Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Minna Roeder"

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Minna Roeder, Volker Gries, Sail Flensburg 2000 / Cutty Sark 2000 , 08/2000

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Volker Gries,
Sail Flensburg 2000 / Cutty Sark 2000,
08/2000

Minna Roeder, Volker Gries, Sail Flensburg 2000 / Cutty Sark 2000 , 08/2000

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Volker Gries,
Sail Flensburg 2000 / Cutty Sark 2000,
08/2000

Minna Roeder, Volker Gries, Sail Flensburg 2000 / Cutty Sark 2000 , 08/2000

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Volker Gries,
Sail Flensburg 2000 / Cutty Sark 2000,
08/2000

Minna Roeder, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2002 , 05/2002

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2002,
05/2002

Minna Roeder, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2011 , 06/2011

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2011,
06/2011

Minna Roeder, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2018 , 05/2018

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2018,
05/2018

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Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Minna Roeder
Ex-names:Kormoran
Registered port:Flensburg
Nation:GER
Type of rigging:KUTTER
Type of ship:Buttjolle
Year built:1927
Overall length:8.80 m
Length (hull):7.80 m
Breadth:2.40 m
Draught:1.22 m
Sail area:45 m2
Ship's hull:Holz / Wood
Engine:keine/none

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 13 Jul 2000

  • built in 1927, this kind of boats were used for fishing on the rivers Elbe and Weser in Germany
  • original she carried a lugger rig
  • 1945 decommissioned from the fishery, rebuilding to a sailing boat for spending sparetime with a cabin, after that she sailed long distances, i.e. to Norway
  • 1982 found in Otterndorf/GER, reconstruction to her original appearance as a working boat without a deck
  • she has been used for sail training purposes for the "Freie Waldorfschule" since 1983, after a period where she has not been used for 3 years, she needed a general overhaul, which could be finished in spring 2000
  • foundation of the association "Minna Roeder" e.V., that is responsable for the maintenance and use of the ship by the youth

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.

Rainer Prüß, Gerd Büker
"Hafenblatt Museumshafen Flensburg e.V."
1995
(Heft Nr. 9, Sonderheft)
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