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Currently, no cruise lines with mega ships have announced plans to augment their own propulsion with wind power, though a few smaller companies operate tall ships similar to Royal Clipper.
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Joe Sills, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
Members of the public will be able to tour the only tall ship currently in the American fleet.
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Ashley J. Dimella Fox News, Fox News, 3 Nov. 2024
Harbor Breeze Cruises will remain and the Los Angeles Maritime Institute’s wooden tall ships will dock at West Harbor.
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Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
Hailing from San Francisco, Lenora Lee Dance company will perform a slate of dance vignettes on the 1885 tall ship Wavertree, which is permanently moored at Pier 16 at the South Street Seaport Museum.
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Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 23 May 2024
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First Known Use
circa 1548, in the meaning defined above
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“Tall ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tall%20ship. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
tall ship
noun
: a sailing vessel with at least two masts
especially
: square-rigger
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