Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Aschanti IV of Vegesack"

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Aschanti IV of Vegesack, Werner Jurkowski, Kieler Förde , 06/1994

Source, location, date:
Werner Jurkowski,
Kieler Förde,
06/1994

Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Aschanti IV of Vegesack
Ex-names:Aschanti IV, Aschanti of Saba, Marie Pierre, Afaneti
Registered port:George Town
Base port:La Specia
Nation:Cayman Islands
Type of rigging:STAGSEGELSCHONER
Year built:1954
Yard:Ernst Burmester Werft, Bremen, GER
Overall length:34.80 m
Breadth:6.30 m
Draught:4.20 m
Sail area:550 m2
Ship's hull:Stahl / Steel
Power:500 PS
Engine:MTU

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 11 Jan 2011

  • built 1954 at the Burmester shipyard in Bremen for Ernst Burmester, design by Henry Gruber.
  • used as presidential yacht during Kiel week events 1954-1967.
  • after the death of Burmester she was sold and renamed "Afaneti", "Marie Pierre", "Aschanti of Saba", "Aschanti IV of Vegesack".
  • refitted 1987 and 1991-1994.
  • used as a charter yacht based in La Spezia, ITA.

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: 74 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

Erwan Quéméré, François-Jean Daehn
"Die schönsten Segelyachten der Welt"
Delius Klasing Verlag 1997 ISBN: 3-7688-0695-2
(3. Auflage, franz. Originalausgabe: "A Bord Des Plus Beaux Voiliers Du Monde", 1988, Editions Gallimard)
Page: 8 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data
(unter dem Namen "Aschanti IV of Vegesack")

"Faszination Segelschiffe"
Ein interaktives Informationssystem auf CD-ROM 1998
(2. überarbeitete Auflage)
Source with technical data

Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 2002 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(10. aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage)
Page: 84 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data
(als Aschanti IV of Vegesack)