Specifications
- Homeport: Valparaiso, Chile
- Rig: Barque
- Sparred Length: 371′
- Draft: 19′ 8
- Beam: 42′ 8
- Hull: steel
Story
The pride of the Chilean Navy, ESMERALDA was built in Cadiz, Spain, from plans used to build Spain’s JUAN SEBASTIAN DE ELCANO. Both vessels were constructed from Camper & Nicholson design at the same yard, though some twenty-seven years apart. The only difference between these two elegant four-masters are the additional fore-and-aft sail on the SEBASTIAN’s foremast, designating her as a topsail schooner, and the slightly flatter angle of ESMERALDA’s bowsprit. ESMERALDA was completed in 1954. Her distinctive figurehead represents a giant Andes condor, the national bird of Chile.
Facts
- Who Sails: Other: Sail Training Vessel of Chilean Navy
- Normal Cruising Waters – Winter: Worldwide
- Sailing Season: Year-round
- Year Launched: 1954
- Number of Crew: 0
- Name of Contact: Navy of the Republic of Chile
- Website: https://www.esmeralda.cl/esmeralda/site/edic/base/port/inicio.html