Visited Vlissingen, Netherlands 1 April 2014
Originally built for the German Kriegsmarine in 1941 at Wolgast, Germany as a cutter with yard number 401. Composite-hull consisting of iron thrushes with a wooden hull. Appearance of a fishing cutter to mislead the enemy. In 1957 at Spaarndam, Netherlands was the wood replaced by steel and commissioned as a fishing vessel, at the end as the IJmuiden 64 or Grietje Maria on the North Sea until she was stricken during the of the fisheries rehabilitation. Then used for sport fishery until she was sold in 1998 to be converted into a charter ship. This project was however not completed and in 2010 again sold to André Hanzens. She was now converted into a top sail schooner which was in March 2014 commissioned. Dimensions nowadays 34,5 x 6,4 x 2,8 metres and a sail area of 310-450 square metres.
