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Brest Maritime Festival
The Brest International Maritime Festival () is a gathering of traditional boats from around the world, taking place for a week every four years in the city of Brest in France. Each edition took the name of the city of Brest, followed by the year: Brest 1992, Brest 1996, Brest 2000, Brest 2004, Brest 2008; for the 2012 edition, the festival was named ''Les Tonnerres de Brest'', then in 2016, Brest International Maritime Festival 2016. History This maritime event was initially born by the organization of gatherings of boats and popular festivals at the quay in the 1980s, called ''Pors Beac'h'' in 1980, 1982 (23, 24 and 25 July) and 1984 (9 to 12 August), small port of Logonna-Daoulas, at the bottom of the roadstead of Brest. The organization was then ensured by the ''Groupe Finistérien de Croisière'' Association of Jakez Kerhoas and the help of the founders of the magazine ''Chasse-Marée''. In 1986 and 1988, it was in Douarnenez that this gathering was organized by this same ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brest, France
Brest (; ) is a port city in the Finistère department, Brittany. Located in a sheltered bay not far from the western tip of the peninsula, and the western extremity of metropolitan France, Brest is an important harbour and the second French military port after Toulon. The city is located on the western edge of continental France. With 142,722 inhabitants in a 2007 census, Brest forms Western Brittany's largest metropolitan area (with a population of 300,300 in total), ranking third behind only Nantes and Rennes in the whole of historic Brittany, and the 19th most populous city in France; moreover, Brest provides services to the one million inhabitants of Western Brittany. Although Brest is by far the largest city in Finistère, the ''préfecture'' (regional capital) of the department is the much smaller Quimper. During the Middle Ages, the history of Brest was the history of its castle. Then Richelieu made it a military harbour in 1631. Brest grew around its arsenal unti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pride Of Baltimore
The ''Pride of Baltimore'' was a reproduction of a typical early 19th-century "Baltimore clipper" topsail schooner. This was a style of vessel made famous by its success as a privateer commerce raider, a small warship in the War of 1812 (1812–1815) against British merchant shipping and the world-wide British Royal Navy. After the end of the war, Baltimore Clippers did not have sufficient cargo capacity for normal merchant trade, so some were used in the illegal opium trade into China and vessels of the same type were used in the transatlantic slave trade from Africa. ''Pride of Baltimore'' was commissioned on 1 May 1977 by the 44th Mayor of Baltimore, William Donald Schaefer, in an elaborate public ceremony in the historic Inner Harbor watched by thousands of Baltimoreans and Marylanders. She spent nine years at sea logging over 150,000 miles, equivalent to traveling six times around the globe. On 14 May 1986, the first ''Pride of Baltimore'' was lost at sea in the Caribbean, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penfeld
The Penfeld,The ''d'' was added in the 17th century by a naval engineer influenced by the German word ''feld'' - the name is masculine in the Breton language. (Breton: ''Penfell'') is a French coastal river. The town of Brest, in Finistère, has grown up on its left (east) bank. Course Its source is in the town of Gouesnou. It then passes through Bohars and Guilers (a village bears the river's name) before it flows out into the roadstead of Brest. The Penfeld runs along the former course of the river Aulne, shifted to the west by the opening of the goulet of the roadstead of Brest by the interglacial periods of the Quaternary Era. That explains its depth, which allows deep-draught ships to go quite a way upstream, with tides running up it up to deep. At Brest, the Penfeld is crossed by the Pont de l’Harteloire then, some way downstream, by the Pont de Recouvrance, the largest vertical-lift bridge in Europe until it was dethroned by the Pont Gustave-Flaubert in 2007. In its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crozon
