Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Grootvorst"
Photos of the sailing ship:
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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Brandarisrace 2013,
10/2013
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Brandarisrace 2015,
10/2015
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Technical data of the sailing ship:
| Name: | Grootvorst |
| Ex-names: | Onderneming, Leentje, Pieternella, Cornelia |
| Registered port: | Enkhuizen |
| Nation: | NL |
| Type of rigging: | 3-MAST-SCHONER |
| Type of ship: | 3-Mast Klipper |
| Year built: | 1895 |
| Yard: | Bodewes, Martenshoek, Groningen, NL |
| Overall length: | 46.00 m |
| Length (hull): | 40.20 m |
| Breadth: | 6.85 m |
| Draught: | 1.35 m |
| Sail area: | 500 m2 |
| Ship's hull: | Stahl / Steel |
| Power: | 250 PS |
| Engine: | General Motors |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 01 May 2000
- one of the larger clippers from the fleet of 'de Zeilvaart' from Enkhuizen/Hoorn, which offer charter voyages in the Ijsselsea and mud-flats, flat hull without keeln and with sideboards
- originally without engine and used as a 2-masted freighter, several owners and changes of the name, today's name means "Grand prince"
- 1986 rebuilt to an luxury charter boat
Contact:
Website (nederlands/deutsch, 24 Aug 2005):http://www.grootvorst.nl/
Driemastklipper Grootvorst: information about the ship, photos, charter information and contact address
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: 228 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: 249 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data