Unicorn
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SPECIFICATIONS
Flag: USA
Homeport: Clinton, New Jersey
Rig: Topsail Schooner
Sparred Length: 118'
Rig Height: 96'
Sail Area: 9,688 square feet
Ton: 96 GRT
STV Unicorn sails the sea as the only all-female crewed tall ship in the world offering sail training and leadership development programming exclusively for teenage girls and women. Originally built in 1947 under the name Deo Volente I with the fleet number of TX 11, Unicorn's hull was crafted from the metals of captured German U-boats salvaged after World War II. The Dutch-built motor fishing vessel with its locomotive style 1500 horsepower diesel engine trawled the North Atlantic's fishing grounds for 32 years. When her fishing days were over, she was acquired by a Dutch skipper and his wife, Pieter and Agnes Kaptein of Hoorn. By 1979 she had been converted into a sailing ship and renamed Eenhorn or "one horn", Dutch for Unicorn.
After several transitional owners, the vessel was purchased in 1999 by Dawn and Jay Santamaria of New Jersey. Together with their four daughters, they evolved Unicorn into a highly successful leadership learning lab for girls.
Websites: www.tallshipunicorn.com and www.sistersundersail.org
Source: Tall Ship Unicorn
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