Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Ausquémé"
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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Les Tonnerres de Brest 2012,
07/2012
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Les Tonnerres de Brest 2012,
07/2012
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Les Tonnerres de Brest 2012,
07/2012
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Festival Temps Fête sur Douarnenez 2012,
07/2012
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Festival Temps Fête sur Douarnenez 2012,
07/2012
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Technical data of the sailing ship:
| Name: | Ausquémé |
| Registered port: | Penvenan |
| Base port: | Port de Port Mer, Cancale |
| Nation: | FRA |
| Type of rigging: | KUTTER |
| Type of ship: | Gaffelkutter |
| Year built: | 1942 |
| Yard: | Chantier Ezan, Bono, FRA |
| Overall length: | 12.00 m |
| Length (hull): | 9.00 m |
| Ship's hull: | Holz / Wood |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
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 Ploumanach, 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".