Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Katurah"
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Technical data of the sailing ship:
Name: | Katurah |
Registered port: | Orth |
Nation: | GER |
Type of rigging: | YAWL |
Type of ship: | Fiskebåd, Gaffelyawl |
Year built: | 1972-74 |
Yard: | E.Petersen, Fårø, SWE |
Overall length: | 8.80 m |
Length (hull): | 7.80 m |
Breadth: | 2.75 m |
Draught: | 1.22 m |
Sail area: | 44 m2 |
Ship's hull: | Holz / Wood |
Power: | 18 PS |
Engine: | Yanmar Diesel |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 15 Feb 2022
- built by pilot master Erik Petersen, Fårö, Gotland, SWE in an educational programme for pilots between 1972-1974.
- used for private purposes by Erik Petersen.
- sold to England, sold to Hamburg, GER on the end of the 1980s, later moved to Orth on Fehmarn, GER.
- 2002 bought by Heiko Wissinger, until 2005 sailing trips in the near region.
- 2006 voyage to Visby, Gotland, SWE.
- 2007-11 shorter voyages in the Southern Baltic Sea.
- name "Katurah" according to the 2nd wife of prophet Mose (biblical tradition) and the former name of a ship's boy (nickname of first owner).
- managed by the Museumshafen Heiligenhafen for a while after the owner's death, after takeover by a new owner, extensive renovations from approx. 2017, should be put back into operation under a new name after the redesign.