Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Hoppet Saltvik"
Technical data of the sailing ship:
| Name: | Hoppet Saltvik |
| Ex-names: | Hoppet |
| Registered port: | Stockholm |
| Nation: | SWE |
| Type of rigging: | GALEASSE |
| Year built: | 1927 |
| Yard: | Spithamn, Estland |
| Overall length: | 30.00 m |
| Length (hull): | 22.40 m |
| Breadth: | 6.50 m |
| Draught: | 1.80 m |
| Sail area: | 240 m2 |
| Ship's hull: | Holz / Wood |
| Power: | 180 PS |
| Engine: | Volvo Penta |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 01 Jan 2014
- built 1927 in Spithamn, Estland as cargoship, used at the Baltic Sea calling ports in Finland and of the Aland island.
- sold to Sweden in the 1960s.
- purchased by ship friends in the early 2000s who founded the Rederi AB Hoppet, general overhaul started in Stockholm to be continued in Loviisa, Finland until 2010.
- since Oct. 2011 the Estonian association Träbåtsföreningen Vikan owns and operates the ship, completion of the overhaul of the interior, first sailing season after the relaunch was 2012.
Contact:
Website (est/suomeksi/på svenska, 12 Jul 2013):http://www.vikan.ee/et/content/kaljas-hoppet
Hoppet Saltvik: basic information, specification, history and photos, contact
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
(als "Hoppet")