Active Schooners
| Name | Image | Built | Flag & home port | Description | Rig | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. J. Meerwald | 1928 | USA Bivalve, New Jersey | Educational vessel and state ship of New Jersey; former oyster schooner | 2 masted gaff | |||
| Adix | 1984 | ESP Valencia | three mast gaff | ||||
| Adventure | 1926 | USA Gloucester, Massachusetts | National Historic Landmark former Grand Banks fishing schooner | 2 masted gaff knockabout | |||
| Adventurer-56 (formerly Blue Max) | 1984 | USA Annapolis, Maryland | Privately owned | Staysail | |||
| Adventuress | 1914 | USA Port Townsend, Washington | National Historic Landmark former pilot boat | 2 masted gaff | |||
| Alabama | 1926 | USA Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts | Tourism vessel, former pilot boat | 2 masted gaff | |||
| Alaska Rover | 1989 | USA Resurrection Bay, Alaska | Working schooner plying the tourism trade. | 2 masted gaff rigged, topsail schooner. | |||
| Albanus | 1988 | FIN Mariehamn, Åland | Sail training vessel, replica of a 1904 freighter | 2 masted gaff | |||
| Alma | 1891 | USA San Francisco | National Historic Landmark former cargo scow | 2 masted gaff | |||
| Alma Doepel | 1903 | AUS Melbourne, Victoria | Former commercial and sail training vessel, currently under repair | 3 masted gaff, square topsail | |||
| American Eagle | 1930 | USA Rockland, Maine | National Historic Landmark Gloucester schooner | 2 masted gaff | |||
| American Pride | 1941 | USA Long Beach, California | Education/sail training vessel; former fishing boat | 3 masted gaff | |||
| American Rover | 1986 | USA Norfolk, Virginia | Working schooner providing tours for up to 150 passengers. | 3 masted topsail schooner | |||
| American Spirit | 1991 | USA Washington, D.C. | Education and excursion vessel | 2 masted gaff | |||
| Amistad | 2000 | USA New Haven, Connecticut | Education vessel | 2 masted gaff, square topsail | |||
| Anne (formerly Tantra Schooner) | 1978 | Privately owned by Reid Stowe | 2 masted gaff | ||||
| Antonina (formerly Robert Emit) | 1986 | USA Townsends Inlet, New Jersey | Privately owned | Staysail | |||
| Argia | 1986 | USA Mystic, Connecticut | Tourism/charter vessel | 2 masted gaff | |||
| Argo | 2006 | BVI Road Town, Tortola | Education/sail training vessel | 2 masted Marconi/ staysail | |||
| Atalanta | 1901 | GER Wismar | Education/sail training and charter vessel | 2 masted gaff | |||
| Athos | 2010 | World's largest two-mast schooner at launch | 2-mast Bermuda | ||||
| Atlantic | 2010 | IMN Douglas, Isle of Man | replica of racing yacht Atlantic (William Gardner, 1903) | 3 mast gaff | |||
| Australia | 1862 | USA Mystic, Connecticut | Education exhibit | 2 masted gaff | |||
| Belle Poule | 1932 | FRA Brest | Naval training vessel | 2 masted gaff, square topsail | |||
| Black Douglas | 1930 | MOR Morocco | Privately owned; former school ship | 3 masted Marconi/staysail schooner | |||
| Bluenose II | 1963 | CAN Lunenburg, Nova Scotia | Replica of racing/fishing schooner Bluenose | 2 masted gaff | |||
| Bonny Rover | USA Norfolk, Virginia | Privately owned | |||||
| Bowdoin | 1921 | USA Castine, Maine | National Historic Landmark arctic exploration/sail training vessel | 2 masted gaff knockabout | |||
| Brilliant | 1932 | USA Mystic, Connecticut | Sail training vessel | ||||
| C.A. Thayer | 1895 | USA San Francisco | National Historic Landmark former lumber/fishing boat | 3 masted gaff/Marconi mizzen | |||
| Californian | 1984 | USA San Diego | Education/sail training replica of C.W. Lawrence | 2 masted gaff, square topsail | |||
| Cashier | 1849 | USA Bivalve, New Jersey | Oldest schooner in the United States, oldest operational fishing vessel in the United States, and holder of New Jersey Oyster License No. 1; being restored by the Bayshore Discovery Project | ||||
