Over 100 three and four-masted sailing ships will be berthed on the quayside here for over a week. |
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But above decks, they are superb replicas of the sleek, four-masted barquentines which dominated sea travel at the end of the 19th Century. |
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Like its sister ship, the Nippon Maru, which visited Richmond two years ago for the Tall Ships Festival, the Kaiwo Maru is a four-masted barquentine. |
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It is a four-masted, square-rigged barquentine, 360 feet long, with 36,000 sq feet of sail and carry up to 170 passengers and 75 crew members. |
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