Classic Sailing Ship "Ada Marie"

Cruising or live'aboard
Location Copenhagen. Permanent attractive berth since 1977.
LOA 15.20 meter - LOD 13.20 - Beam 3.84 meter - BRT 16.12




























Wheel house looking aft.




Wheel house looking fore.








Salon looking aft. Pantry in SB side. Oil pan heater under the stairs.




Salon looking fore. Toilet room in SB side. Access to fore cabin




Fore cabin


  


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Owners comments:
 

Ada-Marie er en rundgattet åle-drivkvase fra Marstal 1906 bygget
uden motor. Hun har nogle meget særlige linje i skroget ,da hun er bygget som sejlskib.
Hun er i ganske god stand, men min far magter ikke længere at passe hende pga. sygdom. Min farafar købte hende på bunden af Øster Hurup Havn i 1958 og hævede hende ved at sende
min dengang 11-årige far ned med to wire, som blev trukket ind under skibet.

Med hjælp fra Falcks punmpetjeneste, et par bådebyggere og en gammel fisker og dennes spil kom Ada-Marie, da på det tidspunkt hed Karen Thygsen, tilbage til overfladen og blev totalistandsat på Hobro Værft i årene 58-64, hvorefter hun har været i familiens pleje siden.
 
I 1991 riggede vi hende om til galease med følgende stor sejlglæde.
Samtidig skiftede Hobro Værft 12 spanter og 45 m planker. Siden har
vi skiftet yderligere cirka 6-8 spanter og en del planer, så hun er
ganske sund indvendig. Hun har en bukh 3-cylindret 45 HK
langsomgående motor, der har fået nyt gear, nyt topstykke, nye
forringer, nyt svinghjul, ny starter, nye stempler, ny generator, ny
skrue, nyt stævnrør, ny aksel og nyt kølesystem i løbet af de sidste
10 år.

Hun fik nye hynder forrige år og har en spritny radar, plotter
og ekkolod. Ellers er hun udstyret med redningsflåde til 4 personer,
brandslukningsgrej, refleks ovn som oliefyr, vhf, hydraulisk
styremaskine, 85 m2 sejl fordelt på fem sejl, forstærket kølsvin med
h-jern. Der er syv køjer, en kabys, et spisebord og et toilet under
dæk og det hele er i teak, eg og mahogni.



The vessel Ada-Marie was built for catching eels, without an engine, in Marstal, Denmark in 1906. Since she was built for sails only, the hull is narrow and very elegant. She's well kept, but because of illness, our father can no longer take care of her.

When out grandfather bought her in 1958, she was sunken in the Danish harbor of Øster Hurup, and he raised her by sending our dad, who was 11 at the time, down there with wire rope, which he placed under the ship.
Two boat builders and a fisherman with an old capstan helped raise her to the surface. At the time she was named Karen Thygesen, but during a thorough renovation at Hobro Ship Yard in northern Judland from 1958-64, she was named after our grand mother. The ship has been part of the family ever since.

In 1991 we led her back to her original rigging as a galease, which led to even more amazing experiences with the sail sport. At the same time, Hobro Ship Yard changed twelve elements in the frame and 148 ft of planks. Since then we've kept her interior healthy and changed whatever need to be so. She has a slow running engine of the brand Bukh, which is traditional for Danish fishing vessels and has been well kept over the passed ten years. In 2006 we had new cushions made for her interior and installed a new radar system, plotter and sonar.

She has a life raft for four people, fire extinguisher, furnace, radio system, hydraulic pilot, 915 sq ft sail divided on five sails, seven berths, a galley, dining table and a toilet below deck. Everything is
built in teak, oak and mahogany.