Crozon (, ; br, Kraozon, , ) is a commune in the department of Finistère and the administrative region of Brittany, northwestern France. As well as the town of Crozon, the village of Morgat is part of the commune. Crozon is located on the Crozon peninsula on the west coast of Finistère. It is bordered by the communes of Camaret-sur-Mer to the west, Roscanvel to the northwest, Lanvéoc to the north, Landévennec to the north-east and Telgruc-sur-Mer to the east. Crozon is the chef-lieu of the arrondissement of Châteaulin. Louis Jouvet, a French actor, was born in Crozon in 1887. Crozon harbours Île Longue, the base of the French strategic nuclear submarines. Tourism In common with many other French towns, Crozon has a number of fêtes and festivals at various times of year. Probably the best known festival held in Crozon is the ''Festival du Bout du Monde'' ("World's End Festival"), a live music festival held on the first weekend in August. Crozon has various shops and a co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skiff
A skiff is any of a variety of essentially unrelated styles of small boats. Traditionally, these are coastal craft or river craft used for leisure, as a utility craft, and for fishing, and have a one-person or small crew. Sailing skiffs have developed into high performance competitive classes. Many of today's skiff classes are based in Australia and New Zealand in the form of , , and skiffs. The 29er, 49er, SKUD and Musto Skiff are all considered to have developed from the skiff concept, all of which are sailed internationally. The term skiff is also used for a racing shell called single scull for competitive rowing. Etymology The word is related to ''ship'' and has a complicated etymology: "skiff" comes from the Middle English ''skif'', which derives from the Old French ''esquif'', which in turn derives from the Old Italian ''schifo'', which is itself of Germanic origin (German ''Schiff''). "Ship" comes from the Old English "scip", which has the same Germanic predecessor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Schooner Étoile
''Étoile'' ("star") is a French naval schooner used as a training vessel. She was built in 1932 as a replica of a cod fishing vessel used off Iceland, as a training ship of the students of the École navale. During the Second World War, ''Étoile'' sailed to the United Kingdom after the Fall of France and was used by the Free French Naval Forces, returning to Brest in 1945. The schooner as well as her sister ship are still used by the École Navale as training ships in European waters. Description and design In the early 20th century, the French Navy scrapped its aging traditional sailing ships, in 1904, and ''Borda'' in 1914. In the following years, it emerged that student officers would benefit from at least some sailing training. Since it would consist only in short cruises around Brest, France, rather than long cruises, the school decided not to build a three- masted ship. Instead, it chose a replica of a cod fishing schooner, which had the advantage of being both ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Schooner Belle Poule
''Belle Poule'' is a French Navy schooner in service as a training vessel, and the fourth ship of that name in the French Navy. She was built in 1932 as a replica of a cod fishing vessel used off Iceland, as a training ship of the students of the École navale. During the Second World War, ''Belle Poule'' sailed to the United Kingdom after the Fall of France and was used by the Free French Naval Forces, returning to Brest in 1945. The schooner as well as her sister ship are still used by the École Navale as training ships in European waters. Design and construction In the early 20th century, the French Navy scrapped its aging traditional sailing ships, in 1904, and ''Borda'' in 1914. In the following years, it emerged that student officers would benefit from at least some sailing training. Since it would consist only in short cruises around Brest rather than long cruises, the school decided not to build a three-masted ship. Instead, it chose a replica of a cod fishing sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swan Fan Makkum
''Swan fan Makkum'' is a brigantine, built in 1993 in the Gdansk shipyard, Poland. Named for Willem Sligting, Makkum, christened by Hinke de Vries, co-owner and wife, in a multilingual fashion: English, Polish and Frysian and after the ceremony launched in the river Wisła. She is the largest brigantine in the world, as well as the largest two masted sailing vessel, with an overall length of . She carries a maximum of of sail, and with an air draft of is one of the tallest of the tall ships. She currently operates as a charter vessel in Europe. She has crossed the Atlantic Ocean 18 times and has passaged in 2007 over since she was built. She has made regular appearances at major sailing events around the world and competes in at least part of the Tall Ships Race series every year. The ship was during building full equipend with GMDSS radio equipment for sea-area A3 and 2 main gensets from 40 kW each and an auxiliary genset in the foxhole ''Swan fan Makkum'' was sold Febr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oosterschelde (ship)
