Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Banjaard"

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Banjaard, Volker Gries, Hanse Sail Rostock 1998 , 08/1998

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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 1998,
08/1998

Banjaard, Volker Gries, Hanse Sail Rostock 2002 , 08/2002

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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2002,
08/2002

Banjaard, Volker Gries, Hanse Sail Rostock 2002 , 08/2002

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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2002,
08/2002

Banjaard, Volker Gries, Hanse Sail Rostock 2002 , 08/2002

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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2002,
08/2002

Banjaard, Volker Gries, Hanse Sail Rostock 2003 , 08/2003

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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2003,
08/2003

Banjaard, Volker Gries, Hanse Sail Rostock 2009 , 08/2009

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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2009,
08/2009

Banjaard, Volker Gries, Hanse Sail Rostock 2011 , 08/2011

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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2011,
08/2011

Banjaard, Volker Gries, Hanse Sail Rostock 2013 , 08/2013

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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2013,
08/2013

Banjaard, Volker Gries, Hanse Sail Rostock 2016 , 08/2016

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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2016,
08/2016

Banjaard, Volker Gries, Hanse Sail Rostock 2016 , 08/2016

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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2016,
08/2016

Banjaard, Volker Gries, Hanse Sail Rostock 2016 , 08/2016

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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2016,
08/2016

Banjaard, Volker Gries, Brandarisrace 2018 , 10/2018

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Volker Gries,
Brandarisrace 2018,
10/2018

Banjaard, Volker Gries, Hanse Sail Rostock 2023 , 08/2023

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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2023,
08/2023

Banjaard, Volker Gries, Harlingen-Terschelling 2023 , 10/2023

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Volker Gries,
Harlingen-Terschelling 2023,
10/2023

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Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Banjaard
Ex-names:Emma & Willy, Gossi, Anke Grothmann, Marie-Gisela
Registered port:Lemmer
Nation:NL
Type of rigging:TOPPSEGELSCHONER
Year built:1913
Yard:Hendrik Kroese, Hoogezand, NL
Overall length:38.00 m
Length (hull):29.00 m
Breadth:5.98 m
Draught:2.05 m
Sail area:450 m2
Ship's hull:Stahl / Steel
Power:250 PS
Engine:Mercedes V8

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 18 Aug 2013

  • 1913 built by Hendrik Kroese in Hoogezand, NL as a freighter for the German Captain Klaus Diedrich Koch from Basbeck, GER; first name "Emma & Willy"; used in the North and Baltic Sea.
  • 1926 fitted with an auxiliary engine.
  • 1930 renamed the "Gossi".
  • 1948 the hull was lenghtened by 5 metres.
  • 1950 removal of a mast and exchange of the engine, since 1952 used as 1-masted sailing ship with auxiliary engine, later the rigg was completely removed.
  • 1956 renamed the "Anke Grothmann".
  • 1965 change of the owner and flag, used as an coastal freighter by the family Umland from Neustadt/GER, renamed "Marie-Gisela", she was in service until 1990.
  • 1990 change of the owner and flag to Holland, 1992 converted to a topsail schooner, after that she is used as a charter ship for day and weekend trips.
  • 1999 another change of the owner, Aard-Michiel Bot and Claudia Vieser.
  • her sailing area is the Baltic Sea starting from Kiel in the season, in the pre- and post-season she sails the Ijsselsea based in Lemmer.
  • often participated the Kieler Woche and Hanse Sail Rostock and other maritime events in the Baltic Sea.

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Contact:

Website (deutsch, 26 Jan 2011):
http://www.vieser.de/banjaard/
Banjaard, the traditional rigged sailing vessel at the Baltic Sea and Ijsselsea: her history, interior, sailing on board, contact address, photos

Website (deutsch, 11 Apr 2021):
http://www.banjaard.net/
Banjaard: information about the ship, her long history, photos, 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.

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

Peter Rath
"Hanse Sail Rostock - Wo man sich begegnet"
Hanse Sail Verein Rostock e.V. 2005
(http://www.hansesail.com/)
Page: 47 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data