Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Tradewind"
Photos of the sailing ship:
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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail 1996 / Cutty Sark 1996,
08/1996
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail 1996 / Cutty Sark 1996,
08/1996
Technical data of the sailing ship:
| Name: | Tradewind |
| Ex-names: | Sophie Theresia, Aaltje en Willem, Sodade |
| Registered port: | Amsterdam |
| Nation: | NL |
| Type of rigging: | TOPPSEGELSCHONER |
| Year built: | 1911/1985 |
| Yard: | Holland |
| Overall length: | 36.58 m |
| Length (hull): | 26.82 m |
| Breadth: | 6.80 m |
| Draught: | 2.90 m |
| Sail area: | 600 m2 |
| Ship's hull: | Stahl / Steel |
| Power: | 440 PS |
| Engine: | Caterpillar |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 27 Mar 2021
- fishing vessel built in Holland in 1911, named "Sophie Theresia", used in the North Sea and Baltic Sea.
- equipped with an engine, a wheelhouse and a deckhouse in 1952, removal of her rigging, general cargo ship in English and Dutch ports.
- converted to a houseboat stationed in Amsterdam's canals in 1972, renamed to "Aaltje en Willem".
- 1981-86 completely refitted as a charter ship by new owners from Holland and 1986 from New Zealand, she was rigged again and renamed to "Tradewind".
- 1987-88 participated the Australian First Fleet Reenactment in Sydney.
- repeated Atlantic crossings and round the world trips sometimes, used as a film ship, featured in the 1991 movie "Return to the blue lagoon".
- since 1993 used for day trips and sail training for Finnish owners.
- participation in Hanse Sail Rostock 1996 which hosted the ships before the first leg of the annual Tallships Races.
- 1998 sold to Dutch owners, under the Dutch flag she sails the waters around the Cape Verde Islands under the new name "Sodade".
- change of the owner, renamed the "Tradewind" again in November 2003, registered in Amsterdam, NL; refitted in the Canary Islands.
- 2006/07 general refit (casco, deck house, interior, sails) in the docks in Amsterdam/Zaandam by shipyard Vooruit, will be lengthened by 5m to a total length overall of 42m, project was abandoned later.
- 2014 sold to Dutch owners.
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: 118 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data
(ex-Name Tradewind)
Anthony Churchill
"Sail to Adventure"
ISBN: 0 948337 05 2
Page: 133 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
(ex-Name Tradewind)
Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 2002 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(10. aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage)
Page: 270 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: 170 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data