Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Suleyken"

Photos of the sailing ship:

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Suleyken, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2001 , 05/2001

Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2001,
05/2001

Suleyken, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2001 , 05/2001

Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2001,
05/2001

Suleyken, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2004 , 05/2004

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

Suleyken, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2009 , 05/2009

Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2009,
05/2009

Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Suleyken
Registered port:Kappeln
Nation:GER
Type of rigging:KUTTER
Type of ship:Spitzgatter
Year built:1921
Yard:Kalisch-Werft, Königsberg/Ostpreußen
Overall length:10.50 m
Length (hull):8.60 m
Breadth:2.56 m
Draught:1.30 m
Sail area:60 m2
Ship's hull:Holz / Wood
Power:25 PS
Engine:Volvo MD 11C

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 05 Feb 2011

  • built 1921 at the Kalisch shipyard in Königsberg/East Prussia, today Kaliningrad, RUS after drawings by the yacht designer Harry Wustrau.
  • until the end of WWII 1945 used as private yacht sailing in the Baltic Sea, owner used the ship with his family to escape to Copenhagen, DK in January 1945.
  • 1969 change of the owner, general overhaul, widely preservation of the interior with some minor extensions.
  • 1972 change of the owner.
  • 1979 change of the engine, fitted with a Volvo engine.
  • 1981 renewal of the mast, the rigging was made of stainless steel.
  • 1982 change of the owner.
  • 1994 rigged as gaff cutter in Greifswald, GER; exchange of the engine (Volvo MD 11C).
  • 2002 change of the owner.
  • used as private sailing ship, regular participation in the Rumregatta in Flensburg, GER.
  • 2010/11 maintenance of the hull at the shipyard of Stephan Ernst-Schneider in Grödersby, GER.
  • Suleyken is the name of a village in Masury, Poland after a story by the German writer Siegfried Lenz.

Contact:

Website (deutsch, 05 Feb 2011):
http://www.suleyken.de/
Suleyken: the history of the ship, many photos, contact address