Padua dinghy
The Padua dinghy is a clinker , open wooden dinghy with a long keel , classic lines and a strong deck jump .
It was designed and built in 1943 by the Abeking & Rasmussen shipyard in Bremen- Lemwerder on behalf of the Laeisz shipping company . It was characterized (clinkers and outer skin) by a robust construction, easy handling ( sloop rigging), a large and deep cockpit , a comfortable control behavior and high seaworthiness . This made it ideal for the Hamburg shipping company, as it wanted to train its young sailors in the necessary mastery of sails and boats on this type of boat. The shipping company Laeisz operated a fleet with its cargo-carrying sailing ships, the Flying P-Liners ( Padua , Passat , Pomerania , Beijing, etc.), on which sailing skills were a basic skill. Further training took place on board the Flying P-Liner.
After the end of the war, the shipowner Erich F. Laeisz became the first chairman of the German High Seas Sports Association HANSA (DHH). Training at the Hanseatic Yacht School (HYS) started in 1951 with seven Padua dinghies that had survived the war. They were used in particular at the Quellenental in Glücksburg until the 1980s for HYS to train small boats. Due to the increasing repair costs of the now 40-year-old Padua dinghies, the sailing school decided on a successor type based on the tried and tested classic lines and commissioned the Glückstadt Asmus shipyard with the new design. The new Padua dinghy, produced in easy-care GRP , came onto the market under the name Hanseatische Kieljolle or Hanseatisches Kielboot .
Slightly modified successor models of the Hanseatic Kiel dinghy (ex Padua dinghy) are offered by the ÆBC boatyard in Ærøskøbing in Denmark under the name Hangard 20 and by Degerö Germany Yachtbau GmbH in Fahrdorf / Schlei under the name Scangaard 21 .
Technical specifications
- Length ( Lüa ): 6.25 m
- Width ( Büa ): 1.86 m
- Draft : 0.98 m
- Displacement : 850 kgs
- Ballast : 380 kg
- Mainsail : 12 m²
- Jib : 4.8 m²
- Genoa : 7.5 m²
