The Kajama is a former freighter motor sailer with a steel hull and three masts . The ship was built in 1930 as a yacht schooner in Rendsburg and sailed as Kümo in the North and Baltic Seas until 1991 .
history
The motor glider of the Ich Verdiene type , the first German series coastal ship type, was built in 1930 as Wilfried at the Nobiskrug shipyard in Rendsburg. The construction contract for the new building with construction number 395 was given by Captain Wilkens. The ship was delivered to Captain Wilkens on August 16, 1930.
The ship was rebuilt several times and sold in 1960 to Captain Karl Asmussen in Egersund, Denmark. Asmussen renamed the ship Kajama . The ship continued to sail as a sailing ship until the 1970s and was then converted into a motor ship. In January 1999, the Great Lakes Schooner Company in Toronto, Canada bought the ship and converted it back into a sailing ship. Today the ship is measured with a deadweight of 477 tons and 263 GRT . It is used as a tour boat in Toronto, Canada.
Ship description
The Kajama is 39.25 meters long, 6.99 meters wide and has a draft of 3.66 meters. It was originally measured with a load capacity of 220 tons with 203 GRT . The hull is made of riveted steel. The motor schooner had three masts, the rigging corresponds to a gaff-tipped schooner. The sail area was 210 square meters.
The motor protectors with transom is a three master with Schonerbesegelung and a far aft arranged wheelhouse . The design was based on the Pomeranian yacht schooner. Initially, a Junkers diesel engine with around 120 horsepower was used as the drive ; in the course of the years of operation, the ship was later given a new engine with greater power.
