S/V Seraph
The vessel
The History
Seraph has had an illustrious and varied history on the high seas. She spent her first 70 years as a then ketch rigged Baltic fishing vessel with just her sails as propulsion. With her fast and seaworthy hull, she acted as a "buy boat', sailing amongst the fishing fleet at sea and racing the fresh catch back to port. This was before the invention of refrigeration, so speed and seaworthy-ness were in high demand. At that time, she had a wet hull, where wooden hull plugs were used to let sea water into the whole mid-hull section, which then acted as a giant fish tank.
Specifications / Equipment / Safety Gear
Updated and refitted every year, Seraph now offers a unique experience. A well-equipped, stable and seaworthy sail training vessel. Her heavy full displacement hull is made of oak on oak, with heavy duty 2-inch carvel planking fixed onto tightly spaced oversized frames. She was built for big seas and constant storms of the North Sea.
She has 8 full sized berths with two electric heads and showers, a generator, 3 phase electric windlass (with a 150m of chain), a sail wardrobe of approx. 15 sails (including main, mizzen stay sails, fore sails, jib, Golly wobbler, and a range of top sails including jack yard top sail, and a mizzen top sail). She also comes with 2 x tenders, 50 pax life raft, 50 life jackets, plus all additional safety gear.