The traditional sailing ships and vessels often moor here during the sailing season, from Easter to autumn. During Kiel Week (the last full week of June), they often moor in "packs."
VINTAGE CARS - in alphabetical order:
The AMAZONE, built in 1909, is a gaff-rigged ketch and equipped with two leeboards. The 24-meter-long, two-masted ship, based in Hamburg, is operated by the non-profit organization Bildungswerk Nordseewatten (North Sea Watts Education Center) for adventure trips and educational events.
The ANTIGUA was built in Great Britain in 1957 as a fishing vessel and converted into a three-masted barquentine in 1993. Today, it sails under the Dutch flag (Harlingen) and impresses with its elegant, classic maritime ocean-blue silhouette – complete with a witty figurehead.
The ARTEMIS was built in Norway in 1929 and initially sailed the polar seas as a whaler and later as a cargo ship between Asia and South America until it was restored in 2001. Sailing trips can be booked on the barque.
The ATLANTIS is a former lightship: Built in Hamburg in 1905 as the "Elbe 2," it served for seven decades as a beacon off the mouth of the Elbe River, a "lighthouse at sea." In the early 1980s, it was decommissioned and purchased by a shipowner, restored, and re-rigged as a barquentine.
Today, it can be rented as a sailing ship or taken on board.
The AVATAR was built in Wolgast in 1941 as a wartime fishing cutter, a fast naval vessel disguised as a fishing vessel. After the war, it sailed under the Dutch flag as a fishing boat in the North Sea. After its conversion to a topsail schooner, it has been available for booking for day and week-long excursions since 2010.
The BANJAARD (1913) is a charter ship based in Kiel. This traditional sailing vessel offers a crewed sailing program for 24 people, or 36 on day trips.
The BELLE AMIE was built in 1915 as a sailing herring trawler and motorized in 1927. Fishing trawlers are two-masted sailboats with a small mizzen mast positioned far aft. In 2019, she became a traditional sailing vessel in Glückstadt. Today, she sails as a charter vessel in the North and Baltic Seas, the Mediterranean, and the North Atlantic.
The BERTA was launched in 1910 in Wewelsfleth (where the Sturgeon estuary meets the Elbe River) as a cargo sailing ship without an engine. Today, the 22-meter-long, two-masted gaff-rigged schooner (square sails perpendicular to the direction of travel) is based in Greifswald's museum harbor and is active as a traditional sailing ship and youth project.
For once, there was no traditional sailing ship in Holtenau today. But that is also a very rare sight. Tiessenkai without the "oldtimers" are indispensable 😉...
The ELEGANT was built in 1889 as a Dutch cargo sailing ship. In 1994, the 38-meter-long clipper was converted into a charter ship for cruises on the North and Baltic Seas.
The EYE OF THE WIND was built in 1911 and motorized in 1926, and was temporarily used for driftnet fishing off Iceland. In 1978, she circumnavigated the world as a passenger ship and appeared in several films, including "The Blue Lagoon" and "Island of Pirates." Today, the sailing ship is chartered to individual travelers and tour groups and is sailed exclusively by hand.
The paddle steamer FREYA is actually still steam-powered. It can be booked for wedding cruises, for example.
The IRIS. Since the Netherlands was neutral in World War I, they were able to continue fishing. Shipping companies ordered several hundred of these steel vessels around 1915. The Iris is one of these sailing trawlers. The 36-meter-long vessel can be chartered for sailing trips on the North and Baltic Seas.
LANDRATH KÜSTER (HF 231) – A proud, historic ocean-going cutter, built in 1889 in Cranz near Hamburg. For more than 80 years, it fished under sail on the North and Baltic Seas – and was equipped with a unique hull for transporting the catch live. After being decommissioned in 1970, it was lovingly restored (1991–1996) and today sails again under its original name from Finkenwerder.
The LONA is a Dutch flat-bottomed boat, as can be seen from the keelboards on its sides.
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