Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Sturmvogel"

Photos of the sailing ship:

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

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2009,
05/2009

Sturmvogel, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2012 , 05/2012

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2012,
05/2012

Sturmvogel, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2012 , 05/2012

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2012,
05/2012

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

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2018,
05/2018

Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Sturmvogel
Registered port:Mönkeberg
Nation:GER
Type of rigging:KETSCH
Type of ship:Kreuzeryacht, Spitzgatter
Year built:1934
Overall length:13.00 m
Length (hull):10.50 m
Breadth:3.35 m
Draught:1.50 m
Sail area:72 m2
Ship's hull:Holz / Wood

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 19 Dec 2021

  • built 1934 as a fishing ship, used in the fishery but later for leisure trips under engine power.
  • converted for private use under sails in the 1980s.
  • 1993 sold to owber from Kiel / Mönkeberg, GER.
  • since 2013 member of the museum habour of Kiel.
  • participation in sailing events at the German Baltic Sea coast, i.e. Rumregatta Flensburg.
  • 2021 sunk during the Kiel Week in September, probably because of vandalism, later raised again and brought to a shipyard for repairs.