Schooner Inc in New Haven, New Haven County, United States | Sailing

Schooner Inc is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to protecting Long Island Sound through environmental education and sailing.

All of Schooner Inc's programs are centered around hands-on learning opportunities. These programs include academic programs in the classroom, at shore sites and on board the tallship Quinnipiack; teacher training; summer camp adventures; public sails and charters; and attendance at festivals.

Schooner Inc owns and operates the Quinnipiack, the official flagship of New Haven. During the sailing season, the Quinnipiack is berthed at Long Wharf Pier in New Haven, Connecticut United States.

The Quinnipiack is a two-masted, gaff-rigged centerboard schooner designed along the lines of a Biloxi, Mississippi freight schooner. These shallow draft schooners carried freight along the Mississippi Gulf Coast in the late 1800s making them ideal vessels for the shallow ports of Long Island Sound.

A traditionally rigged, wooden schooner, the Quinnipiack is 91 feet long from the tip of her bowsprit to the end of her main boom. Her deck is 65 feet long and 20 feet wide and provides an exciting setting for all kinds of occasions. Sit back and enjoy a sail or be a part of the crew. The Quinnipiack can accommodate up to 40 passengers

3-hour sails run from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Advance reservations recommended. All Sails depart from Long Wharf Pier, in New Haven, Connecticut.