Ship profile for the sailing ship: "La Cancalaise"
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Technical data of the sailing ship:
Name: | La Cancalaise |
Registered port: | Cancale |
Nation: | FRA |
Type of rigging: | BISQUINE |
Year built: | 1987 |
Yard: | La Houle, Cancale, FRA |
Overall length: | 31.00 m |
Length (hull): | 18.10 m |
Breadth: | 4.80 m |
Draught: | 2.50 m |
Sail area: | 350 m2 |
Ship's hull: | Holz / Wood |
Power: | 180 PS |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 29 Sep 2002
- built as a replica of the bisquine "La Perle" (1905), a boat well-known for her fastness during regattas between the fishermen from Granville and Cancale for the glory and fame of their home towns.
- building project started in La Houle, Cancale in 1985, the boat got into the water on April 18, 1987.
- participant in many festivals for traditional sailing craft and regattas on the French Atlantic coast.
Contact:
Website (français, 01 May 2021):http://www.lacancalaise.org/
La Cancalaise: website of the ship with information about the operator and main technical specification, history, many photos, news, contact address, history of bisquines, references
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.
Ollivier Puget, Jean-Noël Darde
"Partir sur les Grand Voiliers - Le guide pour embarquer"
Guides Balland 2000 ISBN: 2-7158-1277-9
Page: 202 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact
Ollivier Puget
"Windjammer der Welt"
Edition Maritim 1999 ISBN: 3-89225-396-X
(franz. Originalausgabe: "Les Plus Beaux Voiliers Du Monde", 1997)
Page: 110 Source with picture Source with history
Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 2002 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(10. aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage)
Page: 140 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data