Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Polynesia II"

Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Polynesia II
Ex-names:Argus
Type of rigging:4-MAST-STAGSEGELSCHONER
Year built:1938
Yard:De Haan/Oerlmans, Heusden, NL
Overall length:75.60 m
Length (hull):64.00 m
Breadth:9.80 m
Draught:5.90 m
Sail area:1323 m2
Ship's hull:Stahl / Steel
Power:475 PS
Engine:MAN

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 25 Dec 2010

  • built 1938, former Portuguese fishing ship which mainly sailed for 6 month tours between Greenland and Newfoundland up to 1970, first name was "Argus".
  • used afterwards as a charter ship in the Caribbean for various destinations by Windjammer Barefoot Cruises, named "Polynesia II".
  • after financial collapse of the operator sold at public auction in Aruba to the Portuguese company Pascoal, will be refitted.

Contact:

Website (portugueis, 25 Dec 2010):
http://polynesia2.blogspot.com/
Polynesia II: weblog with historical material

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.

Ollivier Puget, Jean-Noël Darde
"Partir sur les Grand Voiliers - Le guide pour embarquer"
Guides Balland 2000 ISBN: 2-7158-1277-9
Page: 132 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact

Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 1997 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(9. aktualisierte Auflage)
Page: 150 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

Beken of Cowes, Eric C. Abranson
"Segelschiffe der Welt"
Edition Maritim 1995 ISBN: 3-89225-314-5
(engl. Originalausgabe: "Sailing Ships of the World", 1992, Thomas Reed Publications Ltd.)
Page: 158 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

Anthony Churchill
"Sail to Adventure"
ISBN: 0 948337 05 2
Page: 234 Source with picture Quelle with contact
(kurzer beschreibender Text)

"Faszination Segelschiffe"
Ein interaktives Informationssystem auf CD-ROM 1998
(2. überarbeitete Auflage)
Source with history 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: 27 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data