Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Luna Moon"

Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Luna Moon
Ex-names:Judith Cornelius, Arie Nico, Tonijn, Elisabeth Louw, Sea Shell
Nation:PALAU
Type of rigging:TOPPSEGELSCHONER
Year built:1910/1986
Yard:Vige Werft, Haarlem, NL
Overall length:40.00 m
Length (hull):28.70 m
Breadth:6.60 m
Draught:2.70 m
Sail area:520 m2
Ship's hull:Stahl / Steel
Power:300 PS
Engine:Henschel 6R 1416A

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 19 Mar 2023

  • built as a pilot schooner in 1910, used in the English Channel to guide Belgian, Dutch and French ships.
  • used after 1st WW to transport fish, owned by the Den Dulk family, who owned several boats in the herring fishery, used under the registration KW17 "Cornelis Judith" from Katwijk/NED.
  • during the 2nd World War, the owner sank the vessel near Schiedam to prevent her from being used in the war, in 1945 she was recovered and fitted as a fishing vessel again.
  • 1947 sold to T. de Haas, renamed "Arie Nico" and continued to be used for fishing and transport fish.
  • owned by Koos van Laar then, who used the ship for sport fishing under the name "Tonijn".
  • 1982 sold to Henk Jan Hoogendoorn.
  • 1985/86 converted at the shipyard Zilver Staal Ship Bouwers in Oosterhaven/NED into a charter yacht suitable for voyages around the world, rigged as a topsail schooner, voyages from Brittany to the Baltic, renamed "Elisabeth Louw" after the grandmother of the owner.
  • from 1986-88 she was chartered by a Belgian sailing school, the yellow sails in that time were especially striking, indicating her sponsor.
  • in 1996 purchased for use as a charter vessel in the Seychelles and renamed "Sea Shell" to reflect her new life.
  • owned by David Bird since 2018, renamed "Luna Moon", registered in Palau, major overhaul in Mossel Bay/ZAF, used for sail training and operated mainly between Madagascar and Zanzibar in the Indian ocean.

Contact:

Website (English, 19 Mar 2023):
https://lunamoon.org/new
Gaff rigged schooner Luna Moon: info about her history, photos, offers for use in sail training, contact

Literature for further reading:

We recommend the following references for your further research of the ship. The references marked with have been included in the generation of the ship profile on this page.

Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 1997 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(9. aktualisierte Auflage)
Page: 225 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data
(ex-Name Elisabeth Louw)

Beken of Cowes, Eric C. Abranson
"Segelschiffe der Welt"
Edition Maritim 1995 ISBN: 3-89225-314-5
(engl. Originalausgabe: "Sailing Ships of the World", 1992, Thomas Reed Publications Ltd.)
Page: 86 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data
(ex-Name Elisabeth Louw)

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

Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 2002 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(10. aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage)
Page: 341 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data