Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Alvei"
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Source, location, date:
Werner Jurkowski,
Picton,
01/2003
Technical data of the sailing ship:
| Name: | Alvei |
| Ex-names: | Brith Marith, Mostring, Vaarvind, Rovedefjord |
| Registered port: | Port Vila |
| Nation: | Vanuatu |
| Type of rigging: | 3-MAST-TOPPSEGELSCHONER |
| Type of ship: | ex Herring Drifter (ehemaliges Heringsfangschiff) |
| Year built: | 1920 |
| Yard: | Montrose, Scottland |
| Overall length: | 35.00 m |
| Length (hull): | 28.00 m |
| Breadth: | 5.80 m |
| Draught: | 3.00 m |
| Sail area: | 529 m2 |
| Ship's hull: | Stahl / Steel |
| Power: | 160 PS |
| Engine: | Wichmann Diesel |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 01 Mar 2002
- formerly steam-driven vessel with a very auxiliary ketch rig not used for propulsion but to steady the boat while drifting, used as a lugger for fishering, in the time after that used as a coastal motor vessel
- the name Alvei means: "anybody who goes all the ways"
- after decommissioning in 1986 the new owner Evan Logan restored the vessel in Portugal, re-rigging of the ship as a topsail schooner
- since 1995 the vessel sails in the Pacific most time after finishing the 8-year conversion in Portugal she sailed to Madeira, the Canaries, Barbados, Bequia, Granada, Trinidad, Dutch Antillies, Panama, Costa Rica, Galapagos, Marquesas, Tuamoto, Tahiti & the Sociaty Is., Tutuila, Samoa, Savaii Vava'u, Fiji, Vanuatu, Australia and New Zealand, next sailing target could be a voyage through Indonesia to southeast Asia.
- the current purpose of the ship is to allow her changing crew to maintain a low cost, self-sufficient lifestyle learning the traditional arts of the sailor.
- everybody who sails on the ship belongs to the crew and is in common responsible for the maintainance and navigation, watch keeping and sail handling as well as repair (hand-for-berth)
Contact:
Website (English, 17 Feb 2002):http://www.alvei.com/
Sail training on the tall-ship Alvei: purpose of the ship, the location and schedule, contact info, participation info, life on board, the journey so far, photo album and the latest news
Website (English, 17 Feb 2002):
http://www.alvei.de/
Sail Training tall-ship Alvei: purpose of the ship, the location and schedule, contact info, participation info, life on board, the journey so far, photo album and the latest news
Literature for further reading:
We recommend the following references for your further research of the ship. The references marked with have been included in the generation of the ship profile on this page.
Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 1997 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(9. aktualisierte Auflage)
Page: 319 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data
American Sail Training Association (ASTA)
"Sail Tall Ships! A Directory of Sail Training and Adventure at Sea"
2000 ISBN: 0-9636483-5-7
(12th Edition)
Page: 53 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact
Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 2002 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(10. aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage)
Page: 358 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data
American Sail Training Association (ASTA)
"Sail Tall Ships! A Directory of Sail Training and Adventure at Sea"
2007 ISBN: 978-0-9799878-0-9
(17th Edition)
Page: 103 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact