The sail training ship Christian Radich

Sunday, 1 December 2013 - 01:00 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination:
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Christian Radich in Trondheim © flickr.com - beagle84/cc-by-sa-2.0

Christian Radich in Trondheim © flickr.com – beagle84/cc-by-sa-2.0

Christian Radich is a Norwegian full-rigged ship, named after a Norwegian shipowner. The vessel was built at Framnæs shipyard in Sandefjord, Norway, and was delivered on 17 June 1937. The owner was The Christian Radich Sail Training Foundation established by a grant from an officer of that name. The homeport is Oslo.

The vessel is a full-rigged three-masted steel hull, 62.5 m long, with an overall length of 73 m including the bowsprit and a maximum width of 9.7 m. She has a draught of about 4.7 meters and a displacement at full load of 1050 tons. Under engine power, the Christian Radich reaches a top speed of 10 knots, while she can make up to 14 knots under sail.

Figurehead © Andrea Malz in Antwerp © Bert76/cc-by-sa-3.0 Tall ship Christian Radich under sail © Ulflarsen Christian Radich © ?eglarz in Bremerhaven at night © Garitzko Christian Radich in Trondheim © flickr.com - beagle84/cc-by-sa-2.0
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Christian Radich in Trondheim © flickr.com - beagle84/cc-by-sa-2.0
The vessel was built for training sailors for the Norwegian merchant navy, and did so for many years. From 1999 and on, the ship has been on the charter market as well as sailing with paying trainees to foreign ports on summer trips, participating in the Cutty Sark Tall Ships’ Race and large sail events in various European ports. She won on corrected time in Class A and overall the tall ship in total in 2007, and became the only class A vessel that crossed the finish line.

Christian Radich won the first race of the Tall Ships Race 2010 in Class A, from Antwerp to Skagen in Denmark, a distance of 787 km (489 mi) just under 2 days with an impressive average speed of 10.2 knots, with the corrected time of 1 day 4 hours 29 minutes and 44 seconds, and won the overall race 2010, making this its 5th victory in the Tall ships Race.

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