Register with Boatshed.com to see 60 extra photos of this Wooden Schooner .After a 25 Year successful charter history in Phuket this beautiful 1906 Schooner is for sale, for anyone wishing to buy her and continue chartering, their are agreements in place with all the main charter agents, she is fully equipped for day trips and live aboard cruises and is fully licensed and insured in Thailand for up to 35 Passengers, she is also also licensed for Burma / Myanmar until January 2017.
Built in Denmark and launched in 1096 as a ketch rigged fishing boat, she spent the next 70 years of so meeting the fishing fleet and transferring their catch, in her vivier, to the markets ashore. Purchased by a Dutch owner in the 70's she was sailed to Holland where she was converted to a Marconi rigged schooner and cruised the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean before arriving in Thailand in the late 80's. 1991 saw her driven onto a reef in the Similan Island during a squall, from where she was salvaged and re fitted as gaff rigged schooner and live aboard dive boat, a task she fulfilled until purchased by her current owners, who following a 2005 major refit have chartered her in the waters of the Andaman Sea.
A very special lady that represents over 100 years of maritime history and a rare chance to own a true classic in time for her 110th birthday !
She is offered complete with a mooring in Chalong Bay
These boat details are subject to contract.
Note: Offers on the asking price may be considered.This Wooden Schooner has been personally photographed and viewed by Alan of Boatshed Phuket.