Schooner Wolf
The Flagship of the Conch Republic 2006 Pirates in Paradise Invasion Sails

A classic 74’ topsail schooner, the WOLF was built in 1983 in Panama City, Florida by Master Builder Willis Rayand Capt. Finbar. Designed by Merit Walter, the WOLF is a classic steel hull schooner. U.S.C.G. certified for 44 passengers for day sails, 20 passengers coast-wise and six passengers for international voyages, the WOLF has a cargo capacity of 20 tons. Te Conch Republic’s Flagship Schooner WOLF returns to her Home Port at the Historic Seaport for Key West’s Annual Pirates in Paradise Festival

The Topsail Schooner WOLF plays center stage for this colorful, swashbuckling festival, featuring Adventures on the High Seas. Awash with Historic Re-Enactors bedecked in colorful Pirate garb hanging from the yardarms, the WOLF will attack unsuspecting vessels in Key West Harbor.

The Schooner Wolf is patterned after the blockade runners that plied the waters of the Florida Straits in the 1800’s. Showcased in many films and documentaries, the WOLF, with Capt. Finbar at the helm, has sailed extensively the waters of the Caribbean, Bahamas & Gulf of Mexico. The WOLF has come to symbolize the essence of the “island spirit” that is Key West and often serves as lead vessel in local harbor parades and traditional events, including the annual Conch Republic Days Celebration & Key West’s Pirates in Paradise Festival.

Over the years, the WOLF has traveled to many seaport festivals and tall ship regattas, including Miami’s OpSail 2000, the Cayman Island’s Pirates Week Festival 2000, Tampa’s 2001 Gasparilla Festival, Americas’ Sail 2002 in Jamaica and St. Petersburg, Florida, Mobile Alabama’s 2002 4th of July Parade Sail & Tricentennial Celebration, the Cayman Islands’ Quincententennial Seafaring Festival (2003); Green Turtle Cay's 2006 Island Roots Festival, and Pepsi's Americas Sail 2006 in Beaufort, North Carolina. Each year, the WOLF plays center stage for the Conch Republic Independence Celebration's annual Great Sea Battle in April and each November, Admiral Finbar and the Wolf return to their homeport at the Historic Seaport for Pirates in Paradise to participate in pirate sails and seabattles with other Key West tall ships.

The Wolf is known for her humanitarian Missions of Mercy, which include taking members of the 1998 Interfaith Pilgrimage of the Middle Passage to Cuba. The WOLF has also taken cargoes of relief supplies to Port Antonio, Jamaica after Hurricane Gilbert; to Guanaja, Honduras after Hurricane Mitch; Hopetown, Abaco (Bahamas) after Hurricane Floyd and West End, Grand Bahama after Hurricane Ivan.


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