Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Avontuur"
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 2014,
10/2014
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Brandarisrace 2014,
10/2014
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Brandarisrace 2015,
10/2015
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Technical data of the sailing ship:
| Name: | Avontuur |
| Registered port: | Amsterdam |
| Nation: | NL |
| Type of rigging: | KUTTER |
| Type of ship: | Klipper |
| Year built: | 1909 |
| Yard: | Haezer, Hardinxveld, NL |
| Length: | 26.30 m |
| Breadth: | 5.70 m |
| Draught: | 1.35 m |
| Sail area: | 480 m2 |
| Ship's hull: | Stahl / Steel |
| Power: | 110 PS |
| Engine: | Gardner |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 11 Mar 2014
- built in 1909 at the former shipyard Haezer in Hardinxveld, NL for the master Versluis from Werkendam, NL.
- used for the transport of sand from the river Rhein to Dordrecht or Rotterdam, NL.
- sold to master Boogaard from Hardinxveld, NL, in 1937 sold to Piet Blokland.
- fitted with an engine in the 1950s.
- 1977 sold to Jan van Aartrijk, converted to a charter ship, re-rigged with one mast.
- partially longer voyages, to Sweden (1977) and to England several times.
- 1993/1994 renewal of the interior.
Contact:
Website (nederlands, 02 Mar 2014):http://www.avontuur.nl/
Klipper Avontuur: website about the ship and many different topics around sailing at the Dutch coast, history of the ship, photos, contact