Yesterday the 34.14m custom sail training schooner Vela was launched by Marsun Public Company Ltd., in Thailand, at builder’s Samutprakan shipyard, near Bangkok
Jim Stoll of Global Expeditions Group commented:
We just finished sea trials aboard Vela, our new sail training vessel and sister ship to STV Argo, also built at the Marsun Shipyard. She’s a beauty!

Their mission is the same as Argo, circumnavigating the world with trainee crew at the helm. Argo has sailed around the world six times with trainees since her launch in 2006. We are sailing Vela to Singapore in about two weeks.
Argo is another Both two-masted Marconi-rigged schooner, which is also operated by Sea|mester, a study abroad training program for student crew trainees.
Marsun Shipyard has built about 300 vessels (Vela is hull number 300) and is capable to build or repair larger yachts as well.
Her functional design and engineering are the result of a collaboration of Langan Design team from Newport USA, which designed the Argo and numerous other sailing yachts, Travis Yates from Global Expeditions Group, and the Marsun Shipyard team.
Vela offers accommodation up to 26 guests and has a top speed of 10.5 knots.