| Challenge | CAN Toronto, Ontario | Charter boat | 3 masted Marconi/staysail | ||||
| Charlotte | 2007 | USA Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts | Built over the course of three and a half years at the Gannon & Benjamin yard, Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, by and for Nathaniel Benjamin | 2 masted gaff | |||
| Clipper City | 1984 | USA New York City | Replica of eponymous Great Lakes cargo boat | 2 masted gaff, square topsail | |||
| Creole | 1927 | ESP Palma, Majorca | World's longest wooden yacht, refitted by Cantiere Navale Ferrari-Signani | three masted staysail | |||
| Denis Sullivan | 2000 | USA Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Education/sail training/tourism vessel | 3 masted gaff | |||
| Ernestina | 1894 | USA New Bedford, Massachusetts | National Historic Landmark former fishing/arctic exploration/packet boat | 2 masted gaff | |||
| Eleonora | 2000 | UK London | replica of the racing schooner Westward (Herreshoff, 1910) | 2 masted gaff, yard topsail | |||
| Elena | 2009 | UK London | replica of the racing schooner Elena (Herreshoff, 1911) | 2 masted gaff, yard topsail | |||
| Empire Sandy | 1943 | CAN Thunder Bay | Tourism vessel; former British tugboat rebuilt as schooner | 3 masted gaff, square topsails | |||
| Enterprize | 1997 | AUS Melbourne, Victoria | Replica of 1829 cargo ship | 2 masted gaff, square topsail | |||
| Te Vega | 1930 | ITA | Privately owned; former private yacht, research vessel, and school ship | 2 masted gaff | |||
| Evelina M. Goulart | 1927 | USA Essex, Massachusetts | Awaiting restoration; former fishing boat | 2 masted gaff, currently downrigged | |||
| HMS Falken (S02) | 1946 | SWE Karlskrona | Naval sail training vessel, with Gladan | 2 masted gaff | |||
| Fame | 2003 | USA Essex, Massachusetts | Replica of the 1812 privateer schooner which captured the first prizes of the War of 1812 | 2 masted gaff | |||
| Gallant | 1916 | NED Amsterdam | 2 masted gaff | ||||
| HMS Gladan (S01) | 1947 | SWE Karlskrona, Sweden | Naval sail training vessel, with Falken | 2 masted gaff | |||
| Governor Stone | 1877 | USA Fort Walton Beach, Florida | National Historic Landmark; oldest surviving Gulf schooner | 2 masted gaff | |||
| Grace Bailey | 1882 | USA Camden, Maine | National Historic Landmark former lumber boat | 2 masted gaff | |||
| Harvey Gamage | 1973 | USA Boothbay Harbor, Maine | Education/sail training vessel | 2 masted gaff | |||
| Helena C | 1968 | CAY Cayman Islands | Privately owned; former sail training vessel | 3 masted gaff/Marconi mizzen, square topsails | |||
| Isaac H. Evans | 1886 | USA Rockland, Maine | National Historic Landmark, oldest surviving oyster schooner | 2 masted gaff | |||
| J. & E. Riggin | 1927 | USA Rockland, Maine | National Historic Landmark former oyster boat | 2 masted gaff | |||
| J.R. Tolkien | 1964 | NED Amsterdam | Luxury chartership and naval trainingvessel. | ||||
| Jacob Meindert | 1952 | NED Makkum | 2 masted gaff, square topsail | ||||
| Kajama | 1930 | CAN Toronto, Ontario | Charter boat, former German coastal trader | 3 masted gaff | |||
| Kathleen and May | 1900 | UK Bideford, Devon | Privately owned coastal trader. Restored 2000. Delivered "reduced carbon footprint" wine cargo from France to Dublin in 2008. | 3 masted gaff, square fore mast topsails | |||
| L. A. Dunton | 1921 | USA Mystic, Connecticut | National Historic Landmark former Essex fishing boat | 2 masted gaff | |||
| Lady Maryland | 1985 | USA Baltimore, Maryland | Educational vessel; replica of local 19th century workboats | 2 masted gaff | |||
| Lettie G. Howard | 1893 | USA New York City | National Historic Landmark former Essex fishing boat | 2 masted gaff | |||
