Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Skellig"
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Volker Gries,
Festival Temps Fête sur Douarnenez 2012,
07/2012
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Volker Gries,
Festival Temps Fête sur Douarnenez 2012,
07/2012
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Volker Gries,
Festival Temps Fête sur Douarnenez 2012,
07/2012
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Volker Gries,
Sail Brest 2016,
07/2016
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Volker Gries,
Temps fete Douarnenez 2016,
07/2016
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Volker Gries,
Temps fete Douarnenez 2016,
07/2016
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Volker Gries,
Temps fete Douarnenez 2018,
07/2018
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Volker Gries,
Temps Fête Douarnenez 2022,
07/2022
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Volker Gries,
Fêtes Maritimes Brest 2024,
07/2024
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Volker Gries,
Fêtes Maritimes Douarnenez 2024,
07/2024
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Volker Gries,
Fêtes Maritimes Douarnenez 2024,
07/2024
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Technical data of the sailing ship:
| Name: | Skellig |
| Registered port: | Douarnenez |
| Nation: | FRA |
| Type of rigging: | YAWL |
| Type of ship: | Langoustier |
| Year built: | 2011 |
| Yard: | Jacques Ribel, Port-Rhu, Douarnenez, FRA |
| Length (hull): | 15.00 m |
| Breadth: | 5.00 m |
| Draught: | 2.50 m |
| Sail area: | 150 m2 |
| Ship's hull: | Holz / Wood |
| Power: | 85 PS |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 17 Jul 2014
- built in Douarnenez by voluntary workmen under the guidance of the shipbuilder Jacques Ribel, completion in 2011.
- operation by the non-profit association for the support of maritime tradition.
- named Skellig after a group of islands in the West of Ireland.
Literature for further reading:
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Jacques Blanken, Bernard Cadoret, Kelig-Yann Cotto
"Bateaux traditionnels de Bretagne"
Éditions Jean-Paul Gisserot 2016 ISBN: 9-782755-805628
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