Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Haabet"

Photos of the sailing ship:

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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2005,
05/2005

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Gerd Krahmann,
Rum-Regatta 2005,
05/2005

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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2024,
05/2024

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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Rum-Regatta 2024,
05/2024

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Technical data of the sailing ship:

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 28 Apr 2025

• built by Rasmus Møller, Fåborg, DK in 1898; first name was "Haabet".
• used only under sails up to 1916, fitted with an auxiliary engine then.
• despite this, she continued to operate mainly under sail for the next 66 years in Kattegat, Little Belt and the Baltic Sea, buying alive fish for small Danish towns.
• 1965-1975 general restore, rebulding of the fish holding capacities to a saloon and pantry, 1975 awarded as one of the best maintained Danish timber vessels, renamed "Havgassen".
• since 1980 used in the charter business with sailing guests in Danish waters.
• in January 2017 taken over by the Træskibsforeningen Fåborg (Fåborg Wooden Ship Association) and her original name "Haabet" was restored, since then she underwent a major restoration, among others with the help of the Danish Ship Preservation Foundation.

Literature for further reading:

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"Faszination Segelschiffe"
Ein interaktives Informationssystem auf CD-ROM 1998
(2. überarbeitete Auflage)
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