SUVA, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Tenacious, the largest wooden tall ship built in Britain in the past 100 years, was visiting in Suva, capital of Fiji, causing excitement among Fijians.
The 586-ton Tenacious, which arrived here from New Zealand on Friday, was sailed by a permanent crew made up of professional seafarers and 40 voyage crew.
School students from Fiji were visiting the ship berthed at the Suva Harbor. For some of the students, the brief tour opened their minds to the possibilities of an adventure at sea.
The ship has the history of being the largest wooden tall ship to be built in Britain, and the impressive 65-meter barque was designed in the early 1990s and launched in 2000.
Tenacious and her smaller sister ship Lord Nelson are the only two of their kind in the world that have been designed and built to enable people of all physical abilities to sail side by side on equal terms.
The crew members were in Fiji to learn and experience the variety of marine life as they voyaged across the South Pacific Ocean and also to learn new skills like celestial navigation.
There are day sails for all the family (children from the age of 12 can join in). A wide range of short tall ship tasters (3-5 day voyages) which make great gift presents or longer adventures with plenty of sea miles and ports and anchorages to discover.
Tenacious is expected to leave Suva for Cairns, Australia, on Sept. 23.
