SUMMER WIND
Certification
USCG Certification
Uninspected Passenger Vessel (Subchapter C)Story
The schooner Summer Wind is owned and operated by American Sailing Tours in Baltimore, MD during the months of April through October. Based on Tom Colvin’s Gazelle, she is Junk-rigged and carries 6 passengers and 2 or 3 crew for daysails and private charters. She sails in Baltimore up to 6 times each day and charters to the Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay. Education programs for the public include a History Sail on the maritime history of Baltimore and the Chesapeake Bay. The intern program includes live-aboard positions covering seamanship, helmsmanship, navigation and ship maintenance.
Specifications
Flag: United States of America
Rig: Schooner
Homeport: Baltimore, MD
Sparred Length: 48
LOA: 53
LOD: 42
LWL: 38
Rig: Schooner
Homeport: Baltimore, MD
Sparred Length: 48
LOA: 53
LOD: 42
LWL: 38
Draft: 5
Beam: 12
Rig height: 50
Freeboard: 3
Sail Area: 835
Hull: Steel
Beam: 12
Rig height: 50
Freeboard: 3
Sail Area: 835
Hull: Steel
Facts
Who Sails? Youth, Adults
Program Type: Sail Training, Passenger Daysails, Private Charters, Maritime History
Normal cruising waters: Baltimore, Chesapeake Bay (summer), Key West, FL (winter)
Season: April through October
Built: 1979
Crew: 2
Contact: Captain Tom Kirwan, Owner
E-mail: tom@AmericanSailingTours.com
Website: http://americansailingtours.com/
Program Type: Sail Training, Passenger Daysails, Private Charters, Maritime History
Normal cruising waters: Baltimore, Chesapeake Bay (summer), Key West, FL (winter)
Season: April through October
Built: 1979
Crew: 2
Contact: Captain Tom Kirwan, Owner
E-mail: tom@AmericanSailingTours.com
Website: http://americansailingtours.com/
