 R. Tucker Thompson
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| History | |
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| Name | R. Tucker Thompson |
| Builder | Northland, NZ |
| Launched | 12 October 1985 |
| Homeport | Opua, New Zealand |
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| Status | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Schooner |
| Displacement | 44 t (43 long tons) |
| Length | |
| Beam | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
| Height | 72 ft (22 m) |
| Draught | 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) |
| Propulsion | 3,000 sq ft (300 m2) sails |
| Sail plan | Gaff-rigged tops’l schooner |
R. Tucker Thompson is a gaff-rigged topsail schooner based in Opua, Bay of Islands, New Zealand. She is operated as a non-for profit charitable trust and owned by the R. Tucker Thompson Sail Training Trust. The mission of the trust is “Learning for Life through the Sea”. The ship is used for tourism day sails in the Bay of Islands from October through April and for sail training activities between May and September. Youth sail training is particularly focused at youth from the Tai Tokerau Northland region of New Zealand. She is a member of the Australian Sail Training Association (AUSTA), and participated in the American Sail Training Association (ASTA) West Coast Tall Ships Challenge events in 2002 and 2005.