The Tabor Boy is a 115-foot, gaff-rigged, two-masted schooner that has been a part of Tabor Academy’s School by the Sea since 1954. SSV stands for “Sailing School Vessel” and is the U.S. Coast Guard’s designation for the schooner. She is one of two Coast Guard inspected vessels in her class that operate in the northeastern United States. Tabor Boy is inspected and constructed as suitable for off-shore, open ocean passage making.