Ship Spec Sheet

Tall Ship MJ

Type:

Schooner

(Multiple Mast, Fore and Aft Sails, in a go fast configuration)

Design

Tancook Whaler*

Work boats popular at the turn of the 20th century. Key feature is pointed stern

Builder

Charles Taylor

Length Over All

62ft/19m

Point to Point

Max Draft

8ft/2.4m

With centerboard down

Min Draft

5ft/1.5m

With centerboard up

Rig Height

43ft/13m

Cabin top to tip top of mast

Beam

12ft/3.6m

Distance athwart ship

Number of Sails

Mainsail, Foresail, Jib, and a fisherman sail. There is also an additional section of the fore that you daisychain on!

Feet Of Line Used in Rig

Calculating

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Net Tons

19t

* It should be noted that Tancook Whalers were not used for whaling...thank goodness! In fact, click here to learn about the Island's great whale rescue of 2006.