Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Ausquémé"

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Volker Gries,
Les Tonnerres de Brest 2012,
07/2012

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Volker Gries,
Les Tonnerres de Brest 2012,
07/2012

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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Les Tonnerres de Brest 2012,
07/2012

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Volker Gries,
Festival Temps Fête sur Douarnenez 2012,
07/2012

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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Festival Temps Fête sur Douarnenez 2012,
07/2012

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Last update: 12 Jan 2023

• built at the Ezan shipyard in Bono, FRA; launched on September 21, 1942.
• used in the fishery and oyster farming in the Gulf of Morbihan and off Auray, FRA.
• in the beginning of the 1950s used as a sales platform and floating shop for sea food in the area of Paris.
• 1954-1970 used by sea scouts for sail training, later sold.
• 1976 crossing of the Atlantic, visit at the West Indies in the Caribbean and the Azores on her return.
• since 1983 after change of the owner used for social work with youth, sailing voyages to Spain and Portugal.
• 1991 bought by Jean-Jacques Joyeux, usage for day trips based in Ploumanac’h, FRA; voyage to Santiago de Compostela, SPA and Porto, POR; followed by trips based in Port Blanc, FRA until September 2003.
• 2004 purchased by Nicolas Schouten, used for daytrips and shorter voyages since, participation in sailing events of the home region.
• later (2022?) use outgoing from Port Mer and Cancale, FRA for trips with sailing guests.
• name "Ausquémé" means "go your way".

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