Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Johann Ehlers"
Photos of the sailing ship:
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Source, location, date:
Gerd Krahmann,
Rum-Regatta,
k.A. / unknown
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2000,
06/2000
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2000,
06/2000
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Sail Flensburg 2000 / Cutty Sark 2000,
08/2000
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2001,
05/2001
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2001,
05/2001
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2005,
05/2005
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2006,
05/2006
Technical data of the sailing ship:
| Name: | Johann Ehlers |
| Registered port: | Piran |
| Nation: | SVN |
| Type of rigging: | SCHONER |
| Type of ship: | Glouchester Schoner |
| Year built: | 1983 |
| Yard: | Heinrich Hatecke & Sohn, Freiburg, GER |
| Overall length: | 17.50 m |
| Length (hull): | 15.20 m |
| Breadth: | 4.27 m |
| Draught: | 2.44 m |
| Sail area: | 250 m2 |
| Ship's hull: | Holz / Wood |
| Power: | 105 PS |
| Engine: | MAN 6 Zyl. Diesel |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 28 Mar 2021
- built 1982/1983 at the shipyard Heinrich Hatecke & Sohn in Freiburg at the river Elbe supervised by the Germanischen Lloyd, design by Fenwick C. Williams in 1929 based on the design of Edward Burgess, used to build the schooners "Fredonia" and "Nellie Dixon", ordering customers were the brothers Ekkehart and Detlef Zschoche, christened to honour the grandfather of the owners.
- comprehensively restored in 2002.
- private use in the Baltic Sea and North Sea, participation in many well-known regattas for traditional sailing carfts with outstandig results.
- 2008 sold to Slovenia, new registerred port became Piran.
Literature for further reading:
We recommend the following references for your further research of the ship. The references marked with have been included in the generation of the ship profile on this page.
Thomas Fenske
"Die schönsten Traditionssegler in Deutschland"
Verlag Rolf Kelling-Eischeid, Kiel 1987 ISBN: 3-924381-12-7
(1. Auflage)
Page: 83 Source with picture Source with history
(kurzer beschreibender Text)
Monika Kludas
"Mitsegeln auf Sail-Training-Schiffen - Ein praktisches Handbuch der S.T.A.G. mit Schiffsportraits"
Nordwestdeutsche Verlagsgesellschaft Bremerhaven ISBN: 3-927 857-61-0
Page: 77 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data
"Faszination Segelschiffe"
Ein interaktives Informationssystem auf CD-ROM 1998
(2. überarbeitete Auflage)
Source with technical data Quelle with contact
"Piekfall"
Mitteilungsblatt der Freunde des Gaffelriggs
(http://www.freunde-des-gaffelriggs.de/)
Page: 11 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data
(Bericht über den Bau und einige Konstruktionsmerkmale)
Ekkehart und Detlef Zschoche
"Johann Ehlers"
Edition: 25