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Fionia

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At Hvide Sande Shipyard we have had the pleasure of maintaining the two-masted schooner Fionia since 2005. Below we have listed some of the work that has been done to keep the ship in good condition.

Renovation work planned for fall and winter 2024/2025

After a summer in Middelfart, we welcomed Fionia back in Hvide Sande at the end of September 2024.

The work planned for the fall/winter includes among other things the installation of a:

  • New engine
  • New gear
  • New propeller
  • New bulwark
  • New rail
  • New water-way.
Fionia

Renovation of the schooner Fionia 2023/2024

Keel straightening, where the keel was replaced with a new oak keel in one piece.

The keelson was replaced with a heavy duty steel profile to secure the ship’s leeway.

The ship’s three bulkheads were replaced with steel.

A number of frames have been replaced
and the underwater cladding was also replaced.

New teak decking was installed in the salon.

The galley has been refitted with stainless steel panels and fixtures.

Aft service corridor added, also with stainless steel panels and fixtures.

The crew cabin was also refitted with new bunks and paneling.

The deck above the engine room and captain’s cabin was covered with a new Oregon pine deck with oak trim.

The skylight over the galley was also replaced.

A new wide jib was fabricated and installed, including new fittings.

Fionia
Fionia

History of Fionia

Fionia (the Latin name for Funen, which the ship is now named) was built in 1904.

It was used as a cargo ship until 1960, before becoming a sea angling ship in Elsinore.

From 2004 it worked as a daytrip vessel, until the distillery in Nyborg bought it in 2012.

Since 2023, the USTC Group in Middelfart has been the proud owner of the ship.

Nordwind

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LOA – 26,9 m

Beam – 6,5 m

Disp. – 110 t

Sail area – 165,8 m2

SSB Nordwind was laid down as an armed fishing vessel in 1945 and completed as a Bermuda rigged ketch by the British Occupying Forces in 1948. She served as a coastal patrol vessel, before being transferred to sail training activities for the West German Bundesmarine, a role she has fulfilled from 1956 to 2006. The Deutsches Marinemuseum in Wilhelmshaven acquired her in 2008, and since then she has provided daysails for up to 35 guests, as well as taking up to 10 guests on longer trips. She has also participated in various events such as Kieler Woche and Jade Cup.

Arriving at Hvide Sande Shipyard in late 2021, Nordwind has been the subject of considerable renovation. Her stem has been replaced and large amounts of her oak planking renewed as well as surface treatment of her steel frames, beam shelves deck beams and stringers. She has been fitted with a new watertight bulkhead, an electric bow thruster, hydraulic steering equipment and new generator unit. Furthermore, her weather deck (previously a patchwork of larch, oak, plywood, fiberglass and teak) has been replaced with one of traditionally laid pine. She has also been sheathed in copper plating below the waterline to minimize marine growth.