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STV ''Black Jack'' is a brigantine operated by the Ottawa-based youth charity Bytown Brigantine, Inc. Black Jack sails on the Ottawa River between Brittania Yacht Club and Quyon, Quebec. On May 2, 2004, the STV ''Black Jack'' was designated "''Ottawa's Signature Tall Ship"''. ''Black Jack'' was the first ship in service with Bytown Brigantine, Inc., a charitable organization devoted to providing sail training adventure for youth. This brigantine is home to 15 youth between the ages of 12 and 15 during the summer months. The program is designed to develop character and foster leadership, confidence and self-reliance in youth through the medium of sail training. Her sister ship STV ''Fair Jeanne'' is also in use by Bytown Brigantine on the Great Lakes and Canada's east coast. ''Black Jack'' is steel-hulled with wooden bilge keels. Her sparred length is , length on deck , and beam . She draws , which allows her to go almost anywhere a keelboat can, which is very useful when maneuvering the Ottawa River and docking at her berth in Britannia Yacht Club. She can be seen at the yacht club but is not open to the public except on special occasions. Her mast height is and she carries a total of of sail area on 9 sails. ==History== ''Black Jack'' was originally a logging tug on the Upper Ottawa River and was based in Quyon, Quebec. She was built in Scotland in 1904 and made her way to Canada that same year. In 1952, the ship was converted by the late Captain Thomas G. Fuller into a brigantine. She operated as the Fuller family yacht for several years until her sister ship STV Fair Jeanne was built in 1982. Rather than see the ship fall into disuse, Captain Fuller's son, Simon Fuller, refitted the ship with the intention of using her as a sail training vessel. She made her sail training debut in 1983 and in the summer of 1984 attended the 450th Anniversary of Jacques Cartier's Landing in Quebec City with many other international tall ships. Since then, ''Black Jack'' has remained on the Ottawa River where she is the focal point of the Black Jack Island Adventure Camp for youth. In 2004, ''Black Jack'' celebrated her centennial birthday. Her Excellency Adrienne Clarkson, then Governor General of Canada, re-christened the ''Black Jack'' at Britannia Yacht Club and helped Bytown Brigantine wish the ship well on her next 100 years of service in the Ottawa area.〔(37th Parliament, 3rd Session Edited Hansard, Number 050 Friday, May 7, 2004 )〕 In 2012, ''Black Jack'' helped Britannia Yacht Club celebrate her 125th anniversary. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「STV Black Jack」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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