Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Brandaen"

Photos of the sailing ship:

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Brandaen, Volker Gries, Les Tonnerres de Brest 2012 , 07/2012

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Volker Gries,
Les Tonnerres de Brest 2012,
07/2012

Brandaen, Volker Gries, Festival Temps Fête sur Douarnenez 2012 , 07/2012

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Volker Gries,
Festival Temps Fête sur Douarnenez 2012,
07/2012

Brandaen, Volker Gries, Festival Temps Fête sur Douarnenez 2012 , 07/2012

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Volker Gries,
Festival Temps Fête sur Douarnenez 2012,
07/2012

Brandaen, Volker Gries, Festival Temps Fête sur Douarnenez 2012 , 07/2012

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Volker Gries,
Festival Temps Fête sur Douarnenez 2012,
07/2012

Brandaen, Volker Gries, Festival Temps Fête sur Douarnenez 2012 , 07/2012

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Volker Gries,
Festival Temps Fête sur Douarnenez 2012,
07/2012

Brandaen, Volker Gries, Festival Temps Fête sur Douarnenez 2012 , 07/2012

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Volker Gries,
Festival Temps Fête sur Douarnenez 2012,
07/2012

Brandaen, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2023 , 05/2023

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2023,
05/2023

Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Brandaen
Nation:NL
Type of rigging:KUTTER
Type of ship:Smack (Stahl-Replik)
Year built:1980
Yard:Arma Marine Shipyard, Brightlingsea, GBR
Length:22.00 m
Overall length:15.60 m
Breadth:4.60 m
Draught:2.20 m
Sail area:243 m2
Ship's hull:Stahl / Steel
Power:120 PS
Engine:DAF Diesel

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 02 Dec 2014

  • steel replica of a smack, based on the lines of the racing smack "Ellen" and a Skellinger, designed by Rodney Watts, built by Arma Marine Shipyard in Brightlingsea, GBR in 1980.
  • commissioned by a dutchman who brought her to Holland, fitted with a wooden deck, installation of a DAF diesel engine of 120 hp, not completed.
  • 1987 sold to new owner Han Wever who started to build her up, rigging as a cutter, interior in Victorian style finished in 1996.
  • sailing trips started in 1992 in Dutch coastal waters; 1995 to the East coast of England, 1996 to Brest and Douarnenez, FRA; 1997/1998 in Danish waters, 1999 England Southcoast, The Solent, Dartmouth; 2000 Belgium, France, English Southcoast, Spain, Azores, Ireland, Scilly Islands, 2001 around the Frisian Islands; 2002 to Douarnenez, FRA and Channel Islands; 2003 England, Scotland, Hebrides, 2004 England, East coast, South coast, Channel Islands and Brittany; 2005 Scilly Islands, Falmouth classics, and France; 2006 to Brittany and Channel Islands; 2007 English East coast; 2008 Island of Wight, South coast of Norway; 2009 East coast of England, 2010 and 2011 IJsselmeer, 2012 to Brest and Douarnenez and North Brittany in France, 2013 to the English East coast and South coast.