Lille Bjørn - Åland's oldest sailing vessel

Posted by Thorsten on

Irene as a yacht
Built 1896 in Denmark as yacht
Irene as a fishing vessel
5 decades as fishing vessel
Newly rigged
Newly rigged in the 1980ies
Lille Bjørn sailing
Lille Bjørn under full sail
At the Maritime Quarter
At the Maritime Quarter
Mariehamn / Åland
Tallships Race Turku
Visiting the Tallships Race Turku
Archipelago sailing
Sailing in the archipelago
At the port
The Åland Islands -
homeport since 2005

Data

Type: Double ender Rig: Gaff cutter
LOA: 14,50 m / 47.5 feet LOD: 11,20 m / 36.7 feet
Width: 3,60 m / 11.8 feet Draught: 1,85 m / 6 feet
Sail area: 95 sqm Deplacement: 19 t
GRT 10,69 NRT: 3,93
Engine: OM 621 Effect: 40 kW