For 40 years John F. Millar ( Williamsburg, VA) has been in the business of preserving history and bringing it to enthusiasts as well as the public both nationally and worldwide.

A successful designer and manager of Tall Ships utilized in sail training, major motion pictures and events, multimillion dollar fundraiser, author, college instructor, historical inn proprietor and assistant in the founding of the 35 year old American Sail Training Association (ASTA), His qualifications for bringing the Colonial Navy project successfully to reality are many.

5 full-rigged ships (Operated together as the Offshore Squadron) 4 brigs  (Operated together as the Midshore Squadron) 1 square-topsail schooner 1 square-topsail ketch 1 square-topsail sloop 1 square-topsail cutter 1 topsail lugger 1 felucca-rigged galley (Operated together as the Inshore Squadron).

The Offshore squadron will spend the winter in the Caribbean.
The Midshore squadron will spend the winter around Florida and the Gulf Coast.
The Inshore squadron around Florida and the Bahamas.

In warmer weather, the Canadian vessels will be chartered as required to a sister Canadian non-profit organization for sail training in eastern Canada.

The various squadrons will be operated independently, unless scheduled to be in one place (such as Louisbourg, Nova Scotia) once a year, or for taking part in events scheduled by the American Sail Training Association (ASTA) or occasional historical reenactments.

All vessels will be operated for 50 weeks per year - Two weeks anually are required for Coast Guard inspection and maintenance.

Several smaller historic vessels have many advantages over a single large vessel

For example: The British recently built a single large [non-historical] ship, Tenacious; at 164 feet length on deck, and costing almost $20 million, she is permitted to carry only 40 trainees.

Sail trainees will have excellent photo-ops of the other vessels while at sea and in port

When the vessels reach a harbor, inter-ship rowing races, swimming races and soccer matches can be held (as is often done in European sail training)

A well known fact : There is safety in numbers.
      Other vessels in the squadron are available to assist one another if the need should arise..

If one or more vessel is on chartered location, the others will still continue the program evenly;

Seaport Maritime Festivals and re-enactments receive more value from the presence of several vessels than a single ship.
In the case of Rose, she derived as much as 40% of her income from port cities vying to have her visit their waterfronts, although smaller ships may not command quite that much.

The ships will cooperate as much as possible with events scheduled by the American Sail Training Association (ASTA), with scheduled port festivals, and with scheduled colonial and Revolutionary War reenactments. In addition, the ships will attempt to sail in company with other historic period ships when they are in the same waters, such as Providence, Friendship, Bounty, Sultana, and Kalmar Nyckell, and the French frigate l’Hermione when she visits America (l’Hermione had an encounter with Allegiance in the 1780s).

 Corporate Sponsorships

Corporate sponsors can be incorporated individuals, clubs, business corporations, schools, colleges, museums, historical centers, universities, or government bodies (municipal, county, state/provincial or national)

Sponsorship of one ship at $ 900,000 USD.

 In return for the sponsorship amount (which is resellable), the sponsor may use the ship in its advertising and publicity, and can fill two berths per week in perpetuity with trainees of its choice at no charge.

A corporate sponsor can have a bareboat charter of their ship for about 8 weeks each year for any purpose permitted by law, or can have a bareboat charter of several of the ships for a pro-rated shorter period of time each year.

Sponsorship at the lower amount of $ 500,000 USD

This level of sponsorship will return one berth per week in perpetuity, or a pro-rated shorter bareboat charter of one or more ships. Berths can be filled with deserving, disadvantaged youths, or employees, clients, customers, students, or members of the sponsoring group.

Similarly, corporations may sponsor an entire ship, which means that they can have certain promotional opportunities in connection with the ship, and they can distribute two free berths per week in perpetuity to deserving trainees, which is in itself a promotional opportunity. Members may choose who will Christen the ships at launch.

 All ships will be owned by Colonial Navy Ships, Inc. and operated by Colonial Navy, Inc. (a non-profit, tax-exempt corporation)

                                PHASE II, the Midshore Squadron (4 vessels)

                               PHASE III, the Inshore Squadron (6 vessels)