Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Black Jack"

Photos of the sailing ship:

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Black Jack, Thad Koza (http://www.tallshipsinternational.net/), k.A. / unknown , 10/2009

Source, location, date:
Thad Koza (http://www.tallshipsinternational.net/),
k.A. / unknown,
10/2009

Black Jack, Thad Koza (http://www.tallshipsinternational.net/), k.A. / unknown , 10/2009

Source, location, date:
Thad Koza (http://www.tallshipsinternational.net/),
k.A. / unknown,
10/2009

Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Black Jack
Nation:CAN
Type of rigging:BRIGANTINE
Year built:1904
Overall length:26.50 m
Length (hull):18.90 m
Draught:1.90 m
Sail area:278 m2
Ship's hull:Stahl / Steel
Engine:Diesel GM671

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 01 Nov 1999

  • originally constructed as a tug and built 1904 on the Ottawa river
  • 1952 coverted to a tall-ship with the rigg of a brigantine
  • sailed down the Ottawa river and the Lawrence Seaway to New York City to take part in tall-ships events

Contact:

Website (English, 23 Mar 2021):
http://www.tallshipsadventure.org/
Bytown Brigantines: the organizational backgrounds, the ships, programs and schedules, volunteer news, voyage reports, online shopping and contacts

Literature for further reading:

We recommend the following references for your further research of the ship. The references marked with have been included in the generation of the ship profile on this page.

American Sail Training Association (ASTA)
"Sail Tall Ships! A Directory of Sail Training and Adventure at Sea"
2000 ISBN: 0-9636483-5-7
(12th Edition)
Page: 71 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact

Thaddeus Koza
"Tall Ships - the Fleet of the 21th Century"
Tide-Mark Press, East Hartford 2000 ISBN: 1-55949-551-0
(http://www.tallshipsinternational.com/)
Page: 38 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 2002 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(10. aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage)
Page: 206 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

American Sail Training Association (ASTA)
"Sail Tall Ships! A Directory of Sail Training and Adventure at Sea"
2007 ISBN: 978-0-9799878-0-9
(17th Edition)
Page: 117 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact