Today, the three masted schooner "Thor Heyerdahl" was in port. She hails from Kiel in Germany. I uncovered some interesting facts about her.
Year of construction: 1930
length 49.83 m
width 6.52 m
draught 2.55 m
height of main mast 29.5 m
sails cover area of 830 sq m
full restoration 1979-83
permanent crew 12
participants 32
I hope you enjoy the pictures. As stated in entry below, I had to jump through hoops to get them on.
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interesting ship, have seen this one before somewhere..its not a greenpeace one is it?
ReplyDeleteGreat pics! I guess the ship is named after the Thor Heyerdahl of the "Kon-Tiki" expedition fame? I think that's the guy, anyway.
ReplyDeleteLori