''Oosterschelde'' is a three-masted schooner from the Netherlands, built in 1918. She is the largest restored Dutch freightship and the only remaining Dutch three-masted topsail schooner. Her home port is Rotterdam. As a freighter with a deadweight of 400 tons, she transported mainly clay, stone and wood, but also herring, bran, potatoes, straw and bananas. In the 1930s, a heavier diesel engine was installed and some sail-rigging was removed (including the aft mast). In 1939, she was sold to a Danish shipping company and, rebaptised ''Fuglen II'', became one of the most modern ships in the Danish fleet. In 1954, she was sold to a Swede, renamed ''Sylvan'' and thoroughly rebuilt to a modern motorised coaster. In 1988, she was brought back to the Netherlands. She had always been maintained well, but restoration to the original state turned out too expensive for private funding. So a foundation collected money from various sources, partly by selling shares in the ship. Restoration la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Radich
''Christian Radich'' is a Norwegian full-rigged ship, named after a Norwegian shipowner. The vessel was built at Framnæs shipyard in Sandefjord, Norway, and was delivered on 17 June 1937. The owner was The Christian Radich Sail Training Foundation established by a grant from an officer of that name. Description The vessel is a full-rigged steel hull, 62.5 m long, with an overall length of 73 m including the bowsprit and a maximum width of 9.7 m. She has a draught of about 4.7 meters and a displacement at full load of 1050 tonnes. Under engine power, ''Christian Radich'' reaches a top speed of 10 knots, while she can make up to 14 knots under sail. The crew is 18 all together. She can accommodate 88 passengers. The class society of the vessel is Det Norske Veritas, DNV, and she is built to +1A1, E0. History ''Christian Radich'' is well known through the international release in 1958 of the Cinemiracle widescreen movie ''Windjammer''. ''Christian Radich'' sailed to the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Statsraad Lehmkuhl
''Statsraad Lehmkuhl'' is a three-masted barque rigged sail training vessel owned and operated by the Statsraad Lehmkuhl Foundation. It is based in Bergen, Norway and contracted out for various purposes, including serving as a school ship for the Royal Norwegian Navy (using RNoN's prefix "HNoMS"). It was built in 1914 by Joh. C. Tecklenborg ship yard in Geestemünde as a school training ship for the German merchant marine under the name ''Grossherzog Friedrich August''. After the First World War the ship was taken as a prize by the United Kingdom and in 1921 the ship was bought by former Norwegian cabinet minister Kristofer Lehmkuhl (hence the name, which means "Cabinet Minister Lehmkuhl"). Except during the Second World War, when she was captured and under the name of ''Westwärts'' used by German forces, the ship belonged to Bergens Skoleskib from 1921 until donated to the Foundation in 1978. In 2000, she was chartered by the German Navy while their '' Gorch Fock'' was ove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khersones (ship)
The ''Khersones'' or ''Chersones'' is a Ukrainian three-mast tall ship, a full-rigged ship. It was built in 1989 in Gdańsk Shipyard, Poland, in a series of six sister ships (among which also the Mir), after the designs of Polish naval architect Zygmunt Choreń. The ship is named after the city of Chersonesus an ancient city and archaeological site near Sevastopol. She partakes in many windjammer regattas. In 1997, it became the first Ukrainian ship to sail around Cape Horn by only using her sails. From 1991 to 2006 ''Khersones'' was a training ship for the Admiral Ushakov Maritime State University in Kerch, Crimea. At the same time, it was rented to the tourism company ''Inmaris Maritime Service GmbH'' as a cruise ship. This agreement was terminated in 2006 as ''Inmaris'' accused the Ukrainian side of refusing to pay for repairs that ''Inmaris'' had ordered, and to avoid an arrest on the vessel, it was then moved permanently to the docks in the Port of Kerch. After the Russ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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