Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Korsar"

Photos of the sailing ship:

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Korsar, Volker Gries, Sail Flensburg 2000 / Cutty Sark 2000 , 08/2000

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Volker Gries,
Sail Flensburg 2000 / Cutty Sark 2000,
08/2000

Korsar, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2006 , 05/2006

Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2006,
05/2006

Korsar, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2006 , 05/2006

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2006,
05/2006

Korsar, Volker Gries, Rum-Regatta 2009 , 05/2009

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2009,
05/2009

Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Korsar
Registered port:Flensburg
Nation:GER
Type of rigging:KUTTER
Type of ship:Lustyacht
Year built:1883
Yard:Kaiserliche Werft Kiel
Overall length:11.80 m
Length (hull):9.50 m
Breadth:2.63 m
Draught:1.50 m
Sail area:60 m2
Ship's hull:Stahl / Steel
Power:20 PS
Engine:2 Zyl. Bukh Diesel

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 13 Jul 2000

  • the entries in the almanac of the Imperial Yachting Clubs of Kiel prove the high age of the ship, the first owner was the landed proprietress Schichau, the first homeport was Wolitta on the Frischen Haff between Nogat and the mouth of the Pregel
  • she was used outside of Germany for some time, but then she appeared again short after the beginning of the WW 1, she was stranded in Sæby/Randersfjord, sold as flotsam in 1920, after her reconstruction her nation was Danish for the next 70 years
  • 1991 found in Svendborg/DK and purchased by a new owner from Flensburg
  • 1992/93 general restore

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.

Rainer Prüß, Gerd Büker
"Hafenblatt Museumshafen Flensburg e.V."
1995
(Heft Nr. 9, Sonderheft)
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