Gorch Fock

[Wansworth]

German sailing vessel built in 1958 arrived in A Coruña yesterday ,open to visitors……apparently reached 20 knots in the North Sea according to local news.

 

[dombuckley]

AIS data says 12 knots max, 7.5 knots average. Sounds like local news doesn't know the difference between knots and kph.

 

[Wansworth]

AIS data says 12 knots max, 7.5 knots average. Sounds like local news doesn't know the difference between knots and kph.

Probably

 

[Poignard]

"She walks the waters like a thing of life,
And seems to dare the elements to strife."
[Byron]

 

[johnalison]

Gorch Fock 1 is still in Stralsund as far as I know. I believe she is open to visitors but unlikely to be made fit to sail in the near future, if at all. I have often seen her there but not been on board. She never struck me as being very handsome, but that may be because she is high in the water. The most stunning German ship we saw was the Kruzenstern, though she was apparently ‘donated’ to the Russians after the war, as our guide told us. The current Gorch Fock is good-looking but pales in comparison.

 

[Wansworth]

Gorch Fock 1 is still in Stralsund as far as I know. I believe she is open to visitors but unlikely to be made fit to sail in the near future, if at all. I have often seen her there but not been on board. She never struck me as being very handsome, but that may be because she is high in the water. The most stunning German ship we saw was the Kruzenstern, though she was apparently ‘donated’ to the Russians after the war, as our guide told us. The current Gorch Fock is good-looking but pales in comparison.

Well there’s a gorch Fock complete with military attachment and German flag being visited by littlegalicians……..in Coruna

 

[blush2]

I remember going on board for a guided tour in the late seventies when she was in Aberdeen. Also had a poster of her at one time.

 

[Pasarell]

I was lucky enough to sail on her for a week in 1972 leading up to the start of the Olympic sailing in Kiel. An amazing experience even though I, and the other lucky few, were excluded from taking part in much. She was crewed by cadets in the German navy and operated like a well oiled machine. We could assist with halyards and sheets which were all hauled in by a line of cadets running along the deck, but I suspect we added little worthwhile power.

 

[Bajansailor]

We could assist with halyards and sheets which were all hauled in by a line of cadets running along the deck, but I suspect we added little worthwhile power.

I am sure that your power was appreciated - that is the beauty of square riggers as training ships, absolutely everybody is involved, and they feel useful.
Things start to happen when you have 10 or 15 people heaving on a rope.