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The 3 sister ships of the Baltic that are built in the Netherlands are all ketch-rigged. With a ketch the rear mast (the mizzen) is lower than the front mast (the large mast). A ketch sails more conservatively. The ship leaves a little less quickly and you have a bit more balance.<\/p>\n
That schooner rigging made us doubt for a moment whether we should buy the Baltic, because we are both very fans of a ketch. We find it not only more beautiful, but also better fit the areas where we will be taking the ship later.<\/p>\n
But, well, we bought the ship, the masts went on the side, and Olivier van Meer drew them exactly so that SRF can remake them in steel. Arranged.<\/p>\n
It seemed.<\/p>\n
But the idea of \u200b\u200ba ketch occasionally reappeared. Certainly when we saw a photo of the sister ship Vesta. “Very nice, like ketch,” we thought. Shouldn’t we …<\/p>\n
We made a print of the drawings, brushed the masts away and drew a ketch rig on it ourselves. “That’ll be it,” said Marijn. And so it is. Just like the Vesta, the Holland and the Zeearend, the Baltic will soon also be a ketch.<\/p>\n
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