1949 44 (M.) Soren Larsen Ship Yard Brigantine Talll Ship

1948 - 1949. Built in northern Denmark in by Soren Larsen & Sons at
Nykobing Mors.
Constructed entirely of oak with oak outer planking on double oak
frames with an inner hull planking of oak.

1949 - 1972.Traded throughout the Baltic, British and European
ports carrying general cargo, timber & grain.

1978. Purchased in Colchester, England by Captain Tony Davies who assembled
a team of skilled shipwrights to commence the restoration work.

New decks, masts, yards and spars were made and she was entirely re-rigged as the late 19th century brigantine she is today.

1978 - 1982. The “Soren Larsen” was used in the BBC television
series "The Onedin Line" and other film work followed, including "The French Lieutenant's Woman","Count of Monte Cristo" and "Shackleton" - which involved sailing north to the Arctic Circle into the pack-ice of Greenland.

1982 - 1985. She was chartered to the Jubilee Sailing Trust UK, to
help pioneer a programmeof sail training for the physically disabled.

1987 – 1988 She was the Flagship for the Australian Bicentenary
re-enactment voyage of the First Fleet and led a fleet of eight Tall Ships on a 22,000 mile voyage from England to Australiavia Rio de Janeiro and Cape Town, arriving in Sydney in January 1988.

1989.Sailed to New Zealand for the first time, to represent Britain in the 1990 Sequestry celebrations.

1991. Homeward round the Horn project - Australia to Europe voyage with 'Eye of the Wind'. Became the first British flagged tallship to round Cape Horn since
1936 during Southern Ocean voyage back to Europe.

1992.Won her class in the Transatlantic Tallship Race
via New York and Liverpoolduring the Columbus Grand Regatta.

1992 - 1993.Extensive refit and further restoration work in Britain. Voyage to Pacific waters via the Caribbean, Panama and the Galapagos.

1996.Major re-sheathing of hull with NZ Totara to
preserve the original oak planking.

Soren Larsen wins the Tourism Auckland Hauraki Gulf Development and Protection Award at the inaugural tourism awards.

Starts a southern hemisphere winter program where she cruises the barely accessible islands of the South Pacific.From November to April she sails the New Zealand coast, giving individuals the chance to experience the traditional square rig sailing and providing groups and companies with an opportunity tostage events aboard the ship.


1998 - 1999Soren Larsen sails the entire coast of New Zealand,
visiting Napier, Wellington, Christchurch and Stewart Islandand is the centrepiece of Dunedin's 150th Anniversary celebrations.
The ship is honoured at the Tourism Auckland Annual Awards
winning the 'Adventure and Experience' Category


2000 – 2001 To celebrate the new Millennium, Soren Larsen undertook
a world voyage, the Global Odyssey 2000; Departing Auckland in March she sailed 30,000 miles to Britain viaUSA, Canada and Europe. The return voyage was via the Canaries, Caribbean, Panama Canal,Galapagos, Easter Island, Pitcairn and across the South Pacific returning home to Auckland New Zealand in October 2001.

2002 – 2011 Sail Training program continues with the southern hemisphere winter spent cruising the islands of the South Pacific and the New Zealand coast over the summer months.

Hull:

• Carvel construction
• Planking - Oak topsides and Oak to bottom of turn of Bilge
• Bottom planking beneath Turn of bilge – Beech, thickness 3 ins planks.
• Double Garboards of 4.5 ins thick.
• Internal Oak keelson - 12ins by 12ins.
• External Oak/beech keel - 12ins by 16ins approx.
• Frames – Oak, Grown & sawn. Double frames, consisting of 2 of 6ins x
  7ins at deck, increasing to 2 of 6ins x 20ins approx at floor level, crossing keel spacing. 4ins between each pair.
• Inner planking - (Ceiling) beam shelf, rider shelf and clamp, 10ins by
  5ins. Ceiling, 2½ins and 3ins.
• Fastenings - Ferrous (Swedish Iron- Galvanised) through bolted, on
  every frame & spiked with ship nails as well.

Main Deck:

• Traditional laid hardwood Iroko deck, approx 5 ins by 3 ins caulked
  and paid up with marine glue.
• Raised aft quarter side decks.
• 4 x 2 ½ Shengal hardwood deck.

