List of large sailing vessels
- List of large sailing vessels
Table of large sailing vessels including sailing mega yachts, tall ships, sailing crusing ships, large sailing military ships.Key: Year - delivery/active; Shipyard- makers of the yacht; LOA- overall length; LOD- length on deck; LWL- waterline length; Beam- width
Note that calculation for gross tonnage has change over time, and displacement figures can between different standards for loading.
Largest sailing vessels by LOA
List of large sailing vessels by overall length. Currently including active or existing vessels greater then about 200 feet LOA, although many vessels are not listed yet including some of the largest sailing vessels to have sailed such as the 450ft, 6-masted schooner "Wyoming" or 482 ft "Preußen". LOA includes overhangs and spars (length on deck or waterline length are other common measures of ship length), and gross tonnage and displacement are not equivalent and vary depending on type of ton (e.g. metric or imperial) and how they are calculated.
References
ee also
*List of motor yachts by length
*List of cruise ships
*List of large sailing yachts
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