Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Viggoline"

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Viggoline, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2008 , 05/2008

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2008,
05/2008

Viggoline, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2008 , 05/2008

Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2008,
05/2008

Viggoline, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2008 , 05/2008

Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2008,
05/2008

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

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

Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Viggoline
Ex-names:Emma
Registered port:Hjarnø-Thorøhuse
Nation:DK
Type of rigging:KUTTER
Type of ship:Gaffelkutter
Year built:1917
Yard:Sietas Werft, Hamburg, GER
Overall length:13.80 m
Length (hull):10.80 m
Breadth:3.53 m
Draught:1.30 m
Sail area:87 m2
Ship's hull:Holz / Wood
Power:22 PS
Engine:SABB Diesel

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 17 Feb 2011

  • fishing cutter on the river Elbe, used under the name "Emma" in Cuxhaven, GER; later registered in Brunsbüttel, Krautsand, Husum, Pellworm in Germany and in Esbjerg, DK; used until about 1968 in the fishery.
  • 1968-1974 laid up in Denmark.
  • since 1974 restoration and rebuilding as sailing ship for private use, renamed the "Viggoline", registered in Hjarnø, DK.