Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Vertrouwen"
Photos of the sailing ship:
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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Lauterbach,
08/2006
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Lauterbach,
08/2006
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Greifswald,
06/2017
Technical data of the sailing ship:
| Name: | Vertrouwen |
| Registered port: | Dortmund |
| Nation: | GER |
| Type of rigging: | KUTTER |
| Type of ship: | Klipperaak |
| Year built: | 1896/1984 |
| Yard: | Rytenbergwerft Friesland, NL |
| Length (hull): | 19.80 m |
| Breadth: | 4.25 m |
| Draught: | 0.80 m |
| Sail area: | 140 m2 |
| Ship's hull: | Stahl / Steel |
| Power: | 105 PS |
| Engine: | 6 Zyl. DAF DD 575 |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 01 Dec 2000
- 1984 purchased by the Federal Land Nordrhein-Westfalen/GER for the sailing project ZWAR ("Zwischen Arbeit und Ruhestand"), an association employing people before their pension
- major restore and rebuilding of the ship, converted from a freighter to a ship suitable to sail with guests, managed by the ZWAR sailing group, this group is the operator today, the ship is maintained by volunteers