Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Venus af Marstal"
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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2000,
06/2000
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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2000,
06/2000
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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2000,
08/2000
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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2000,
08/2000
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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2001,
08/2001
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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2002,
05/2002
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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2004,
05/2004
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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2009,
08/2009
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Technical data of the sailing ship:
| Name: | Venus af Marstal |
| Ex-names: | Adelheit, Antje Adelheit, Adelheit van Enkhuizen, Bisschop van Arkel, Bishop's Horizon |
| Base port: | Marstal |
| Nation: | DK |
| Type of rigging: | TOPPSEGELSCHONER |
| Year built: | 1900/1983 |
| Yard: | J.J. Pattje & Zoon, Waterhuizen, NL |
| Overall length: | 33.00 m |
| Length (hull): | 26.60 m |
| Breadth: | 5.70 m |
| Draught: | 2.00 m |
| Sail area: | 700 m2 |
| Ship's hull: | Stahl / Steel |
| Power: | 200 PS |
| Engine: | Volvo Penta TD100 |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 23 May 2026
- built 1900 by Dutch boat builders for German owners, used by many different owners and under changing names under German flag in the Baltic Sea and North Sea until 1977.
- 1910 purchased by J. Noldt from Hohenhorst/GER.
- 1943 fitted with an engine.
- 1945 change of the owner, the family Junge from Rellingen/GER used the ship then.
- 1953-63 registered on the island Amrum under the name "Antje Adelheit".
- 1963-77 change of the registered port to Husum/GER.
- 1977 sold to the Netherlands.
- 1983 beginn of a restoration and conversion to a passenger sailing vessel for the charter business, renamed the "Bisschop van Arkel"
- in summer she sails the Baltic Sea, in winter she sails in Dutch waters, often visits sailing events in German ports, like the Kieler Woche and Hanse Sail Rostock.
- 2018 taken over by Swedish educational institution "Get The Horizon", renamed "Bishop's Horizon", used for training trips in the Lofoten Islands in Norway.
- from 2025 onwards, operating under the name "Venus af Marstal" for the Danish non-Profit organisation "Foreningen Neptun", which offers sail Training, baseport became Marstal/DK.
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Contact:
Website (English, 23 May 2026):https://schoonervenus.com/new
Venus af Marstal: about the activities of the operator, info about the ship, photos, contact
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: 221 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data
"Faszination Segelschiffe"
Ein interaktives Informationssystem auf CD-ROM 1998
(2. überarbeitete Auflage)
Source with picture Source with technical data Quelle with contact
(ex-Name "Adelheit van Enkhuizen")
Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 2002 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(10. aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage)
Page: 241 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: 53 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data