| OUR VESSELS S/Y ARGO & S/Y OCEAN STAR |
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Sea|mester owns and operates two traditionally rigged schooners; S/Y Argo and S/Y Ocean Star. Both vessels were designed and constructed with safety and trainability in mind first and foremost. As a result, they have become perfect homes and floating classrooms for our students as they ply the world's oceans.
S/Y Argo
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S/Y Argo was completed in June 2006. Her design is the product of the close collaboration between Langan Design Associates of Newport Rhode Island and Sea|mester.
Langan Design Associates are renowned for creating some of the world's most impressive sailing yachts. This mastery of yacht design coupled with thirty years of experience in setting to sea with students on educational programs, has produced a vessel that is incredibly safe, capable and beautiful.
Argo is a two-masted staysail schooner that measures 112-ft overall and accommodates twenty six students and seven professional crew on ocean voyages. She is certified and inspected by the British Maritime and Coastguard Agency as a Category “0” vessel, allowing her unrestricted operation in the world's oceans. Sailing under the Sea|mester flag, Argo circumnavigates the globe offering students the chance to cross oceans while furthering their educational and personal goals.
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Vessel Characteristics...
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- Main Engine: Caterpillar 3126 (425hp)
- Generators: 2 x Northern Lights 25kw
- Hydraulic System: TRAC American Bow Thruster
- Dive Compressor: Bauer Mariner 8.4 CFM
- Air Conditioning: Marine Airr
- Water Maker: Sea R.O. 1200 gallons per day
- Refrigeration: Seafrost BG 1000
- Anchor handling: 2 x Maxwell VWC 8000
- Tenders: 2 x Avon SR4.0m (50hp and 30hp)
- Communication: Iridium Phone/Data Service, Cellular Phone, SSB, VHF
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- Designer: Langan Design and Associates
- Builder: Marsun Shipyards
- Length Overall (Sparred): 112 ft.
- Length Overall (Unsparred): 101 ft.
- Length On Deck: 94 ft.
- Beam: 25 ft.
- Draft: 10.1 ft.
- Displacement: 148 Tons
- Height of Main Mast: 103 ft.
- Sail Area: 4700 Sq. ft.
- Hull Material: Steel
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S/Y Ocean Star was launched in 1991 as a school ship for Ocean Navigator Magazine. Over the years, she sailed the waters between Canada and the Caribbean, enabling students to learn navigation and nautical skills.
After an extensive refit in 1999 Ocean Star began a new life serving to train students and young adults on the waters she knows so well. Since she began sailing under the Sea|mester flag Ocean Star has safely provided over 300 students with the unique opportunity to live, study, sail among the diverse islands of the Caribbean Archipelago.
Ocean Star is a two-masted schooner with an overall length of eighty-eight feet. Accommodations are provided for sixteen shipmates and four professional staff. She is maintained to the highest standards of safety and is certified and inspected by the British Maritime and Coastguard Agency for ocean service
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Vessel Characteristics...
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- Main Engine: Caterpillar 3208 (210 hp)
- Generator: Westerbeke 15kw
- Dive Compressor: Bauer Mariner 8.4 CFM
- Air Conditioning: Marine Airr
- Water Maker: Sea R.O. 800 gallons per day
- Refrigeration: 2 x Seafrost BG 1000
- Anchor handling: Galley Maid HW-40
- Tenders: 2 x Avon SR4.0m (50hp and 30hp)
- Communication: Iridium Phone/Data Service, Cellular Phone, SSB,VHF
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- Designer: Murray G. Peterson Associates
- Builder: Howdy Bailey Marine Metals
- Length Overall: 88 ft.
- Beam: 18.6 ft.
- Draft: 9 ft.
- Displacement: 75 Tons
- Height of Main Mast: 95 ft.
- Sail Area: 4400 Sq. ft.
- Hull Material: Steel
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