Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Kvartsita"
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Technical data of the sailing ship:
Name: | Kvartsita |
Ex-names: | Bono |
Registered port: | Skaftö |
Nation: | SWE |
Type of rigging: | TOPPSEGELSCHONER |
Year built: | 1945 |
Yard: | Holms Skeppsvarv, Råå, SWE |
Overall length: | 32.61 m |
Breadth: | 7.01 m |
Draught: | 2.59 m |
Sail area: | 380 m2 |
Ship's hull: | Holz / Wood |
Power: | 230 PS |
Engine: | Detroit V8 |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 10 Jan 2023
- built 1945 in Råå (today Helsingborg), SWE for carriages in the region of Region of Höganäs, SWE.
- 1953 sold to Norway, employment as cargo ship until 1985.
- since 1987 sail training ship of the association "För Fulla Segel" from Skaftö, SWE.
- probably originally rigged as ketch, today as a schooner.
- participation in sailing festivals and regattas for traditional sailing craft, i.e. in Nordisk Seglats, Tallship Race Newcastle 1993 and Sail Flensburg 2000, visited the Hanse Sail Rostock several times.
- 2019 conversion of the rig into a topsail schooner.
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Contact:
Website (på svenska, 10 Jan 2023):https://www.kvartsita.se/new
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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.
Anthony Churchill
"Sail to Adventure"
ISBN: 0 948337 05 2
Page: 99 Source with picture Source with history Quelle with contact
"Faszination Segelschiffe"
Ein interaktives Informationssystem auf CD-ROM 1998
(2. überarbeitete Auflage)
Source with technical data Quelle with contact
Peter Rath
"Hanse Sail Rostock - Wo man sich begegnet"
Hanse Sail Verein Rostock e.V. 2005
(http://www.hansesail.com/)
Page: 121 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data
Anders Djerf
"Kulturarv under Segel, Levande segelfartygstradition i Sverige"
Sveriges Segelfartygsförening 2007 ISBN: 91-973000-6-3
Page: 173 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact