Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Mon Désir"
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Name: | Mon Désir |
Ex-names: | Adriana-Johanna, Berendina, Hoop, Vertrouwen |
Registered port: | Akkrum |
Base port: | Lemmer |
Nation: | NL |
Type of rigging: | KETSCH |
Type of ship: | 2-Mast Klipper |
Year built: | 1903 |
Yard: | Van Duijvendijk, Lekkerkerk, NL |
Overall length: | 37.50 m |
Length (hull): | 29.65 m |
Breadth: | 5.56 m |
Draught: | 1.20 m |
Sail area: | 300 m2 |
Ship's hull: | Stahl / Steel |
Engine: | Gardner Diesel &L2B |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 09 Apr 2011
- built 1903 in Lekkerkerk at the shipyard of T.v.Duyvendijk as klipper with one mast.
- after WW II removal of her rigging and conversion to a motor vessel.
- since 1947 new name "Mon Désir" (French for "my desire").
- until 1978 used as a cargo-boat to transport sand, pebble, timber and fodder.
- 1987 completely rebuilt by owner van der Cingel to a charter ship for sailing with guests, rigged as a gaff ketch.
- offers day, weekend and weeklong sailing trips at the Frisian inland waters, the Ijseelmeer and Dutch mudflats.
- since 2003 owned by Sebastiaan Prins.
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Contact:
Website (nederlands/deutsch, 09 Jul 2011):http://www.mondesir.nl/
Mon Désir: main information about the ship with some facts from her history, booking information and offers for sailing on bord, many photos, contact address
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: 234 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data
Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 2002 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(10. aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage)
Page: 259 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data