| Lewis R. French | 1871 | USA Rockland, Maine | National Historic Landmark former cargo boat; oldest surviving sailing vessel built in Maine | 2 masted gaff | |||
| Lily | 1978 | USA Stuart, Florida | Tourism/charter vessel. Schooner rig with a scow hull. May have been the last boat purpose built to haul cargo commercially under sail power in the United States. Originally known as Lily of Tisbury. | 2 masted gaff | |||
| S.S.S. Lotus | 1918 | USA Webster, New York | Sea Scout Ship; former private yacht | 2 masted gaff | |||
| Lynx | 2001 | USA Newport Beach, California | Education/sail training vessel; interpretation of an eponymous 1812 privateer vessel; also see HMS Mosquidobit (1813) | 2 masted gaff, square topsail | |||
| Madeline | USA Newport, Rhode Island | Tourism vessel | 2 masted; gaff fore, Marconi main | ||||
| Manitou | 1983 | USA Traverse City, Michigan | Replica of 19th century cargo schooners | 2 masted gaff | |||
| Maple Leaf | 1904 | CAN Vancouver, British Columbia | Sail training/ecotourism vessel; former yacht and fishing boat | 2 masted, gaff fore and Marconi main | |||
| Marité | 1921 | FRA | 3 masted gaff, square topsails | ||||
| Mary Day | 1962 | USA Camden, Maine | Designed by Havilah Hawkins, Sr., built by Harvey Gamage, rebuilt in 2000. Mary Day serves for training and charter. | 2 masted gaff topsail schooner | |||
| Mercantile | 1916 | USA Camden, Maine | National Historic Landmark former coastal trader, now tourism vessel | 2 masted gaff | |||
| Mystic | 2007 | USA Mystic, Connecticut | Tourism/charter vessel | 3 masted gaff, square topsails | |||
| Mystic Whaler | 1967 | USA New London, Connecticut | Tourism/charter vessel | 2 masted gaff | |||
| Naga Pelangi | 2009 | GER Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg | Tourism/charter vessel | 2 masted junk | |||
| Nighthawk | 1880 | USA Baltimore, Maryland | 2 masted gaff | ||||
| Olad | 1927 | USA Camden, Maine | Built in 1927 by Crosby Boatyard, now does day sails and charters | 2 masted gaff | |||
| Oosterschelde | 1918 | NED Rotterdam | Former freighter, last remaining Dutch vessel of its type | 3 masted gaff, square topsails | |||
| Pacific Swift | 1986 | CAN Victoria, British Columbia | Youth sail training vessel | 2 masted gaff, square topsail | |||
| Phoenix | 1972 | USA Orcas Island, Washington State | Ferrocement Hull 60' on deck, 90' sparred length, 51 tons, 18' beam, 3,500 Sqr feet of sail. | Gaff-rigged Tops'l schooner. | |||
| HMS Pickle | 1995 | UK Conwy, Wales | Replica of HMS Pickle (1800), built in Russia. Used for charters and at the various bicentennial Trafalgar celebrations in the UK. | 2 masted, square top-sail | |||
| Highlander Sea | 1924 | USA Port Huron, Michigan | Sail training/education and tourism vessel; former pilot boat | 2 masted gaff | |||
| Pioneer | 1885 | USA New York City | Tourism/museum vessel; former wrought iron-hulled cargo sloop | 2 masted gaff | |||
| Pride of Baltimore II | 1988 | USA Baltimore, Maryland | Replica Baltimore clipper, flagship of Maryland | 2 masted gaff, square topsail | |||
| Quinnipiack | 1984 | USA New Haven, Connecticut | Educational vessel; replica 19th century Gulf Coast freighter | 2 masted gaff | |||
| R.Tucker Thompson | 1985 | NZ Opua, Bay of Islands | Sail training/tourism vessel | 2 masted gaff, square topsails | |||
| Rainbow Warrior (1989) | 1957 | NED Amsterdam | Former commercial trawler, converted and re-launched by Greenpeace in 1989 | 3 masted gaff | |||
| Raja Laut | 2006 | Luxury charter schooner | 2 masted gaff | ||||
| La Recouvrance | 1993 | FRA Brest | Tourism vessel; replica of 1817 Navy boats | 2 masted gaff, square topsails | |||
| Regina Maris | 1970 | NED Amsterdam | Charter boat | 3 masted gaff | |||
| Roseway | 1925 | USA Camden, Maine | Education/sail training and tourism vessel; former racing/fishing and pilot boat | 2 masted gaff | |||
