Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Kurun"
Photos of the sailing ship:
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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Croisic,
07/2022
Technical data of the sailing ship:
| Name: | Kurun |
| Registered port: | Le Croisic |
| Nation: | FRA |
| Type of rigging: | KUTTER |
| Type of ship: | Cotre Plaisance |
| Year built: | 1948 |
| Yard: | Chantier Leroux (ex Bihoré), Croisic, FRA |
| Overall length: | 13.65 m |
| Length (hull): | 10.00 m |
| Breadth: | 3.55 m |
| Draught: | 1.60 m |
| Sail area: | 95 m2 |
| Ship's hull: | Holz / Wood |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 29 May 2024
- built 1947-48 at the former Bihoré shipyard, now Leroux in Croisic, FRA based on drawings by Henri Devin based on Norwegian rescue cutters (Colin Archer) for the French sailor Jacques-Yves Le Toumelin (1920-2009)
- circumnavigation 1949-52, long-term voyage from France to the Antilles 1954-55.
- subsequently laid up on land and handed over to the town of Le Croisic in 1987.
- restored and put back into operation in 1991, participated in the Sail in Brest, FRA.
- classified as a historical monument (monument historique) in 1993.
- motorized in 2004, since then participation in several sailing events, operated by the group Les Amis du Kurun who sail and maintain the boat.
Contact:
Website (français, 28 May 2024):http://kurun.wifeo.com/new
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