Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Good Intent II"

Photos of the sailing ship:

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Good Intent II, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2000 , 06/2000

Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2000,
06/2000

Good Intent II, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2004 , 05/2004

Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2004,
05/2004

Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Good Intent II
Registered port:Barnkrug
Nation:GER
Type of rigging:KUTTER
Type of ship:Mevagissey Lugger
Year built:1879
Overall length:16.30 m
Length (hull):11.70 m
Breadth:3.65 m
Draught:1.65 m
Sail area:70 m2
Ship's hull:Holz / Wood
Engine:Perkins

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 03 Mar 2024

  • built in 1879 as a fishing vessel (Mevagissey Lugger) and used for catching sardines on the Cornish coast, then used as a supply boat for larger ships in the roads, later as a houseboat in London/GBR and Southampton/GBR.
  • acquired by a Hamburg ship broker in the early 1970s and transferred to Hamburg/GER, conversion into a sailing ship for leisure use, lay in Barnkrug/GER for several years.
  • subsequently based in the museum habour Kappeln/GER for approx. 15 years, participation in the Flensburg rum regatta.
  • moved to the Netherlands and register in Stavoren/NL for 3 years.
  • today a member of the Bremerhaven Schiffergilde.