Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Tante Fine"

Photos of the sailing ship:

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Tante Fine, Volker Gries, Sail Brest / Cutty Sark 2002 , 07/2002

Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Sail Brest / Cutty Sark 2002,
07/2002

Tante Fine, Volker Gries, Brest/Douarnenez 2008 , 07/2008

Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Brest/Douarnenez 2008,
07/2008

Tante Fine, Volker Gries, Brest/Douarnenez 2008 , 07/2008

Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Brest/Douarnenez 2008,
07/2008

Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Tante Fine
Registered port:Fécamp
Nation:FRA
Type of rigging:KETSCH
Type of ship:Langoustier
Year built:1961
Yard:Kersauty & Gourlaouen, Audierne, FRA
Overall length:26.00 m
Length (hull):18.00 m
Breadth:6.00 m
Draught:2.80 m
Sail area:170 m2
Power:162 PS

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 24 Aug 2002

  • built at the shipyard Kersauty & Gourlaouen in Audierne 1961, used in the fishery to catch crawfish along the coast of Mauritania and to catch tunafish in the Gulf of Biscay.
  • 1991 rediscovered by François Charbonnier, president of the association "Fécampoise pour le développement des Activités Maritimes", in the port of Perros-Guirec, purchased and restored at the shipyard in Fécamp, completed and fitted out to sail with passengers in the charter business and for youth sail training until the beginning of 1997.
  • used for sailing with charter guests in the English channel, but also used for sailing with young people, she participated the Cutty Sark Races and in 2002 she was awarded the Cutty Sark Trophy for the ship's crew who have contributed the most towards international friendship and understandig.

Literature for further reading:

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Ollivier Puget, Jean-Noël Darde
"Partir sur les Grand Voiliers - Le guide pour embarquer"
Guides Balland 2000 ISBN: 2-7158-1277-9
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