Luftwaffe Training Sailboat
Sea Scamp was launched in 1936 in Germany by the still famous shipyard Abeking & Rasmussen under the name Zeisig. It was then one of 19 units in the 50m² class that raced in the Baltic at the end of the 1930s. It serves as a training boat for the Luftwaffe.
Taking of war
The sailboat was given to England as war damage. It joins the so-called "Windfall" fleet, which refers to the 200 yachts seized by the British in 1945 and distributed among the Royal Navy bases. The sailboat was then renamed Sea Scamp, literally the sea rascal or the sea rascal. She served as a training boat for the Navy until 1974 when she was transferred to the Sea Scouts.
An association of enthusiasts
The boat was bought by a private individual in 1984 for £9,000. Restored, it is now owned and operated by the Sea Scamp Syndicate. The sailboat now sails regularly. Based in Southampton, he participates in old rigging rallies and classic regattas. We could see it in Brest 2016 and Temps Fête in Douarnenez, as well as on the first stage of the Plymouth La Rochelle regatta.
From Plymouth-La Rochelle
Eovolt bike features
A few pictures below show the rather spartan interior by modern standards. This does not prevent, however, British elegance obliges us to keep the glasses on the chart table!
- Architect: Henry Rasmussen
- Job site: Abeking & Rasmussen
- Launch date: 1936
- Overall length: 12.5 m
- Length at the waterline: 10 m
- Width: 2.6 m
- Draught: 1.8 m
- Displacement: 8.1 T
- Sail area 50 m² 50 m²
- Material: mahogany and pitch pine edging and oak and Iroko structure
