Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Goxsheim"
Technical data of the sailing ship:
Name: | Goxsheim |
Registered port: | Bodø |
Nation: | NOR |
Type of rigging: | KUTTER |
Year built: | 1940 |
Yard: | Bård Gjerde, Hatlestrand, Hardanger, NOR |
Overall length: | 30.00 m |
Length (hull): | 22.50 m |
Breadth: | 5.50 m |
Draught: | 2.80 m |
Sail area: | 290 m2 |
Ship's hull: | Holz / Wood |
Power: | 250 PS |
Engine: | Volvo Penta TMD 100C |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 01 Mar 2008
- built as a motor cutter by boat builder Bård Gjerde in Hatlestrand in Hardanger in 1940, (not rigged for sailing).
- used in the fishery, probably as an assistance vessel during the herring fisheries.
- extensive reconstruction work during the last years by professional boat builders, change of the engine in autumn 1999, installation of a deckhouse with a cabin astern, a new, large poop with a skylight amidships, galley, lounge, bathroom and sauna, cabins in the forepart.
- rigged as a gaff rigged Hardanger cutter during autumn/winter 2001 at Solombola Shipyard in Archangelsk, RUS; installation on board in Vadsø, Finnmark, NOR in January 2002 sails by Sail Service in Gdansk, POL during May 2003.
- operated by Aurora Borealis, a small company doing sailing ship cruises in Northern Norway.
Contact:
Website (norsk/English, 21 Feb 2008):http://www.gox.no/
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