Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Connie"

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Connie, Volker Gries, Sail Flensburg 2000 / Cutty Sark 2000 , 08/2000

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Volker Gries,
Sail Flensburg 2000 / Cutty Sark 2000,
08/2000

Connie, Volker Gries, Sail Flensburg 2000 / Cutty Sark 2000 , 08/2000

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Volker Gries,
Sail Flensburg 2000 / Cutty Sark 2000,
08/2000

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

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2008,
05/2008

Connie, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2009 , 05/2009

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2009,
05/2009

Connie, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2016 , 05/2016

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2016,
05/2016

Connie, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2018 , 05/2018

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2018,
05/2018

Connie, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2019 , 05/2019

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2019,
05/2019

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Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Connie
Registered port:Ærøskøbing
Nation:DK
Type of rigging:KUTTER
Type of ship:Gaffelkutter
Year built:1939
Yard:Christian Madsen, Lynæs Bådebyggeri, DK
Overall length:17.00 m
Length (hull):12.00 m
Breadth:4.85 m
Draught:2.10 m
Sail area:100 m2
Ship's hull:Holz / Wood
Power:80 PS
Engine:1 Zyl. Hundested Glühkopfmotor

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 04 Apr 2021

  • built 1939 by shipbuilder Christian Madsen as Danish fishing cutter (Lynæs-Kutteren) of the Baltic Sea, registered on Ærø, DK.
  • 25 years used in the fishery with nets in the Kattegat, in WWII mainly under sails, though she was fitted with an hot-bulb engine, later equipped for trawling with engine.
  • after 40 years decomissioned and laid up in Sejerø Havn, DK.
  • in autumn 1981 moved and registerred in Ærøskøbing, DK; begin of her major restoration
  • after this she is used in sparetime for sailing in the Baltic Sea, participation in Danish and German sailing ship events.