Stagsegelketsch, built in 1898 - completely refitted and converted from a commercial vessel to a yacht in the 1970s, with ever new improvements and modernisations in recent years. The stay-sailing yacht Norwind is considered one of the oldest steel yachts in the world still at sea. History: The Norwind was built in 1898 as a cargo sailer in a German shipyard in northern Germany. An excellent sailer. It was not until 1912 that the first engine was installed.
Freight sailers in the North Sea and Baltic Sea area
1898-1921 ALMA ELISABETH, Hamburg
The first engine was installed in 1912.
1921-1924 Stralsund, Captain Friedrich Vollmers
1924-1929 OLGA AND HILDA, Stade
1929-1931 KARL FRANZ, Hamburg
1931-1951 ALITA IV, Hamburg
afterwards FEHMARN III, Hamburg (still reg.)
Since 1954 as a storage ship for scrap in Holtenau, 1963 dismantled.
1965 given away and used as houseboat in Mannheim.
In the 70s completely refitted and converted from a commercial vessel to a yacht.
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