The American Sail Training Association has partnered with GREAT LAKES UNITED  to bring a fleet of international tall ships to the Great Lakes, the world’s largest body of fresh water, as part of the Great Lakes United TALL SHIPS CHALLENGE® 2010 race series. Join us as the tall ships race through all five Great Lakes, making port appearances in cities throughout the US and Canada. Two important initiatives sail along with the tall ships: water conservation education and youth sail training!

Ports: Toronto, Ontario (June 30-July 4); Cleveland, Ohio (July 7-11); Bay City, Michigan (July 15-18); Duluth, Minnesota (July 29-August 1); Green Bay, Wisconsin (August 12-15); Chicago, Illinois (August 24-30).

	Bounty (United States): Replica of original HMS Bounty, built in 1960 for the MGM movie version of Mutiny on the Bounty, which starred Marlon Brando. Overhauled 2006-2007 and returned to active service. Since summer 2007 has been a regular at tall ship events in England, Europe, up and down both coasts of the USA, and the Galapagos Islands.	N 43°00', W 087°52' Sep 2 2:39 pm EDT
	Europa (Netherlands): 60 meter steel-hulled bark; cruises worldwide. Rounded Cape Horn 2002. Accepts paying voyage crew (trainees) for short or long trip segments, including an annual voyage to Antarctica and nearby islands. For bookings see http://www.barkeuropa.com/ or phone +31 (0)10 281 0990, fax +31 (0)10 281 0991.	N 43°33', W 082°30' Sep 2 1:00 pm EDT
	Lynx (United States): Designed and built to interpret the general configuration and operation of a privateer schooner or naval schooner from the War of 1812.	N 45°19', W 085°14' Sep 2 8:00 am EDT
	Pride of Baltimore II (United States): Reproduction of an 1812-era Baltimore Clipper privateer.	N 45°00', W 085°36' Sep 1 8:00 pm EDT
	Pathfinder (Canada): Great Lakes youth sail training vessel. Sister ship to Playfair.	N 41°54', W 087°36' Aug 25 4:30 pm EDT
	Playfair (Canada): Great Lakes youth sail training vessel. Sister ship to Pathfinder.	N 41°54', W 087°36' Aug 25 4:30 pm EDT
	Madeline	N 41°54', W 087°36' Aug 25 4:30 pm EDT
	Appledore IV (United States): Owned and operated by BaySail in Bay City, MI. BaySail operates a classroom and at-sea environmental education program, Science Under Sail.	N 41°54', W 087°36' Aug 25 4:30 pm EDT
	Inland Seas: Provides summer shipboard experiences for all ages on Grand Traverse Bay and Lake Michigan.	N 41°54', W 087°36' Aug 25 4:30 pm EDT
	Unicorn: 116 foot square topsail schooner. All-female crew presents development programs for teenage girls, executive women, and executive teams.	N 41°54', W 087°36' Aug 25 4:30 pm EDT
	Denis Sullivan (United States): From her homeport of Discovery World in Milwaukee, the schooner offers educational day sails and private charters for people of all ages from May to September.	N 41°54', W 087°36' Aug 25 4:30 pm EDT
	Fazisi	N 41°54', W 087°36' Aug 25 4:30 pm EDT
	Roseway: Last pilot schooner in the United States when retired in 1973. Offered teen sailing program through World Ocean School since 2002.	N 41°54', W 087°36' Aug 25 4:30 pm EDT
	Friends Good Will: Designed and built by Scarano Boatbuilding, Inc. of Albany, New York. Rigged and sailed by Michigan Maritime Museum volunteers.	N 41°54', W 087°36' Aug 25 4:30 pm EDT
	Niagara: Built in 1988 as a reconstruction of the warship aboard which Oliver Hazard Perry won the Battle of Lake Erie in 1813 during the War of 1812.	N 41°54', W 087°36' Aug 25 4:30 pm EDT
	Royaliste (United States): 68' LOA gaff-rigged, square-topsail ketch built in 1971 in Nova Scotia, and refit in the 1980's to specifications of an 18th-century dispatch gunboat/bomb ketch. Offers sail training with a privateer's flair: costumed crew, historical reenactments, and mock sea battles.	N 41°54', W 087°36' Aug 25 4:30 pm EDT
	Roald Amundsen (Germany): Built as a deep sea lugger in 1952. Converted and rigged as a traditional brig in 1992.	N 41°52', W 087°34' Aug 24 5:15 pm EDT
	Appledore V (United States): Delivers BaySail's youth sail training program "Windward Bound" out of Bay City, MI.	N 43°36', W 083°48' Jul 15 6:35 pm EDT

TALL SHIPS CHALLENGE® 2010

Great Lakes United

American Sail Training Association