Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Avatar"

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Avatar, Volker Gries, Hanse Sail Rostock 2014 , 08/2014

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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2014,
08/2014

Avatar, Volker Gries, Hanse Sail Rostock 2014 , 08/2014

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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2014,
08/2014

Avatar, Volker Gries, Sail Brest 2016 , 07/2016

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Volker Gries,
Sail Brest 2016,
07/2016

Avatar, Volker Gries, Hanse Sail Rostock 2023 , 08/2023

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Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2023,
08/2023

Avatar, Volker Gries, Harlingen-Terschelling 2023 , 10/2023

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Volker Gries,
Harlingen-Terschelling 2023,
10/2023

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Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Avatar
Ex-names:Grietje Maria
Registered port:Harlingen
Nation:NL
Type of rigging:TOPPSEGELSCHONER
Overall length:34.50 m
Breadth:6.40 m
Draught:2.80 m
Sail area:310 m2
Ship's hull:Stahl / Steel

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 26 Feb 2015

  • built during WWII on northeast Germany as an auxiliary watercraft for outpost and safeguard for the German navy, a so-called Kriegsfischkutter, camouflaged for fishing, frames were made of steel but with wooden planks.
  • after the war taken to the Netherlands, 1957 reconstruction of the hull and replacement of the wooden planks by steel plates, converted to a fishing boat, service in the North Sea registerred amongst others in Ijmuiden, one of her names was "Grietje Maria".
  • later used for fishing as sport for some years.
  • 1998 sold and converted to a charter ship for sailing with guests, what initially failed.
  • 2010 bought by AndrĂ© Hanzens, conversion and rigged as a topsail schooner, commissioned as a charter boat in 2014, christening on the occasion of The Tall Ships Race Harlingen 2014 to the name "Avatar".
  • sailing trips at the Baltic Sea and North Sea, participation in The Tall Ships Race 2014 and Hanse Sail Rostock 2014.

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Website (nederlands/deutsch/English, 25 Dec 2014):
http://www.tallship-avatar.com/
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