Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Ambiance"
Technical data of the sailing ship:
Name: | Ambiance |
Base port: | Lelystad |
Nation: | NL |
Type of rigging: | 3-MAST-SCHONER |
Type of ship: | 3-Mast Klipper |
Year built: | 1908 |
Yard: | Gebrüder Paans, Rode Vaart, NL |
Length: | 39.00 m |
Breadth: | 6.00 m |
Draught: | 1.25 m |
Sail area: | 350 m2 |
Ship's hull: | Stahl / Steel |
Power: | 176 PS |
Engine: | Detroit Diesel |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 19 Feb 2011
- built 1908 in Rode Vaart next to Moerdijk, NL at the shipyard of the Paans brothers as 1-masted sailing ship without engine, first name was "Novalis", transfort of timber, steel, stone or coal at the Dutch inland and coastal waters.
- installation of an engine, removal of the rigg, used as cargo ship until the 1960s.
- later lenghtening of the hull by 9m, used as freighter until 1997.
- 1997 begin of the conversion to a passenger charter ship, rigged as 3-masted gaff schooner, 1999 renamed the "Ambiance".
- during summer sailing trips with guests, educational sailing trips for school classes with pedagogical guidance, during winter bed & breackfast in Amsterdam, NL.
Contact:
Website (nederlands/deutsch, 19 Feb 2011):http://www.ambiance-sailing.com/
Ambiance: specification, history, many photos, offers for sailing on board, contact address