Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Elegant"
Photos of the sailing ship:
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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 1999,
08/1999
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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2000,
08/2000
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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2001,
08/2001
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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2006,
08/2006
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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2009,
08/2009
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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2009,
08/2009
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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2009,
08/2009
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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2009,
08/2009
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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2019,
08/2019
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Volker Gries,
Kieler Woche 2022,
06/2022
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Volker Gries,
Kieler Woche 2023,
06/2023
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Technical data of the sailing ship:
| Name: | Elegant |
| Ex-names: | Elisabeth, Geertrude |
| Registered port: | Lemmer |
| Nation: | NL |
| Type of rigging: | KETSCH |
| Type of ship: | 2-Mast Klipper |
| Year built: | 1890/1994 |
| Yard: | Duivendijk, Lekkerkerk, NL |
| Overall length: | 37.80 m |
| Breadth: | 6.30 m |
| Draught: | 1.65 m |
| Sail area: | 440 m2 |
| Ship's hull: | Stahl / Steel |
| Power: | 210 PS |
| Engine: | DAF |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 11 Apr 2021
- built as a cargo ship in 1889 at the shipyard of Duivendijk in Lekkerkerk, NL on order of the Blom family, first name was "Elisabeth".
- transport of agricultural products from Burghsluis and coal from the families coal trading company in Burghaamstede.
- fitted with the first engine in the 1950s.
- renamed the "Geertrude" and used for the transport of building materials to 's-Hertogenbosch (Den Bosch) and Eindhoven until 1994.
- 1994 converted by Gotse van der Velde to a luxurious 2-masted clipper complying with the highest requirements of the Maritime Inspection Authority.
- specially designed for navigation in the Baltic Sea her baseport is Kiel, GER working in the charter business she often visits maritime events like the Hanse Sail in Rostock and the Kieler Woche.
- since 2020 operated by Rederij van Linschoten
Last tracked position of the ship:
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Contact:
Website (deutsch/nederlands, 11 Apr 2021):https://www.elegant-sailing.de/
Elegant: website with all charter info of the operator, photos, history, data, contact
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.
"Faszination Segelschiffe"
Ein interaktives Informationssystem auf CD-ROM 1998
(2. überarbeitete Auflage)
Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact
Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 2002 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(10. aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage)
Page: 246 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data
Peter Rath
"Hanse Sail Rostock - Wo man sich begegnet"
Hanse Sail Verein Rostock e.V. 2005
(http://www.hansesail.com/)
Page: 73 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data