Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Jacob Meindert"
Photos of the sailing ship:
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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Sail Bremerhaven 2000,
09/2000
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2003,
08/2003
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Kieler Woche 2005,
06/2005
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2012,
08/2012
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2012,
08/2012
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Technical data of the sailing ship:
| Name: | Jacob Meindert |
| Ex-names: | Oldeoog, Landsort |
| Type of rigging: | TOPPSEGELSCHONER |
| Year built: | 1952 |
| Yard: | Jadewerft Wilhelmshaven, GER |
| Overall length: | 36.50 m |
| Length (hull): | 29.00 m |
| Breadth: | 7.30 m |
| Draught: | 2.40 m |
| Sail area: | 630 m2 |
| Ship's hull: | Stahl / Steel |
| Power: | 260 PS |
| Engine: | DAF |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 25 Mar 2023
- initially built as a motor tug-boat at the Jadewerft in Wilhelmshaven, GER.
- 1988 bought by Willem Slichting from Makkum, NL; converted to a topsail schooner at the Stocznia Gdanska, Gdansk, POL until 1989.
- participates in sailing ship events and used in the charter business in Dutch waters and the Baltic Sea.
- in October 2012 complete renewal of the rigging after loosing both mast North of Terschelling.
- 2013 sold to new owners and moved to the Mediterranean Sea.
- has apparently been for sale again in Italy since 2019.
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.
Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 1997 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(9. aktualisierte Auflage)
Page: 231 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data
Anthony Churchill
"Sail to Adventure"
ISBN: 0 948337 05 2
Page: 89 Source with picture Source with history Quelle with contact
"Faszination Segelschiffe"
Ein interaktives Informationssystem auf CD-ROM 1998
(2. überarbeitete Auflage)
Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact
Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 2002 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(10. aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage)
Page: 253 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data
Peter Rath
"Hanse Sail Rostock - Wo man sich begegnet"
Hanse Sail Verein Rostock e.V. 2005
(http://www.hansesail.com/)
Page: 114 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data