Aft cabin:

• Raised after cabin, planked in 2 inch Iroko which is caulked and paid up with
  Sika Flex deck compound.

Deck house:

• Iroko framed with English Elm panels, varnished. Deckhead / Roof is marine ply,sheathed with Dynal cloth and resin.
• 8 Windows

Floors:

• Wood

Keel bolts:

• Galv mild steel. Due to construction not possible to withdraw.
  Apparently X-rayed in 1984 and found to be in excellent condition. Additional new keel bolts added in 1993 to fasten the new external steel keel. Done by T Neilson & co in Gloucester.

Deck fittings:

• Galvanised eye bolts, fairleads, mooring bits
• Galvanised Hawse pipes, Steel and roller guides to windlass gypsy.
  
  

No of Berths: 36

Master's Cabin
First Officer's Cabin
Engineer's Cabin


Head-room: Full headroom through the ship
Heads: 3 x Blake Victory
Shower & basin/s: 3 showers & basins in heads.

Access to below decks is from the deck house that contains the galley
and dining area.

At the base of the stairs fwd is a large comfortable saloon with
cabins fwd and aft of the saloon.
In the fo’c’sle there are 6 berths, providing a total of 13 berths for
officers and permanent crew.
There is accommodation for 22 voyage crew in seven twin berth cabins
and two four berth cabins.
Some twin cabins have wash basins & vanity units, all draining to the
grey water tank.


The saloon is full width and finished with English Walnut panelling
with two large English elm
dining tables fitted, seating 24 at one sitting.There is also a small
dining table with bench seating
amidships, aft of the saloon as well. Access can be gained to the
engine room from the aft end of this area.


Cabins are provided for the Captain, First Officer and Engineer in the
after deck house.
This area also has a chart table and desk. This cabin has fwd access
to the engine and access to
the deck is by the wheel, aft.

Domestic Equipment:

• 36 Duvets
• 72 sheets and duvet covers
• 100 pillow cases
• 60 pillows
• 1 x small freezer for chilling drinks.
• Various glasses etc for onboard bar.

The galley is situated at the forward end of the deckhouse with a
dining area for approx 9 people aft of the galley.
The galley is full width with easy access to the dining area. On the
starboard side, a stairway leads to the lower deck.

Galley Equipment:

• Stainless Steel sink with overboard drain
• 1 Stainless steel Fridge 24 volt + 240 ac powered new 2009
• I commercial Stainless Steel Zanussi Cooker (bottled gas) New 2009
• 5 x 42 KG Galvanised LPG cylinders
• 3 Deep Freezers - 240 volt 1 new 2009
• Large selection of catering equipment, including pots, pans, cutlery,
  plates, mugs etc for a total of 36 persons

• Compass: 8" Main Compass
• 1 Sestrel (as spare compass)
• Sounder: Simrad Echo sounder
• GPS: Furuno GPS navigator GP 70
• Radar: Furuno Radar Model 1831 Radar, (new magnetron fitted Dec 08.
• Weatherfax: Furuno weather D Fax
• All navigational running lights - 24 volts for ship under 50 metres
• Emergency LED nav lights
• Red over green sailing lights
• NUC lights
• Anchor light
• All necessary day shapes
• DOTI approved air horn
• Ships bell
• Hand operated (emergency) fog horn
• Numerous Admiralty Pilots & charts, and Nautical publications.
• Pair of Dividers, Pair of compass’s, parallel rules.
• 1 pair of ship’s binoculars
• Furuno Felcom 12 GMDSS Inmarsat Sat Com C – not working at present
• Iridium Satellite phone
• Furuno HF. SSB Model FS-1562-25
• VHF radio Icom model IC-M402
• 1 x Uniden handheld VHF
• 1 x Cobra handheld VHF
• Complete set of international signal flags in flag locker plus
  additional set of flags for dressing overall.
• Various courtesy flags.

• 24v dc & 240v ac single phase.
• 12 volts for emergency radio only

Batteries:

• 2 banks of deep cycle lead acid batteries situated on deck in special
  battery locker.
• 1 bank serving forward accommodation and 2nd bank serving aft and
  navigational equipment.

