Mytilus (ship, 1939)
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The Mytilus is a German gaff cutter with home port Hamburg-Övelgönne and sails with scout and youth groups on the Baltic and North Sea.
history
The ship was built in 1939 at the Dawartz shipyard in Tönning as a wooden crab cutter and put into service as Alice . It was used commercially until 1975 when it was sold. The ship's new name became Harmattan , after a trade wind in West Africa .
At the beginning of 1987, today's operator association bought the ship and used it for trips on the Elbe and the Baltic Sea . However, it soon turned out that the wooden hull was in dire need of renovation. Initially a renovation was planned, but in the end the ship was rebuilt according to the historical model from 1989 to 1996 due to many defects. Only a few original parts could be reused.
The replica was launched in the spring of 1996. The ship's new name became Mytilus , the Latin name for mussels .
Ship and rigging
The Mytilus is rigged as a gaff cutter. The historical models of the ship sailed and fished in the North Sea around 1900. Up to five sails can be set on one mast of the Mytilus . All sails are operated manually from the deck.
The on-board equipment includes VHF radio, NAVTEX receiver and GPS. The Mytilus is a traditional ship according to the safety guidelines for traditional ships .
Mytilus e. V.
The Mytilus e. V. was founded in 1983 by former youth group leaders of the Boy Scout and Boy Scout Association North from Hamburg and other committed sailors. The motivation of the founding members was to support youth work as adults and to create community-building experience opportunities for young people.
First, later members tried to salvage the fishing cutter Anna in the Kiel Fjord in 1981 , but this did not succeed. In 1983 the Mytilus eV association was founded. The restoration of the Lemster-Aak Senta IV , which was acquired in Heiligenhafen , also failed. In 1987 the Harmattan was finally bought by the club in Emden and sailed for the following two years. The Harmattan in Schnalles Hafen near Wedel was restored for a total of seven years until 1996 . After the stacking lift in 1996, the first trips on the North and Baltic Seas followed.
Since then, the club's members have been traveling with youth groups in the western archipelago , northern Denmark, Poland, Gotland , the eastern Swedish archipelago , the Göta Canal and all the way to southern Norway to Arendal .
Rides and adventures
Since her stacking lift, the Mytilus has made a number of trips with many different groups. From 1996 she was several times in the waters of the eastern Baltic Sea, the Baltic States but also the Kattegat to Norway. In the mid-2000s, the trips concentrated on the Danish South Seas .
Since 2009 the ship has been sailing more and more in Swedish waters.
In 2009 and 2010, the Mytilus won the rum regatta in its class, in which it sailed the finish line second.
In May 2013, Mytilus took first place in the Flensburg Fjord Regatta in its class.
In June 2013, during a man-over-board maneuver (MOB exercise with a buoy) under sail, the large tree broke in the sea area off Großenbrode ( Fehmarnsund ). No one was injured and the crew was able to transfer the ship to Heiligenhafen , where the large tree could be replaced after only ten days.