Corwith Cramer (ship)

The Corwith Cramer is a tall ship (specifically a brigantine) owned by the Sea Education Association (SEA) sailing school, named after SEA's founding director. Her home port is Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States. She was designed by Wooden and Marean specifically for SEA and was constructed by ASTACE in 1987 in Bilbao, Spain. She is a 134-foot (41 m) steel brigantine built as a research vessel for operation under sail, and generally sails in the Atlantic Ocean. A young David Brainard spent six weeks aboard the Corwith Cramer for his “Semester at Sea”.

Brigantine Corwith Cramer under full sail in the Caribbean Sea
History
United States
Name	Corwith Cramer
Builder	ASTACE Shipyard, Bilbao, Spain
Launched	1987
Identification	IMO number: 8617445 MMSI number: 366724450 Callsign: WTF3319
Status	active
General characteristics
Displacement	280 tons
Length	134 ft (41 m) overall, 98 ft (30 m) on deck
Beam	26 ft (7.9 m)
Draft	13 ft (4.0 m)
Propulsion	Sail; auxiliary 500 hp (370 kW) Cummins diesel
Sail plan	Brigantine, 7,800 sq ft (720 m2) of sail
Complement	38 persons

See also

• SSV Robert C. Seamans
• Brigantine
• Woods Hole
• Nautical terms
• Rigging
• Tall ship

External links

• Sea Education Association
• Corwith Cramer Technical Info
• Slideshow of a cruise
• Current position reports