Custom STAGSEGEL-KETSCH 28

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 area1898-1921 ALMA ELISABETH, HamburgThe first engine was installed in 1912.1921-1924 Stralsund, Captain Friedrich Vollmers1924-1929 OLGA AND HILDA, Stade1929-1931 KARL FRANZ, Hamburg1931-1951 ALITA IV, Hamburgafterwards 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.Hartmut Ross De Valk Yacht Broker Kiel/Hambutg +49 (0) 171 23 12 13 3 [email protected] www.devalk.nlShow More