Ship profile for the sailing ship: "La Vaudoise"

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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Brest/Douarnenez 2004,
07/2004

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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Brest/Douarnenez 2004,
07/2004

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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Brest/Douarnenez 2004,
07/2004

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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Brest/Douarnenez 2004,
07/2004

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Technical data of the sailing ship:

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 07 Feb 2010

• built 1932 at Bret-Locum on the Lake Geneva for the owner Eloi Giroud of Villeneuve, originally named "La Violette", used to transport materials like stones, sand, gravel and timber until 1948.
• purchased by the association "Pirates d'Ouchy", preservation of the ship, renamed the "La Vaudoise".
• 1965 dry-docked to give the entire hull and deck surface a polyester coating.
• winter 1972/1973 fitted with a new 120 hp engine.
• 1975 fitting-out of the galley for a trip around Lake Geneva on the occasion of the first utilisation of the "La Vaudoise" as a mail carrier.
• 1978 replacement of the deck and extensive further repairs, but because of the bad condition of the hull the ship's navigation permit was revoked, 1979 foundation of a support committee for the preservation of the boat, boat was listed as a historical monument, fund-raising campaign until 1981.
• 1980-1982 restoration carried out by the Sartorio shipyard of Mies, SUI, relaunched in April 1982.
• 1987 chartered by the Vaud Winegrowers’ Association, the "La Vaudoise" went on a complete tour of the Lac des Quatre-Cantons (Lake Lucerne), promoting the excellent wines of the Lake Geneva region.
• 1999 replacement of the deck at the shipyard Ries Brothers.
• 2001 fitted out with new sails.
• during the summer the ship sails nearly every day on the Lake Geneva, meetings with other boats of the region, participation in Wine-Grower's Festival at Vevey, and in 2004 in the Sail Brest Festival

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