Ship profile for the sailing ship: "De Zeven Wouden"

Photos of the sailing ship:

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De Zeven Wouden, Volker Gries, Brandarisrace 2015 , 10/2015

Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Brandarisrace 2015,
10/2015

De Zeven Wouden, Volker Gries, Brandarisrace 2017 , 10/2017

Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Brandarisrace 2017,
10/2017

Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:De Zeven Wouden
Registered port:Lemmer, Friesland
Nation:NL
Type of rigging:KETSCH
Type of ship:2-Mast Klipper
Year built:1899
Overall length:26.00 m
Breadth:5.40 m
Draught:1.20 m
Sail area:230 m2
Ship's hull:Stahl / Steel
Power:90 PS
Engine:Kromhout

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 31 Mar 2000

  • 2-masted ship with the hull of a clipper, built at a shipyard in Hoogezand, freighter for all kinds of cargo, sailing area were the Dutch, German and Danish waters
  • since 1937 used as a pure engine-driven cargo vessel
  • restored to her original condition in the 1980s
  • today she sails charter trips in the Ijsselsea, the Dutch mud-flats and Frisean inland waters