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S/V Legacy is the newest and largest ship flying the Windjammer
flag. She has accommodations for 122 passengers and 43 crew. Here she is shown in Roadtown harbor,
Totola, British Virgin Islands.
Legacy receiving monthly provisions from the Windjammer supply ship, M/V Amazing Grace,
in Roadtown harbor, December 31, 1998
S/V Fantome, the former flagship of the Windjammer fleet, originally completed in 1927,
was lost in Hurricane Mitch in 1998. She is shown here as a fisherman-rigged schooner.
Captain Peter Newe aboard Fantome in Santander, Spain, January 1971.(Photo & text courtesy Kathe Swales) She writes, "I came from Denmark to crew in the Windjammer fleet. We sailed across the Atlantic to Miami where the ship was to be fitted out to take passengers. We were about ten crew members and I did the cooking, being one of two women onboard." 
"After Fantome was brought to Miami, I went to the West Indies and joined the Yankee Clipper as Stewardess.
When Fantome had finished her refit, I joined her again as Chief Stewardess. Later, Captain Terry Bewley and I
were aboard the Yankee Trader on her around the world trip. I can't believe that Fantome has been lost.
She was such a big part of my life."
At left, Kathe Swales at Fantome's helm 1972
Fantome's sign which was hung over over the side while she was in port. This picture is from the passenger dock in Nassau in 1984.
S/V Polynesia was acquired by Windjammer in 1975. Originally constructed in 1938,
she was one of the last of the Portuguese Grand Banks Fishing Fleet. As the schooner Argus, she was featured in National
Geographic and was the subject of Allen Villers book, "The Quest of the Schooner Argus".
Polynesia sails in the Leewards Islands during the Winter and Spring seasons, then moves south to the Windwards during the Summer and Fall.
Polynesia has had the reputation of being THE Party Ship. This preception was helped along by the colorful and entertaining
Captain Neil Carmichael.
Photo courtsey Julia Khodyakova 
A broadside view of Polynesia in Great Bay, Phillipsbugh, St. Maarten. St. Maarten is Polynesia's home port when she
sails in the Leewards.
Downtown Phillipsburgh in Dutch Sint Maarten is a bustling tourist center, with perhaps more jewelry shops per square mile
than anywhere in the world. The other half of the island is French (Saint Martin)and Margiot is it's capital.
Another of S/V Polynesia's islands-of-call is St. Barthelemy. Although, it's capital,
Gustavia, has a Swedish name, it is very French.
You can rent a mini-moke or motorbike to explore the hilly terrain. Check out the
LeSelect Cafe & Bar which
has a Jimmy Buffett connection.
S/V Yankee Clipper, is the smallest and the fastest of the Windjammer fleet. She has accommidations for 64 passengers.
As Cressida she was confiscated as a war prize after WWII. Later, she was renamed Pioneer by the Vanderbilts
and was considered the fastest tall ship out of Newport Beach, Ca.
Windjammer acquired Yankee Clipper in 1965. Now she sails the Grenadines and is based in St. Georges, Grenada.
Captain Casey in command of Yankee Clipper, January, 2000.
The view from the bayside patio of the Whaleboner Bar & Restaurant on
Bequia is framed by the arched jawbones of a long dead humpback whale. Bequia is no longer a whaling station
St. George's is the capital city of Grenada,
the southernmost island of the Windward Antilles. Grenada is known as the
"Spice Island" , and if you sniff the air, you'll know why. 
The Church shown at the top of the hill played an important part in the 1983
"Grenada Invasion"
Pusser's at Leverick Bay on Virgin Gorda
S/V Flying Cloud at her anchorage at
Cooper Island. She sailed year round in the British Virgin Islands.
A snorkler's eyeview of Flying Cloud. The Flying Clouds anchors off
Norman Island for snorkling in the treasure caves.
Name Your Poison. Flying Cloud's Bar Specials.
The harbor at Terre de Haut, Isles des Saintes
Pusser's Company Store in Roadtown
 Entertainers on Palm IslandChristmas 1979 |
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