SPECIFICATIONS
Flag: Germany
Homeport: Eckernförde, German
Rig: Brig
Sparred Length: 165'
Rig Height: 105'
Sail Area: 9,150 square feet
Ton: 284 GRT
Hull: Steel
Roald Amundsen was designed and built as a deep-sea fish lugger in 1952 to service the military fleet of former East Germany.
When the Berlin Wall came down, history rendered her obsolete and she was laid up in Wolgast/Germany, where she was discovered by a handful of enthusiasts in 1992 and converted and rigged as a traditional brig. Roald Amundsen has since been run by LLaS e.V., a German non-for-profit organization whose mission is to offer sail training for beginners as well as young and old salts.
The ship operates all year around with voyages lasting 1-3 weeks and is crewed and maintained by its approx 1,000 regular crew members - all volunteers - many of whom first joined as trainees working their way up to qualified seafarers.
Roald Amundsen typically sails the waters of the North Sea, Baltic Sea and English Channel in the summers and travels south through the Bay of Biscay into the Mediterranean all the way to the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa in winter. Having traveled to America in 2000, the ship will once again cross the Atlantic in 2010 to join the TALL SHIPS CHALLENGE® in the Great Lakes.
Website: www.sailtraining.de
Source: LebenLernen auf Segelschiffen e.V
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