Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Die Veränderung"

Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Die Veränderung
Ex-names:Drommel
Registered port:Hamburg
Nation:GER
Type of rigging:KETSCH
Type of ship:Besanewer
Year built:1952
Yard:Hans Jacobs, Moorrege, Uetersen, GER
Length (hull):10.40 m
Breadth:3.00 m
Draught:1.00 m
Sail area:60 m2
Ship's hull:Stahl / Steel
Power:24 PS
Engine:MWM KD 412 Z Diesel

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 02 Jan 2001

  • built as the motor ewer "Drommel" by Hans Jacobs in Moorrege/GER in 1952, used by an apple farmer from Haseldorf until 1964, laid up then
  • 1970 bought by J. Kaiser, start of a 5 years restoration program, conversion to a sailing ship (Besan Ewer), since 1974/75 she sails the North Sea and Baltic Sea along the German coast and at the river Elbe
  • 1981 purchased by the camera man P. Kaufner
  • homeport is Hamburg-Finkenwerder member of the Finkenwaerder Gaffel-Consortium

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.

"Piekfall"
Mitteilungsblatt der Freunde des Gaffelriggs
(http://www.freunde-des-gaffelriggs.de/)
Page: 22-25 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data
"Besan-Ewer Die Veränderung, Von Lastfahrzeug zum Lustfahrzeug"
Edition: 69

Joachim Kaiser
"Segler in der Zeitenwende"
Chronik der Seefahrt, Verlag Egon Heinemann, Norderstedt 1977 ISBN: 3-87321-946-8
(Biografie der kleinen stählernen Frachtsegelschiffe (1880 - Gegenwart))
Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data