Specifications

  • Homeport: Buffalo, NY
  • Rig: Schooner
  • Sparred Length: 73
  • LOA: 73
  • LOD: 65
  • LWL: 58
  • Draft: 6
  • Beam: 16
  • Rig Height: 65
  • Freeboard: 4
  • Sail Area: 1,500
  • Tons: 34
  • Hull: steel

Story

Spirit of Buffalo is a 73′ square topsail schooner offering educational programs, charters, public sails and specialty cruises on the waters of the Buffalo River and Lake Erie.

Facts

  • USCG Certification: Passenger Vessel (Subchapter T)
  • Who Sails: Youth, Adults
  • Program Type: Passenger Daysails, Private Charters
  • Normal Cruising Waters – Summer: n/a
  • Normal Cruising Waters – Winter: Lake Erie
  • Sailing Season: May – October
  • Year Launched: 1993
  • Number of Crew: 4
  • Name of Contact: Richard Hilliman
  • Phone: 716-796-7210
  • Website: https://spiritofbuffalo.com/