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A nice three-masted Finnish schooner, Estelle, seen between Inkoo and Hanko on the south cost of Finland.

These are the technical data found on her site : www.estelle.fi Additional information are also available there.

Originally built in Emden 1922
Lenghtened by 8m in 1957
Rebuilt as a sailing ship in 1997
Unlimited sailing area

It is still for me a souvenir of the past, when such ships were transporting cargo from harbour to harbour, in the Baltic and everywhere. A schooner rigging is easy to handle for a small crew, thus schooners were very commonly used for short cruises.

In French :
Unre jolie goelette à trois mats finlandaise, Estelle, rencontrée entre Inkoo et Hanko sur la cote sud de la Finlande.

Site internet pour plus d'informations (y comrpis sur l'accès à bord): www.estelle.fi

[A pity TE does not allow a better definition since the original picture is more detailed than this one, due to the redimensionning...]