''Christian Radich'' is a

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, named after a Norwegian shipowner. The vessel was built at Framnæs shipyard in

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, 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

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, DNV, and she is built to +1A1, E0.

History

''Christian Radich'' is well known through the international release in 1958 of the

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widescreen movie ''Windjammer''. ''Christian Radich'' sailed to the United States in 1976 as part of the Bicentennial Celebration, and partook in the

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parade in New York Harbor on 4 July 1976. The ship also appeared as herself in the 1970s BBC TV series

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, as one of James Onedin's ships. The vessel was built for training sailors for the Norwegian merchant navy, and did so for many years. Since 1999 the ship has been on the charter market as well as sailing with paying trainees to foreign ports on summer trips, participating in the

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and large sail events in European ports. She won on corrected time in both Class A and overall tall ship in 2007, and was the only class A vessel that crossed the finish line. ''Christian Radich'' won the first race of the Tall Ships Race 2010 in Class A, from Antwerp to Skagen in Denmark, a distance of just under 2 days with an impressive average speed of 10.2 knots, with the corrected time of 1 day 4 hours 29 minutes and 44 seconds, and won the overall race 2010, making this her 5th victory in the Tall ships Race. 04 Norwgian square rigger Pde of Sail 4 July 76

04 Norwgian square rigger Pde of Sail 4 July 76

Footnotes

External links

''Christian Radich'' official web site
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