Tall Ships

Step back in time and come face-to-face with pirate ships. Discover a pirate’s life at sea with these magnificent vessels of the past.

Kalmar Nyckel - The Tall Ship of Delaware
Open to the public on
Friday: 12 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday, noon to 6 p.m.

Landlubbers, come walk the plank of this authentic seagoing re-creation of a 17th Century Dutch pinnace.

MEKA II -
This half-scale replica of a 17th Century, two masted pirate brigantine is armed with six cannons and measures up to an overall length of 54 feet. She hails from Beaufort, North Carolina
where locals and tourists take pride in her ongoing efforts to preserve maritime heritage.

The Explorer
A 27-foot replica of John Smith's Shallop from the Deltaville Maritime Museum.

Bonny Rover -
Bonny Rover is a gaff-rigged topsail schooner owned by Ray and Mark Haywood. Bonny Rover and American Rover were ech designed by Merritt Walter. Her hull was laid-up in Hampton, Virginia in 1970 and completed in Norfolk, Virginia during 1971. This schooner is an updated design of an eighteenth-century revenue cutter. This design is also used for cargo vessels, often crewed by captain and mate only.


The Serenity -
is a two-masted gaff-rigged schooner designed by Tom Colvin and built by Custom Steel Boats from Arapaho NC in 1986. The Low Sea Company purchased her in the spring of 2000 and brought her to Cape Charles on Virginia's Eastern Shore.