Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Ocean Sherpa"
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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2014,
08/2014
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2014,
08/2014
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Sail Brest 2016,
07/2016
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2023,
08/2023
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Harlingen-Terschelling 2023,
10/2023
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Technical data of the sailing ship:
| Name: | Ocean Sherpa |
| Ex-names: | Grietje Maria, Avatar |
| 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 |
| Power: | 340 PS |
| Engine: | Volvo Penta |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 10 Nov 2024
- 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 André 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.
- in November 2023 sold to Ocean Sherpa Expeditions BV. based in Rotterdam/NL, renamed "Ocean Sherpa", offering expedition sailing trips in Arctic waters.
Contact:
Website (English, 10 Nov 2024):https://www.ocean-sherpa.com/new
Ocean Sherpa Expeditions: offers for sailing in arctic waters, contact, photos