Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Good Intent II"
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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2000,
06/2000
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2004,
05/2004
Technical data of the sailing ship:
| Name: | Good Intent II |
| Registered port: | Barnkrug |
| Nation: | GER |
| Type of rigging: | KUTTER |
| Type of ship: | Mevagissey Lugger |
| Year built: | 1879 |
| Overall length: | 16.30 m |
| Length (hull): | 11.70 m |
| Breadth: | 3.65 m |
| Draught: | 1.65 m |
| Sail area: | 70 m2 |
| Ship's hull: | Holz / Wood |
| Engine: | Perkins |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 03 Mar 2024
- built in 1879 as a fishing vessel (Mevagissey Lugger) and used for catching sardines on the Cornish coast, then used as a supply boat for larger ships in the roads, later as a houseboat in London/GBR and Southampton/GBR.
- acquired by a Hamburg ship broker in the early 1970s and transferred to Hamburg/GER, conversion into a sailing ship for leisure use, lay in Barnkrug/GER for several years.
- subsequently based in the museum habour Kappeln/GER for approx. 15 years, participation in the Flensburg rum regatta.
- moved to the Netherlands and register in Stavoren/NL for 3 years.
- today a member of the Bremerhaven Schiffergilde.