Ashanti IV

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ashanti IV
Aschanti IV (advertising poster shipyard Burmester)
Aschanti IV (advertising poster shipyard Burmester)
Ship data
flag GermanyGermany Germany
Ship type More beautiful
class 24 KR
Shipyard Burmester, Bremen
Launch 1954
Whereabouts for sale
Ship dimensions and crew
length
34.80 m ( Lüa )
width 6.20 m
Draft Max. 4.10 m
 
crew 4–6 men
Machine system
machine MTU Diesel
Machine
performance 		500 hp (368 kW)
Top
speed 		12 kn (22 km / h)
Rigging and rigging
Rigging More beautiful
Number of masts 2
Sail area 460 m²

The Aschanti IV is a beautifully rigged classic German sailing yacht.

The Ashanti IV was the successor to the 1939-built Ashanti III in 1954 for the shipyard owner Ernst Burmester in Bremen on his Burmester shipyard according to the plans of the designer Henry Gruber built of the yacht Hamburg VI of the Hamburg association seafaring designed. At that time, the Aschanti IV was the largest German sailing yacht with a measurement of 24 KR and accordingly still bears the sailing mark 24/1 today. Until the 1960s it the unofficial function adopted in postwar Germany a state yacht , and had during the Kiel Week the President as a guest on board, from this point fleet parades of warships of the German Navy declined and friendly nations on the fjord.

The riveted, black steel hull of the Ashanti IV has an overall length of almost 35 meters, which includes the distance from the nock of the jib boom to the nock of the large boom protruding aft . With a construction waterline of 22 meters, there are considerable overhangs compared to modern yachts. Despite the width of 6.20 meters and a draft of a good four meters, the Ashanti IV is therefore only intended for the accommodation of six guests (in four cabins) and a crew of four to six. The sail area on the wind is around 460 m².

After the death of Burmester, Ashanti IV passed through different hands as ex Afaneti , ex Marie Pierre , ex Ashanti of Saba. It currently bears the name Aschanti IV of Vegesack with the home port of Bremen.

Aschanti IV was subjected to an extensive refit at the Fr.Lürssen shipyard in Bremen from 1991 to 1994. Woodwork was carried out in the hull area and in the rig and the latest technology was installed. In 2009 the entire mahogany salon was overhauled.

Ashanti IV of Vegesack sails under the flag of the Cayman Islands under her current owner .

Ashanti IV at the Kiel Week

  • Ashanti IV at the Kiel Week 1962

  • Heinrich Lübke with his wife on Aschanti IV during the Kiel Week 1961

  • Ashanti IV (front) and Gorch Fock at the Kieler Woche 1962

  • Aschanti IV in front of the Laboe naval memorial on the Kiel Fjord during the Kieler Woche 1962

Web links

Commons : Ashanti IV  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ website superyachttimes.com Yacht portrait Ashanti IV , accessed on September 14, 2015