Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Alvekongen"

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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Sail Flensburg 2000 / Cutty Sark 2000,
08/2000

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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Sail Flensburg 2000 / Cutty Sark 2000,
08/2000

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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2001,
05/2001

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Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2009,
05/2009

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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2012,
05/2012

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Technical data of the sailing ship:

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 20 Dec 2002

• built at the shipyard Peter Bieritz in Friedrichskoog, Germany after drawings of the cutter rigged yacht "Nana" from 1898 by Colin Archer, the shipping museum of Oslo provided the plans, re-drawn and the construction of the rig was own made according to the rescue ketches by Colin Archers, interior decoration also own made during the winter in Berlin.
• exclusive privately used, she made for voyages so far, to Norway/Trondheim, Scotland and the Shettland Islands, the English Channel and Brest, to the Baltic/Tallin and to Finland/Åland Isles.

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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