Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Westkust"
Photos of the sailing ship:
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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Sail Flensburg 2000 / Cutty Sark 2000,
08/2000
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Kieler Woche 2006,
06/2006
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2009,
08/2009
Technical data of the sailing ship:
| Name: | Westkust |
| Registered port: | Edshult Hall, Orust |
| Nation: | SWE |
| Type of rigging: | 3-MAST-SCHONER |
| Year built: | 1932 |
| Yard: | Sjötorps Varv, Lake Vänern, SWE |
| Overall length: | 40.00 m |
| Length (hull): | 28.56 m |
| Breadth: | 7.17 m |
| Draught: | 3.10 m |
| Sail area: | 521 m2 |
| Ship's hull: | Holz / Wood |
| Power: | 385 PS |
| Engine: | Volvo Penta, TAMD 121 D |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 12 Jan 2023
- built in 1932 at the Sjötorp shipyard on Lake Vänern for shipowner Olof Hansson, in Donsö/SWE.
- 1954 sold to Skärhamn, where the ship was used as a cargo ship on the Baltic Sea until 1964 between Swedish, Norwegian and Danish ports for the transport of stone, lumber, fertilizer, salt, coal and other dry cargo.
- 1964 new owner and home port Visby/SWE; conversion to a pure motor ship, used for smuggling alcohol, which failed, then 3 years without use.
- 1967 purchased by Dick Berghede from Göteborg/SWE, conversion to a 3-masted schooner and equipment for sail training in a sea sports school.
- 1986 taken over by the Förlig Vind association, moved to Edshultshall, Orust/SWE; platform for social projects and cross-generational sailing, also for school projects, possible uses for companies, organizations, clubs, school classes and private individuals.
Last tracked position of the ship:
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Contact:
Website (på svenska, 10 Jan 2023):http://www.westkust.com/
T/S Westkust: website of the owner and operator with technical information, extensive history, many photos, contact addresses
Literature for further reading:
We recommend the following references for your further research of the ship. The references marked with have been included in the generation of the ship profile on this page.
"Faszination Segelschiffe"
Ein interaktives Informationssystem auf CD-ROM 1998
(2. überarbeitete Auflage)
Source with technical data Quelle with contact
Anders Djerf
"Kulturarv under Segel, Levande segelfartygstradition i Sverige"
Sveriges Segelfartygsförening 2007 ISBN: 91-973000-6-3
Page: 240 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact