Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Walvis"
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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Bremerhaven,
08/2021
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Bremerhaven,
08/2021
Technical data of the sailing ship:
| Name: | Walvis |
| Registered port: | Bremerhaven |
| Nation: | GER |
| Type of rigging: | KUTTER |
| Type of ship: | Schokker |
| Year built: | ca. 1918 |
| Overall length: | 15.00 m |
| Breadth: | 5.00 m |
| Draught: | 1.20 m |
| Sail area: | 120 m2 |
| Ship's hull: | Stahl / Steel |
| Engine: | DAF DA 475 |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 26 Feb 2024
- probably built in 1918, probably used as a shokker in fishing in the estuary of the Rhine until 1937.
- converted into a leisure boat by the owner at the time from around 1970, with the fish containers on board were replaced by cabins and the fishing mast by a sailing mast.
- from 1997 as a residential ship in Enkhuizen/NL for new owners.
- 2008-13 rebuilding of the sailing rig by new owners, participation in regattas for traditional ships in the Netherlands.
- 2015 change of ownership and moved to Carolinensiel/GER, private trips in the Wadden Sea from East Frisia.
- registered in Bremerhaven in 2020 after sale.