shipyard), in Poland. She was designed by Zygmunt Choreń and has a sail surface of 100 square meters.

We see her quite often in Livorno, embarking or disembarking part of her young crew, and it was one of the first ships ever posted on this blog in the early 2009.

See also: Pogoria - Welcome Back Pogoria - Goodbye, Pogoria!
External links: Pogoria - Gdańsk Shipyard (Wikipedia)

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Sea Cloud II

La “Sea Cloud II”, technically a large barque, is a luxury vessel operated by Sea Cloud Cruises GmbH of Hamburg, Germany. She sails under the Maltese flag.

This modern sail ship was built at the Astilleros Gondán SA, in Figueras, Spain. After some delays during her construction the ship was christened in February 2001 in Las Palmas, Canary Islands.

With an overall length of 106 meters the ship can accomodate 96 passengers in 45 cabins of three different types. The 23 sails, made in Poland, provide the “Sea Cloud II” with a sail surface of 3000 square meters.

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External links: Barque - Sea Cloud II (Wikipedia)

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Italia and Vespucci

The sailship “Italia” moored at the Elba pier with the “Amerigo Vespucci” berthed at the Capitaneria pier. Just for comparison: the cruise ship in background is the 238-meter-long “MS Riviera”.

See also: Amerigo Vespucci - Swan fan Makkum - Nave Italia
External links: MS Riviera (Wikipedia)
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Nave Italia

The sailship “Italia” was born in 1993 in a Gdansk shipyard as “Swan fan Makkum”. She is still the largest two-masted sailing vessel in the world, with an overall length of 61 meters. She can carry 1300 square meters of sail and has an impressive air draft of 44 meters.

Since 2006 the boat, renamed “Italia”, is jointly owned and operated by the Italian Navy and the Yacht Club Italiano.

See also: Swan fan Makkum
External links: Swan fan Makkum - Yacht Club Italiano (Wikipedia) - Italia (A 5314) (Italian Navy)
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Pandora

This year I didn't see much of the TAN (Naval Academy Trophy) because of our holiday in Rome, but considering these last days, it seems that I didn't miss much. The village and the sail boats have moved out of the Porto Mediceo to a faraway and unwelcoming pier: the tents hosting the shops are a sauna and you can hardly see the boats, moored along a straight stretch of barren quay, often blocked by a huge crane.

This boat was built in 1994 as “Anna” in Karelia, Russia, as a faithful replica of a 18th-century postal vessel sailing the Baltic. A few years ago she was found abandoned and almost sunken near the port of Genoa.

She was salvaged and completely restored by her actual owner: renamed as “Pandora” the barquentine managed to win two Tall Ship Races in 2007 and 2010. She is now a training ship of sorts for students.

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External links: Barquentine (Wikipedia)

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