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Product Description Few things on the high seas are more dramatic than the great clouds of sail raised by traditional full-rigged ships. This edition of Tall Ships 2019 features 'America's Tall Ship' Eagle, the Chilean barquentine Esmeralda, the clipper-rigged Morgenster, the new Peruvian barque Union flying all the canvas in her locker, and more. Sales of the calendar benefit Tall Ships America that supports sail training and education under sail. Tall Ships featured in the 2019 calendar include: Celebrating her centennial this year, Morgenster (Morning Star) was originally built as the Dutch herring lugger De Vrouw Maria in 1919. She was converted into a motor fishing vessel in 1927. In 1983 Marian and Harry Mutter decided to bring the long neglected Morgenster back to her sailing origins... Commissioned by the Brazilian Navy to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the country s discovery by Portuguese Admiral Pedro Cabral, Cisne Branco (White Swan) was launched in 1999 at the Damen Shipyard in Amsterdam. With a design inspired by the fast-sailing clipper ships of the 19th century... Sistership to the four-masted topsail schooner Juan Sebastián Elcano, which was commissioned by the Spanish navy in 1928, the Esmeralda s keel was laid down in 1946. In 1947, however, an explosion in the yard damaged the ship and work was halted until 1950 when Spain agreed to cover construction costs as part a debt repayment agreement with Chile. Esmeralda was finally launched in 1953... Christian Radich of Norway and Georg Stage of Denmark are pictured at Tor Bay preparing for the 2017 Tall Ships Regatta... Wylde Swan credits her fast-running hull to the vessel s first incarnation as a steam-driven herring hunter carrying the fresh catch to European markets with speed in the 1920s. Purchased by Willem Sligting, the boast was rebuilt into a two-masted topsail schooner and relaunched in 2010... The tall ships Eagle (the United States),