Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Waecksaemheit"
Technical data of the sailing ship:
| Name: | Waecksaemheit |
| Registered port: | Lemmer, Friesland |
| Nation: | NL |
| Type of rigging: | SCHONER |
| Year built: | 1931 |
| Overall length: | 21.80 m |
| Breadth: | 4.61 m |
| Draught: | 1.40 m |
| Sail area: | 225 m2 |
| Ship's hull: | Stahl / Steel |
| Power: | 114 PS |
| Engine: | Volvo Diesel |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 31 Mar 2000
- she is one of the smaller sailing ships with a solid construction, used to catch shell-fishs
- she saved the lives of a lot of people when she was used to seal the broken dikes during a tidal wave in 1953
- she sails the Baltic Sea in the summer time today