Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Frans Horjus"
Photos of the sailing ship:
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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Brandarisrace 2013,
10/2013
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Brandarisrace 2014,
10/2014
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Brandarisrace 2015,
10/2015
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Brandarisrace 2018,
10/2018
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Technical data of the sailing ship:
| Name: | Frans Horjus |
| Base port: | Harlingen |
| Nation: | NL |
| Type of rigging: | KETSCH |
| Type of ship: | 2-Mast Klipper |
| Year built: | 1904 |
| Length: | 32.00 m |
| Breadth: | 6.12 m |
| Draught: | 1.35 m |
| Sail area: | 540 m2 |
| Power: | 240 PS |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 01 Nov 2007
- built 1904, used as coastal freighter under sails along the Belgian, Dutch and Western German shore, mainly in the North Sea.
- 1950 removal of the masts and fitted with a stronger engine, another rebuilding in 1962.
- since 1997 converted in a charter ship for passenger sailing by the then owner, sailing region along the Dutch coast.