Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Connie"
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Technical data of the sailing ship:
Name: | Connie |
Registered port: | Ærøskøbing |
Nation: | DK |
Type of rigging: | KUTTER |
Type of ship: | Gaffelkutter |
Year built: | 1939 |
Yard: | Christian Madsen, Lynæs Bådebyggeri, DK |
Overall length: | 17.00 m |
Length (hull): | 12.00 m |
Breadth: | 4.85 m |
Draught: | 2.10 m |
Sail area: | 100 m2 |
Ship's hull: | Holz / Wood |
Power: | 80 PS |
Engine: | 1 Zyl. Hundested Glühkopfmotor |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 04 Apr 2021
- built 1939 by shipbuilder Christian Madsen as Danish fishing cutter (Lynæs-Kutteren) of the Baltic Sea, registered on Ærø, DK.
- 25 years used in the fishery with nets in the Kattegat, in WWII mainly under sails, though she was fitted with an hot-bulb engine, later equipped for trawling with engine.
- after 40 years decomissioned and laid up in Sejerø Havn, DK.
- in autumn 1981 moved and registerred in Ærøskøbing, DK; begin of her major restoration
- after this she is used in sparetime for sailing in the Baltic Sea, participation in Danish and German sailing ship events.