Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Nobile"
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Technical data of the sailing ship:
Name: | Nobile |
Ex-names: | Kathleen, Jødnafjell |
Registered port: | Wolgast |
Nation: | GER |
Type of rigging: | KUTTER |
Year built: | 1919/1994 |
Yard: | Oulton Broad, Lowestoft, England, (Wolgast/GER) |
Overall length: | 38.50 m |
Length (hull): | 26.00 m |
Breadth: | 5.60 m |
Draught: | 2.90 m |
Sail area: | 500 m2 |
Ship's hull: | Stahl / Steel |
Power: | 300 PS |
Engine: | Caterpillar |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 05 Nov 2000
- built as a fishing lugger in England, 2-masted vessel with the name "Kathleen", came to Norway in 1947 and was converted there to a motor vessel, Name "Jødnafjell", until 1985 registered as fishing-boat in Kristiansund
- used as dynamite freighter based in Trondheim from 1985
- bought by the "LebenLernen auf Segelschiffen" association in 1992 and restored as a racing cutter like American-Cuppers after considerable conversion work, work was carried out by long term unemployed people through a German Government grant and by volunteers
- Wolgast in Germany is the present owner and gives young people the opportunity to test their courage, staying-power and learning skills
- mainly travels through the Baltic Sea as far as Scottish waters
- She belongs to the ISTA fleet and has participated in many meetings e.g. Cutty Sark Tall Ships Race, Kieler Woche and Sail Rostock
- she has been operated by the "Förderverein alter Traditionssegler" since January 2001, it is planed that she will continue to sail the Baltic Sea
- named after an Italian polar explorer and aviation engineer who flew over the North pole in 1926 by an airship
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Contact:
Website (deutsch, 17 May 2021):http://www.rennkutter-nobile.de/
Nobile: website of the operator and crew with news, sailing offers, information about the "Nobile" including photos, history and sailing plan, contact address
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.
Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 1997 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(9. aktualisierte Auflage)
Page: 94 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data
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: 82 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data
Anthony Churchill
"Sail to Adventure"
ISBN: 0 948337 05 2
Page: 115 Source with picture Source with history Quelle with contact
"Faszination Segelschiffe"
Ein interaktives Informationssystem auf CD-ROM 1998
(2. überarbeitete Auflage)
Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact
Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 2002 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(10. aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage)
Page: 106 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data
Peter Rath
"Hanse Sail Rostock - Wo man sich begegnet"
Hanse Sail Verein Rostock e.V. 2005
(http://www.hansesail.com/)
Page: 140 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data