Thursday 27 July 2006

Thor Heyerdahl

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.

2 comments:

  1. interesting ship, have seen this one before somewhere..its not a greenpeace one is it?

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  2. Great pics!  I guess the ship is named after the Thor Heyerdahl of the "Kon-Tiki" expedition fame?  I think that's the guy, anyway.
    Lori

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