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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 793 

Commending Tall Ships America for advancing character-building experiences 

at sea and representing the tall ships and sail training community of 

the United States in national and international forums. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022 

Mr. REED (for himself and Mr. WHITEHOUSE) submitted the following 

resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Commending Tall Ships America for advancing characterbuilding experiences at sea and representing the tall 

ships and sail training community of the United States 

in national and international forums. 

Whereas the American Sail Training Association (doing business as Tall Ships America), located in Rhode Island, is 

an educational non-profit corporation whose declared mission is ‘‘to encourage character-building through sail 

training, promote sail training to the North American 

public, and support education under sail’’; 

Whereas, since its founding in 1973, Tall Ships America has 

promoted and supported character-building experiences 

aboard traditional sail training vessels and supported a 

fleet of more than 120 tall ships and sail training vessels, 


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including barques, barquentines, brigs, brigantines, 

schooners, sloops, and full-rigged ships, which fly the flag 

of the United States and bring life-changing adventures 

to thousands of young trainees each year; 

Whereas April 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of Tall 

Ships America, which— 

(1) continues to ably represent the United States as 

a founding member of Sail Training International, the 

recognized international body for the promotion of sail 

training since the 1950s; and 

(2) as a member of the International Council of Sail 

Training International, actively promotes international 

fellowship of the sea through governance and events; 

Whereas Tall Ships America has established a program of 

scholarship and grant funding to support onboard experiences for young people and the professional training and 

development of sailing ship crew members; 

Whereas Tall Ships America promotes safe and ethical practices and supports the business efficiency of its member 

vessels and programs; 

Whereas Tall Ships America has entered into a memorandum 

of understanding with the Maritime Administration in 

support of maritime workforce development; 

Whereas Tall Ships America collaborates extensively with the 

Coast Guard with respect to— 

(1) the regulation of sail training vessels; 

(2) Marine Events of National Significance, including the Tall Ships Challenge series; 

(3) the premier sail training vessel of the United 

States, namely the square-rigged Coast Guard Cutter 

Barque Eagle ; and 


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(4) professional mariner training and development, 

including through participation in the Annual Conference 

on Sail Training and Tall Ships; 

Whereas Tall Ships America has a long history of arranging 

and supporting tall ship races, rallies, and maritime festivals dating as far back as 1976; 

Whereas, since 2001, Tall Ships America has organized 78 

Tall Ships Challenge races and maritime festivals that 

have— 

(1) involved sail training ships, trainees, and crews 

from around the world on all the coasts of the United 

States; 

(2) advanced the mission of Tall Ships America; 

(3) helped sustain the economic vitality of member 

vessels of Tall Ships America; and 

(4) attracted more than 26,000,000 visitors and 

$3,000,000,000 in economic impact to maritime communities; and 

Whereas Tall Ships America has hosted the Annual Conference on Sail Training and Tall Ships for 49 years in 

cities throughout the United States and Canada, including the Safety Under Sail Forum and the Education 

Under Sail Forum, to enhance professionalism, historical 

skills of seamanship, impactful approaches for education 

at sea, best-practices of organizational collaboration, and 

cutting-edge non-profit and business practices: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) commends Tall Ships America for— 


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1 (A) advancing character-building experi2 ences at sea and on inland waterways aboard 

3 traditional sail training vessels; 

4 (B) acting as the national sail training as5 sociation of the United States; and 

6 (C) representing the tall ships and sail 

7 training community of the United States in na8 tional and international forums, including in 

9 Sail Training International; 

10 (2) commends Tall Ships America and its mem11 ber vessels and programs for providing workforce 

12 training and development opportunities for the mari13 time industry in the finest traditions of the sea; and 

14 (3) encourages the people of the United States 

15 and the world to join in celebration of the first 50 

16 years of the Adventure and Education Under Sail 

17 program of Tall Ships America, which provides char18 acter-building, educational, and work experiences for 

19 people of all nations. 

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