Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Men a Vaur"
Photos of the sailing ship:
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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Fêtes Maritimes Brest 2024,
07/2024
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Fêtes Maritimes Douarnenez 2024,
07/2024
Technical data of the sailing ship:
| Name: | Men a Vaur |
| Registered port: | Fowey |
| Nation: | GBR |
| Type of rigging: | KUTTER |
| Type of ship: | Langoustier |
| Yard: | Mike Johnson, Trentemoult, Frau |
| Length: | 9.40 m |
| Breadth: | 3.30 m |
| Sail area: | 70 m2 |
| Ship's hull: | Holz / Wood |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 02 Jul 2026
- built by boatbuilder Mike Johnson in Trentemoult, France, to designs by François Vivier; key structural components were fabricated in Indonesia, where Johnson was based, and shipped by container to the construction site, with completion carried out by his son, Bevis Johnson.
- named "Men a Vaur" after the distinctive rocks in the Isles of Scilly.
- registered in Fowey, UK, from 2019 onwards.