Shore power:

• 240v

Battery charging:

• 2 x 240v AC float battery chargers, operated either by ship’s
  generators or shorepower. Consisting of:
• 1 x Victron Skylla 24v 75amp battery charger/power supply (not working)
• 1 x Victron Skylla 24v 80amp battery charger/power supply
• 1 x Telwin 12/24v back up battery charger

Ground Tackle:

• Motorised anchor windless, manufactured by Clarke & Chapman, driven by
  Lister diesel engine.
• 2 Stockless Anchors
• 2 Kedge (fisherman/ admiralty pattern) anchors
• 11 shackles of 22ml studlink anchor chain(5 and 1/2 shackles per side

Mooring lines:

• 2 x multiplat 70 mm diameter - each one is 120 feet long
• 3 x 3 strand 70 mm diameter - each one is 120 feet long
• Aluminium Ship’s Gangway
• Aluminium ladder from boat deck to main deck
• Foredeck and aft deck sun awnings.
• Collapsible varnished wooden bar for corporate/day charters
• White awning for bar area for corporate/day charters
• Large Duradon lay up/refit awning.
• Various fenders
• Snorkelling gear, (fins and masks) for Voyage crew
• Selection of Spare rope, Bosun stores, Carpenters stores

Tenders:

• 1 x 16ft Avon inflatable New 2009
• 1 x 15 HP Yamaha outboard - New Nov 2001
• 1 x 30 HP Mercury outboard - New Dec 2004
• 1 x 30 HP Yamaha outboard – New Nov 2009
  
  

Water tanks:

• 2 tanks with total capacity of 8 tonnes total. Located amidships
• Steel - External epoxy painted and internal cement washed.
• Electric Hot water system
• Electric pressure pump - 1 x 24 volts pressure pump and 1 x 240 ac pressure pump

Fuel tanks:

• 2 tanks each with a capacity of 3.4 cubic metres, (approx 6,800 litres of fuel)
• Material - steel, located port and starboard in engine room.
• Grey and Black waste water tanks.
• 24 volt Elec Grey water tank pump

Main Engine:

B & W Alpha Diesel / Loop scavenged 2 stroke diesel./ 280HP direct drive/ 4Cylinders/ Year – 1949

Engine start by compressed air direct into no 4 cylinder.

Note - Alpha diesels still in operation in Denmark and all spare parts
are available.


Gearbox:

Direct drive, through wet clutch, turning 2 bladed variable pitch
propeller to give astern and ahead. (made by B & W Alpha diesel.) Hand operated clutch and V. P. control situated on deck by steering wheel.

Propellor:

Centre-line, 2 blade, variable pitch.

Gauges:

Oil pressure/temp/audible low pressure oil alarms/scavange pump air
pressure gauge.

Generators and other mechanical equipment:

1 x 25 KVA - G & M Power Plant Generator - single phase - Perkins engine

1 x 25KVA - Beta Marine Generator - single phase - Perkins engine

1 x Seafresh watermaker with 2 membranes, capacity of one tonne of
water in 10 hours of running.

1 x 1 1/4 inch Johnson impellor pump - 24 volt clutch - belt driven -
bilge/deck wash/ fire pumpby Perkins diesel starboard generator.

1 x Piston bilge pump driven off main Alpha engine.

1x 240v Onga Centrifugal bilge pump fitted 2009 refit

1 x 240v ASM Diaphram black water pump fitted 2008 refit

Engine room tools & spare parts.

2 masted Brigantine, for and aft gaff main with staysails between the masts.

Four yards crossed on foremast and 3 headsails on bowsprit and jib boom.



Sail Plan



1:JibBoom/Bowsprit
2:Foremast
3:MainMast
4:MainGaff
5:MainBoom&ReefPoints
6:Outer jib
7:Innerjib
8:ForeTopmastStaysail
9:CourseSail
10:LowerTopsail
11:UpperTopsail
12:Topgallant



13:MainStaysail
14:MiddleStaysail
15:UpperStaysail
16:Mainsail
17:GaffTopsail
18:Gallows
19:PoopDeck
20:MainDeck
21:Braces
22:Foretop
23:DolphinStriker

Rig:



Masts:

Keelson stepped. Solid wood.

