Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Waecksaemheit"
Technical data of the sailing ship:
Name: | Waecksaemheit |
Registered port: | Lemmer, Friesland |
Nation: | NL |
Type of rigging: | SCHONER |
Year built: | 1931 |
Overall length: | 21.80 m |
Breadth: | 4.61 m |
Draught: | 1.40 m |
Sail area: | 225 m2 |
Ship's hull: | Stahl / Steel |
Power: | 114 PS |
Engine: | Volvo Diesel |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 31 Mar 2000
- she is one of the smaller sailing ships with a solid construction, used to catch shell-fishs
- she saved the lives of a lot of people when she was used to seal the broken dikes during a tidal wave in 1953
- she sails the Baltic Sea in the summer time today