Peter of Danzig (ship, 1936)

Peter of Danzig

As Peter von Seestermühe in 2008 in Kiel

Ship data flag  Germany other ship names Peter von Seestermühe Ship type Sailing yacht Shipyard Gdansk Shipyard, Gdansk Launch 1936

Ship dimensions and crew length 17.98 m ( Lüa ) width 4.14 m Draft Max. 2.7 m displacement 24.7  t

Rigging and rigging Rigging Yawl with Bermudarigg Number of masts 2 Sail area 146 m²

Peter von Danzig is the name used from 1936 to 1991 for a yacht that was built in 1936 by the Academic Sailing Association (ASV) in Danzig and named after the ship of the same name from 1462. The ship has been operating under the name Peter von Seestermühe since 1992.

It was designed as a yawl for participation in the Olympic feeder regatta Bermuda - Cuxhaven , the Bermuda-Cuxhaven ocean race in 1936 , by the yacht designer Henry Gruber and built in Danzig with 6 mm planking made of submarine steel.

After the Second World War, the yacht came to the Academic Sailing Association in Kiel . There she was used for a variety of ocean voyages, took part in The Whitbread Round the World Race in 1973 and won three times the highest award in German ocean sailing, the Schlimbach Prize .

In 1991 the ship was sold to Christoph von Reibnitz and renamed Peter von Seestermühe . The previous name Peter von Danzig was transferred to a new ship that was used by the Academic Sailing Association in Kiel from 1992.

In the years that followed, the yacht was gradually restored, in the course of which an engine was installed for the first time. Her mast height is 23 meters, she has 13 berths. The yacht is now sailing in individual or group charter.

Web links

• History of Peter von Seestermühe

Footnotes

1. ↑ yacht classic, issue 2 (2007), p. 17
2. ^ ASV Kiel - Peter von Danzig (1992). Retrieved August 19, 2018 . 
3. ^ Peter von Seestermühe , accessed on January 3, 2009