Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Bellis"

Photos of the sailing ship:

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Bellis, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2001 , 05/2001

Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2001,
05/2001

Bellis, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2002 , 05/2002

Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2002,
05/2002

Bellis, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2008 , 05/2008

Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2008,
05/2008

Bellis, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2011 , 06/2011

Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2011,
06/2011

Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Bellis
Ex-names:Vestkysten
Registered port:Flensburg
Nation:GER
Type of rigging:KETSCH
Type of ship:Haikutter (Gaffelketsch)
Year built:1924
Yard:Karstensen & Henriksen, Skagen/DK
Overall length:23.50 m
Length (hull):17.80 m
Breadth:4.70 m
Draught:2.00 m
Sail area:165 m2
Ship's hull:Holz / Wood
Power:206 PS
Engine:6 Zyl. Scania Diesel

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 13 Jul 2000

  • built as a fishing-boat under sail with auxiliary engine in 1924, first name was "Vestkysten", renamed to "Bellis" in 1935
  • decommissioned from the active fishery in 1980
  • restoration at the shipyard Michælsen, Sonderburg, where the rudder house and fishery instruments were removed

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.

Thomas Fenske
"Die schönsten Traditionssegler in Deutschland"
Verlag Rolf Kelling-Eischeid, Kiel 1987 ISBN: 3-924381-12-7
(1. Auflage)
Page: 78 Source with picture Source with history
(kurzer beschreibender Text)

Axel Strothmann, Florian Müller, Alexander Nürnber
"Schwimmende Museen"
Band 3 Holzschiffbau, Verlag Rolf Kelling-Eischeid, Kiel 1989 ISBN: 3-924381-22-4
(2. Auflage)
Page: 134 Source with picture Source with history
(kurzer beschreibender Text)

Gert Uwe Detlefsen, Stefan Lipsky, Heinz Trost
"Veteranen- und Museumsschiffe"
Verlag Gert Uwe Detlefsen 1997 ISBN: 3-928473-34-4
(3. umfassend erweiterte Auflage)
Page: 30 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

Rainer Prüß, Gerd Büker
"Hafenblatt Museumshafen Flensburg e.V."
1995
(Heft Nr. 9, Sonderheft)
Page: 11 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data