| Sadko | 1993 | ESP Barcelona | Replica in 18th century style | 2 masted gaff | |||
| Sedna IV | 1957 | CAN Cap-aux-Meules, Quebec | Research/documentary filmmaking/polar exploration vessel; former trawler | 3 masted gaff/Marconi mizzen | |||
| MS Shamrock | SWE Stockholm | Sail training vessel | 2 masted gaff | ||||
| Shenandoah | 1964 | USA Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts | Tourism vessel | 2 masted gaff, square topsails; no engine | |||
| Sir Winston Churchill | 1966 | GRC | Privately owned; former sail training vessel | 3 masted gaff/Marconi mizzen, square topsails | |||
| Solway Lass | 1902 | AUS Airlie Beach, Queensland | Charter vessel; former cargo carrier and wartime supply boat | 2 masted gaff, square topsails | |||
| Spirit of Bermuda | 2004 | Hamilton, Bermuda | Educational vessel owned and operated by the Bermuda Sloop Foundation | 3 masted staysail schooner | |||
| Spirit of Dana Point | 1983 | Dana Point, California | Educational vessel owned and operated by the Ocean Institute | 2 masted topsail | |||
| Spirit of Massachusetts | 1984 | USA Boothbay Harbor, Maine | Education/sail training vessel; modeled after Fredonia | 2 masted gaff | |||
| Spirit of South Carolina | 2007 | USA Charleston, South Carolina | Education/sail training vessel | 2 masted gaff | |||
| Stephen Taber | 1871 | USA Camden, Maine | National Historic Landmark former cargo boat | 2 masted gaff | |||
| Summer Wind | 1979 | USA Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Tourism/charter vessel | 2 masted Junk | |||
| Svanen | 1916 | NOR Oslo | Education/sail training vessel | 3 masted gaff | |||
| Swift of Ipswich | 1938 | USA Los Angeles | Sail training vessel for at-risk youth; replica of a 1787 schooner | 2 masted gaff, square topsails | |||
| Tara | 1989 | FRA Lorient | Polar exploration vessel | 2 masted Marconi | |||
| Thomas E. Lannon | 1997 | USA Gloucester, Massachusetts | Tourism/Private Charter. Built in Essex, MA | 2 masted gaff | |||
| Tole Mour | 1988 | USA Avalon, California | Education/sail training vessel | 3 masted gaff, square topsails | |||
| Tradewind | 1911 | NED | Undergoing refit; former fishing/cargo/charter boat | 2 masted gaff, square topsails | |||
| Victory Chimes | 1900 | USA Rockland, Maine | National Historic Landmark | 3 masted gaff | |||
| Virginia | 2005 | USA Norfolk, Virginia | Sail training/tourism vessel; replica of a 1916 pilot boat | 2 masted gaff knockabout | |||
| Wawona | 1897 | USA Seattle, Washington | Undergoing restoration but destroyed in 2011; former lumber/fishing boat | 3 masted gaff | |||
| Western Union | 1939 | USA Key West, Florida | Flagship of Key West | 2 masted gaff | |||
| Westward | 1961 | USA Boothbay Harbor, Maine | Education/sail training vessel | 2 masted Marconi/staysail, square topsails | |||
| Weymouth (schooner) | 1860 | USA Hamilton Township, New Jersey | |||||
| William Bassett | 1988 | USA Onset, Massachusetts | Privately owned | ||||
| Winfield Lash | 2000 | USA Friendship, Maine | Privately owned (construction took 18 years) | ||||
| Woodwind | 1993 | USA Annapolis, Maryland | Tourism vessel | 2 masted staysail | |||
| Woodwind II | 1998 | USA Annapolis, Maryland | Tourism vessel | 2 masted staysail | |||
| Xarifa | 1927 | UK Cowes | Sail cruise vessel | 3 masted, Marconi sail | |||
| Yuniy Baltiets | 1989 | RUS St. Petersburg | Sail training vessel | 2 masted; gaff fore, Marconi main | |||
| Zawisza Czarny | 1952 | POL Gdynia | Sail training vessel | 3 masted, square sail | |||
| Zodiac (schooner) | 1924 | USA Seattle, Washington | Sail training/charter vessel; former private yacht and pilot boat | 2 masted gaff | |||
| Wayward Wind | 1972 | Fiji Suva, Fiji | Tourism/charter vessel | 2 masted Marconi/staysail, square topsails |
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