Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Étoile Molène"

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Étoile Molène, Volker Gries, Brest/Douarnenez 2004 , 07/2004

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Volker Gries,
Brest/Douarnenez 2004,
07/2004

Étoile Molène, Volker Gries, Brest/Douarnenez 2008 , 07/2008

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Volker Gries,
Brest/Douarnenez 2008,
07/2008

Étoile Molène, Volker Gries, Les Tonnerres de Brest 2012 , 07/2012

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Volker Gries,
Les Tonnerres de Brest 2012,
07/2012

Étoile Molène, Volker Gries, Les Tonnerres de Brest 2012 , 07/2012

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Volker Gries,
Les Tonnerres de Brest 2012,
07/2012

Étoile Molène, Volker Gries, Les Tonnerres de Brest 2012 , 07/2012

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Volker Gries,
Les Tonnerres de Brest 2012,
07/2012

Étoile Molène, Volker Gries, Festival Temps Fête sur Douarnenez 2012 , 07/2012

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Volker Gries,
Festival Temps Fête sur Douarnenez 2012,
07/2012

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Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Étoile Molène
Ex-names:Étoile
Registered port:Saint-Malo
Nation:FRA
Type of rigging:KETSCH
Type of ship:Dundee Thonier (Thunfischfänger), Gaffelketsch
Year built:1954
Yard:Auguste Tertu, Camaret, FRA
Overall length:35.00 m
Length (hull):21.60 m
Breadth:6.50 m
Draught:3.60 m
Sail area:420 m2
Ship's hull:Holz / Wood
Power:220 PS

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 12 Mar 2011

  • built 1954 as a tunafish cutter at the shipyard Auguste Tertu in Camaret, FRA.
  • used in the Bay of Bisquay and as trawler in Irish waters.
  • in the beginning of the 1980s decommissioned and sold.
  • bought at auction by Bob Escoffier in 1990, 13 month restoring and renamed the "Étoile Molène".
  • used for daysailing and longer voyages with passengers.

Literature for further reading:

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Ollivier Puget
"Windjammer der Welt"
Edition Maritim 1999 ISBN: 3-89225-396-X
(franz. Originalausgabe: "Les Plus Beaux Voiliers Du Monde", 1997)
Page: 82 Source with picture Source with history

Anthony Churchill
"Sail to Adventure"
ISBN: 0 948337 05 2
Page: 68 Source with picture Source with history Quelle with contact

"Faszination Segelschiffe"
Ein interaktives Informationssystem auf CD-ROM 1998
(2. überarbeitete Auflage)
Source with technical data Quelle with contact

Thaddeus Koza
"Tall Ships - the Fleet of the 21th Century"
Tide-Mark Press, East Hartford 2000 ISBN: 1-55949-551-0
(http://www.tallshipsinternational.com/)
Page: 71 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

Ollivier Puget, Jean-Noël Darde
"Partir sur les Grand Voiliers - Le guide pour embarquer"
Guides Balland 2000 ISBN: 2-7158-1277-9
Page: 218 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact