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The captain wins the prize for best restored boat and prize for the longest journey to the festival
Looking down on the festival sitre from the top of the town hall.
The round lock. junction of two canals in Emden.
Leaving Emden
Channel markers
A party of 'refugees' from the festival getting a free ride.
Waiting for the lock
John steers while David takes a nap.
Dutch captain coming by to say that no damage done after the Battle of Terschelling.
HISTORY
Excelsior, a Lowestoft fishing smack with a gaff
ketch rig, is 33 metres long (including spars)
with a beam of 5.9 metres. Built in Lowestoft in
1921, she worked as a commercial fishing
trawler until 1936. She was then converted to
a motor coaster and sailed around the fjords of
Norway until she was privately purchased for
restoration and returned to Lowestoft in 1972.
Excelsior was fully restored in 1989 and is
widely acclaimed for its unique standard of
authenticity. Excelsior is one of a small number
of traditional sailing trawlers remaining in the
UK, the only sailing trawler that can still tow a
traditional full size trawl.
Since 1989, Excelsior has operated as a sail
training vessel providing off-shore voyages for
young people. Since 2005, Excelsior has sailed
under the flag of The Cirdan Sailing Trust,
providing a greater number of young people
with the opportunity for self-development
through the experience of living and working
aboard a traditional sailing vessel.
