Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Boa Esperança"

Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Boa Esperança
Registered port:Lissabon
Nation:PO
Type of rigging:KARAVELLE
Year built:1989-1990
Yard:Samuel & Filhos / Vila do Conde, PO
Overall length:23.20 m
Breadth:6.60 m
Draught:3.25 m
Sail area:220 m2
Ship's hull:Holz / Wood
Power:190 PS
Engine:Volvo Penta Diesel

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 01 Oct 1998

  • this replica of a caravelle was built in Portugal in 1989-90 in remembrance of the pioneering feats of Portuguese seafarers 500 years ago
  • in 1487-88 at the behest of Juan II of Portugal, Bartolomeo Diaz sailed southwards along the west coast of Africa and rounded what was then known as the Cape of Storms (now the Cape of Good Hope)
  • the lateen sail used by these vessals turned up again in the Mediterranean in the 9th Century.
  • it is set on a lateen yard that is long in relation to the ship's hull and was used in it prime on caravelles, galleys and galeasses

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.

Ollivier Puget, Jean-Noël Darde
"Partir sur les Grand Voiliers - Le guide pour embarquer"
Guides Balland 2000 ISBN: 2-7158-1277-9
Page: 64 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact

Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 1997 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(9. aktualisierte Auflage)
Page: 268 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

Ollivier Puget
"Windjammer der Welt"
Edition Maritim 1999 ISBN: 3-89225-396-X
(franz. Originalausgabe: "Les Plus Beaux Voiliers Du Monde", 1997)
Page: 8 Source with picture

Anthony Churchill
"Sail to Adventure"
ISBN: 0 948337 05 2
Page: 50 Source with picture Source with history Quelle with contact

"Faszination Segelschiffe"
Ein interaktives Informationssystem auf CD-ROM 1998
(2. überarbeitete Auflage)
Source with history 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: 41 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 2002 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(10. aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage)
Page: 298 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data