Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Helga"

Technical data of the sailing ship:

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 01 Oct 1998

• built as a gaff schooner for trading on the Swedish Lakes of V„nern and V„ttern
• after her entire rigging was dismantled and the schooner mast turned into a cargo mast, she was used as a motor vessel until 1969
• used as a house boat from 1971 and as sailing boat once again from 1975
• 1978-83 the vessel was overhauled and in 1984 she was fitted with square topsails and roller reefing gear on the schooner mast
• in the course of a further overhaul in 1986 she was equipped with modern electronics
• she undertook daily cruises with wedding guests and charter passengers on the Solent until 1991 until she was damaged by a storm during a voyage to the Mediterranean
• after emergency repairs, she returned to England where she spent the winter being properly repaired in London's St. Catharine's Dock

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: 141 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: 112 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

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