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Name
  
SSV Tole Mour

Beam
  
31 ft (9 m)

Draft
  
13 ft 6 in (4 m)

Length
  
48 m

Displacement
  
207,700 kg

Homeport
  
Avalon, CA

Height
  
13.5 ft (4.1 m)

Launched
  
1988

Weight
  
232.7 tons

Tole Mour Tole Mour Topsail Schooner

Builders
  
Nichols Brothers Boat Builders, Whidbey Island

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The SSV Tole Mour is a 156 ft (48 m) schooner and sail training vessel operating in the Channel Islands of California, off the West Coast of the United States.

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Built by the Nichols Bros. Boat Builders on Whidbey Island in Washington’s Puget Sound to withstand the extreme conditions of the South Pacific, she is extremely seaworthy and meets or exceeds all of the United States Coast Guard’s regulations as a Sailing School Vessel, while offering luxurious accommodations in comparison to other tall ships. At 229 gross registered tons she is the largest active tall ship on the West Coast.

The Tole Mour was originally commissioned by the Marimed Foundation of Hawai’i in 1988 as a self-contained primary health care support vessel, operating in the US trust territory protectorate of the Marshall Islands. The name of the ship was selected by a competition of Marshall Islands school children, and means 'A Gift of Life and Health' in the Marshallese language. With onboard medical, dental and ophthalmological offices, the Tole Mour provided medical services to over 15,000 islanders over a period of 4 years, until the Marshallese government commissioned their own fleet of medical delivery vessels and the Tole Mour returned to Hawai’i to serve other purposes.

Tole Mour Threemasted topsail schooner the SSV Tole Mour Voiliers

In her most recent incarnation, she was part of the Guided Discoveries’ Catalina Island Marine Institute, offering sail training, oceanography and marine biology education to hundreds of school-aged participants a year. The professional crew was housed in up into 6 double cabins and 2 master rooms within her 123 feet on deck and 31-foot (9 m) beam. Up to 36 youth participants could be accommodated in cabins housing 4, 8 and 10 berths. Her previous medical requirements provided areas for laboratory equipment, touch tanks, and aquariums.

Tole Mour SSV Tole Mour ShipSpottingcom Ship Photos and Ship Tracker

In 2014, the Tole Mour was sold to Island Windjammers, a charter cruise company operating in the Caribbean Sea. She underwent a refitting, as well as a name change, and is now known as Vela.

Tole Mour The SSV Tole Mour a 48 meter schooner out of Avalon Catalina

The ssv tole mour a 48 meter schooner out of avalon catalina


References

Tole Mour Wikipedia