Celebrating the bicentennial commemoration of the War of 1812, more than 25 tall ships will make their way up the Eastern Seaboard this summer to participate in the TALL SHIPS CHALLENGE® Atlantic Coast 2012 series of races and public maritime festivals. Coordinated by Tall Ships America in collaboration with local organizers, the TALL SHIPS CHALLENGE® fleet will be hosted at festivals in four major ports of call: Savannah, Ga. (May 3-7), Greenport, N.Y. (May 24-28), Newport, R.I. (July 6-9) and Halifax, Nova Scotia (July 19-23). 

Among the international ships planning to participate in the events are the 191-foot Indonesian Naval barquentine Dewaruci; the French Naval tall ships La Belle Poule and Etoile; and the 179-foot barque Picton Castle from the Cook Islands. U.S. vessels include the majestic 295-foot U.S. Coast Guard barque Eagle, HMS Bounty, Gazela, Lynx, Pride of Baltimore II, and many more.

	KRI Dewaruci (Indonesia)	N 38°58' W 073°40' May 16 9:33 pm EDT
	USCGC Eagle (United States): Training ship of US Coast Guard Academy, and only square-rigger in active service in the US armed services. Ex German ship Horst Wessel.	N 34°57' W 069°02' May 16 8:00 pm EDT
	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 34°08' W 077°56' May 16 3:29 pm EDT
	Theodore Tugboat (Canada)	N 36°55' W 076°12' May 15 1:14 pm EDT
	Picton Castle (Cook Islands)	N 40°43' W 074°01' May 15 1:14 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 41°29' W 071°18' May 14 9:21 am EDT
	Appledore V (United States): Delivers BaySail's youth sail training program "Windward Bound" out of Bay City, MI.	N 37°49' W 075°19' May 14 9:21 am EDT
	Pride of Baltimore II (United States): Reproduction of an 1812-era Baltimore Clipper privateer.	N 36°12' W 075°30' May 11 7:00 am EDT
	Summerwind (United States)	N 41°02' W 073°06' May 10 5:32 pm EDT
	Unicorn: 116 foot square topsail schooner. All-female crew presents development programs for teenage girls, executive women, and executive teams.	N 41°09' W 073°12' May 9 12:16 pm EDT
	Sir Martin II	N 32°05' W 080°59' May 8 12:15 pm EDT
	Mystic Whaler (United States)	N 41°09' W 073°13' Apr 20 5:33 am 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
	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
	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
	Spirit of Massachusetts (United States)
	Peacemaker (United Kingdom)
	Gazela of Philadelphia (United States)
	Etoile (France)
	La Belle Poule (France)
	Alliance (United States)

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