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The STS ''Kaisei'' (海星), meaning ''“Sea Star”'' in the
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, is a steel-hulled brigantine designed by
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Ryszard Langer. It was built as Schooner in Elbląg,
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in 1987. After re-rigging it is now a two-masted vessel, square rigged on the foremast, with fore-and-aft sails on the mainmast.


History

Originally commissioned by the Polish Yachting Association as the ''Zew'', she was acquired by the Sail Training Association of Japan (STAJ) and delivered to Japan via the
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in 1993 following a 16-month maiden voyage under the
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flag in which she saw winds off the coast of
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and participated in the American Tall Ship Celebration in 1992.


Name origin

It has been suggested that the ship's name 'kaisei' could also be a play on words, with the word meaning "sea star" in Japanese (written "海星").


Trips

Under the Japanese flag, she visited 15 countries and traveled extensively throughout the
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in her mission to promote the global community and bring countries and cultures together through the international language of the sea. She has covered roughly 40,000 nautical miles (around 80,000 km). In 1992 sailed with the Columbus fleet, flying the UN flag. Kaisei's maiden voyage lasted 16 months throughout Europe, East Coast US, Caribbean, Panama Canal, West Coast US and Pacific Islands covering 57,000 km. During this time period, the vessel flew the United Nations flag. Under Japanese flag she traveled throughout the Pacific and Asia and carried over 10,000 trainees during the 14-year period.


Ocean Voyages Institute

Ocean Voyages Institute, a California 501(c) 3 organization, currently operates the vessel Kaisei and she served as the figurehead and expedition ship of "Project Kaisei" which is an international program dedicated to implementing solutions to the problem of marine debris. In August 2009, ''Kaisei'' embarked from San Francisco on a month-long voyage for the Ocean Voyages Institute as part of "
Project Kaisei Project Kaisei (from 海星, ''kaisei'', "ocean planet" in Japanese) is a scientific and commercial mission to study and clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a large body of floating debris trapped in the Pacific Ocean by the currents of t ...
", a mission to study the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. She returned again in 2010 to the North Pacific Gyre and also took part in a variety of educational and awareness events.


External links


Ocean VoyagesOcean Voyages InstituteSail Training Association of Japan



The American Sail Training Association
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