TS Playfair
TS Playfair | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Builder | Canada Dredge and Dock Co. |
| Launched | 1973 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 32.98 GRT |
| Displacement | 50 tons |
| Length |
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| Beam | 4.5 m (15 ft) |
| Draft | 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) |
| Installed power | Volvo Penta D5A TA |
| Speed | 8.2 knots (15.2 km/h; 9.4 mph) |
| Complement | 28 |
TS Playfair is a traditionally-rigged brigantine training ship operated by Brigs Youth Sail Training formerly Toronto Brigantine Inc., a sail-training Canadian registered charity based in Hamilton , ON, Canada as of 2021 and formerly in Toronto, ON since 1962. Playfair is used for a youth sail training program on the Great Lakes during the summer months. This program is one of the very few sail training programs where all of the crew except for the captain are in high school (13–19 years old). The summer training is followed by a winter program where youth work through higher levels of training syllabus to become accredited members of the crew the following year.