Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Vestby"
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Technical data of the sailing ship:
Name: | Vestby |
Registered port: | Bremen |
Nation: | GER |
Type of rigging: | KETSCH |
Type of ship: | Gaffelketsch |
Year built: | 1920 |
Yard: | Borhaug, Lista, NOR |
Overall length: | 33.00 m |
Breadth: | 6.80 m |
Draught: | 2.40 m |
Sail area: | 300 m2 |
Ship's hull: | Holz / Wood |
Power: | 210 PS |
Engine: | 6 Zyl. Modag |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 20 Sep 2009
- built 1920 by Borhaug in Lista, South Norway after the design by Colin Archer as cargo ship without engine.
- 1951 rebuilt and converted to a coaster, fitted with an hot-bulb engine, installation of a rudder house on the stern, removal of the rig; she transported building materials on the coast of Norway, e.g. between Stavanger and Haugesund.
- 1980 bought by the German H. Bieling in Kopervik, NOR; 1982 transferred to Germany with the intermediate station Hadsund, DK, where a new engine had to be installed.
- reconstruction of her former appearence since 1951, removal of the rudder house, rigged as a gaff ketch, exhaustive restoration and repair of the deck and hull.
- name "Vestby" means location in the West.