Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Die Zwillinge"

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Die Zwillinge, Volker Gries, Hanse Sail Rostock 1999 , 08/1999

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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 1999,
08/1999

Die Zwillinge, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2000 , 06/2000

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2000,
06/2000

Die Zwillinge, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2000 , 06/2000

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2000,
06/2000

Die Zwillinge, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2001 , 05/2001

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2001,
05/2001

Die Zwillinge, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2013 , 05/2013

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2013,
05/2013

Die Zwillinge, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2013 , 05/2013

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2013,
05/2013

Die Zwillinge, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2016 , 05/2016

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2016,
05/2016

Die Zwillinge, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2017 , 05/2017

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2017,
05/2017

Die Zwillinge, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2017 , 05/2017

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2017,
05/2017

Die Zwillinge, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2019 , 05/2019

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2019,
05/2019

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Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Die Zwillinge
Ex-names:Die Zwillinge von Kappeln
Registered port:Neustadt
Base port:Lübeck
Nation:GER
Type of rigging:KUTTER
Type of ship:Danske Jagt (Dänische Jagt)
Year built:1995
Yard:Janssen & Renckhoff, Kappeln, GER
Overall length:21.80 m
Length (hull):15.60 m
Breadth:4.50 m
Draught:1.80 m
Sail area:180 m2
Ship's hull:Holz / Wood
Power:135 PS
Engine:4 Zyl. Cummins

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 09 Jul 2017

  • replica of a Danske Jagt, a Danish pilot boat, which was built in Kappeln on the river Schlei in 1820, designed after a modell in the Altonaer Museum in Hamburg.
  • the building was planed by the office Judel/Vrolijk, built at the shipyard Janssen and Renckhoff in Kappeln/GER, launched in autumn 1995, completion of the interior was done by the Poeler Bootsbau GmbH/GER.
  • she changed the owner even before her maiden voyage in 1997, first voyage from Lübeck to Göteborg via Göta channel an back in 1998
  • often participats the Rum-Regatta in Flensburg, usually sails the Baltic along the German or Danish coastlines.
  • Atlantic voyage in 2007/2008.
  • since 2009 owned and operated by the association Jugendsegeln e.V. from Kiel, new homeport became Kiel, GER.
  • since 2013 the association "Hanseatischer Lotsenkutter Die Zwillinge" gGmbH became the new operator and base port was changed to Lübeck, GER.

Contact:

Website (deutsch, 16 May 2021):
http://lotsenkutter-zwillinge.de/
Die Zwillinge: photos, technical specification, contact address of the owner/operator in Lübeck

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.

Peter Rath
"Hanse Sail Rostock - Wo man sich begegnet"
Hanse Sail Verein Rostock e.V. 2005
(http://www.hansesail.com/)
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