| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Tabor Boy |
| Owner | Tabor Academy |
| Launched | 1914 |
| Acquired | 1954 |
| Fate | Sail Training Vessel |
| Status | In active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Pilot Schooner |
| Tonnage | 99 grt |
| Length | 115 feet (35 m) feet |
| Beam | 20 feet |
| Draft | 10 feet 4 inches |
| Propulsion | Auxiliary Sail |
| Sail plan | Gaff Topsail Schooner |
| Complement | 24 overnight, 49 daysail |
| Armament | Signal Cannon (previously) |
The SSV Tabor Boy is a 115-foot gaff-rigged, two-masted topsail schooner that has been a part of the Tabor Academy in Marion, Massachusetts since 1954. SSV stands for Sailing School Vessel and is the U.S. Coast Guard’s designation for the schooner. She is one of two Coast Guard inspected vessels in her class that operate in the Northeast United States.[1] She is also the only vessel licensed to sail with a single captain and a crew composed entirely of students led by a upperclassman Executive Officer.
- ^ "Schooner TABOR BOY." Tabor Academy. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 July 2010. <http://www.taboracademy.org/podium/default.aspx?t=120501>.