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