Foremast and head rig gear new in 1999

Main mast rig New in 2000



Spars:

All spars wood, varnished and painted at doublings and yard arm ends
and slings.

Bowsprit & Jib boom taken out and all head rig overhauled in 2002.



Standing rigging:

Stainless steel & galvanised wire

All lower shrouds hand spliced, wormed, parcelled and served.

Galvanised rigging screws

Lower ends of shrouds, soft eye spliced and seized around hearts.

External galvanised steel chain plates

Standing backstays

All eyes around mast heads are leathered in addition to serving.


Sails:

Main Sail (2) (116.1 sq metres)

1)New in 2010. From Doyles



2) Made from Clipper canvas; triple stitched seams; bolt ropes of terylene rope

enclosed in envelopes of clipper cloth; 3 rows of reef points; sun strips sewn

on both sides of head of sail. All fittings are stainless steel.

Has sail cover for when stowed. Made by Doyles NZ.

Main Staysail (50.2 sq metres)

No main staysail

Main Gaff Topsail (37.2 sq metres)

Medium weight White Duradon; triple stitched seams;

24 mm three strand Hempex luff rope with sail cover.

Middle Staysail (35.1 sq metres)

New in 2000. White Dacron Clipper canvas; triple stitched seams; enclosed bolt ropes and chafing patches. Has sail cover for when stowed.

Made by Doyles.

Main Topmast Staysail (33.4 sq metres)

Medium weight clipper; triple stitched seams; internal bolt ropes enclosed.

Made by Doyles. Has sail cover.

Fore Course (85.9 sq metres)

New in 2007 . Made to heavy duty clipper specification; triple stitched seams; yard (sun) cloth and Buntline chafe cloths etc. Made by DOYLES

Trade winds course, made by James Laurence in 2000

Lower Topsail (2) (48.3 sq metres)

1) New 2005. Heavy duty clipper; triple stitched seams; internal bolt ropes;

yard (sun) cloth. Made by James Lawrence, UK.

2) Spare old Duradon tradewind lower topsail.

Upper Topsail (55.3 sq metres)

Dacron triple stitched seams; yard "Sun cloth"; enclosed Terrylene bolt ropes.

Made in 2000 by Doyles of NZ.

Topgallant (2) (45.1 sq metres)

1) New in February 2006; Clipper canvass. Made by Doyle of NZ.

2) Duradon; 25mm three strand Hempex head rope; 18mm three strand

Hempex bolt ropes; triple sewn seams; hand sewn cringles and other
areas of reinforcement.

Made in 1992 by James Lawrence, UK.

Fore Topmast Staysail (34.9 sq metres)

New 2010. 17 oz clipper canvas; internal bolt ropes. Made by Doyles.
Has sail cover.

Outer Jib (2) (25 sq metres)

1) New in 2002. White Clipper cloth; triple stitched seams; internal
bolt ropes.

Made by James Lawrence Sail Makers, UK. Has sail cover.

2) White Duradon "Extra". Triple stitched seams. Old trade wind sail.

Inner Jib (24.5 metres)

New 2002. White clipper cloth; triple sewn seams. Has sail cover

hite clipper cloth; triple sewn seams. Has sail cover.

• 1 Lifeguard 4 man D.O.T.I. Inflatable rescue boat:

Life rafts: Make Service date

• 3 x 20 man RFD Solas "A" pack liferafts RFD 5 Nov 2011
• 1 x 25 man RFD Solas "A" pack liferaft RFD 5 Dec 2011

Life jackets:

• 40 DOTI Lifejackets with lights (20 Cosalt Premier & 20 Duncan DOT)
• 45 boat transfer and inshore life jackets
• 40 "Sola" immersion suits

Life buoys:

• 4 x Perrybouy life rings
• 2 x MOB smoke/ lights
• 1 EPIRB - ACR 406 RLB32 CAT 1 AUTO 2774
• 36 safety harnesses

Flares:

• 12 Parachute flares Comet expiry date 11/2013
• 4 Comet line throwers expiry 03/2013
• 6 Comet hand flares Expiry date 11/2013
• 2 orange smoke flares Comet pin point Date expiry 11/2013

Fire fighting equipment:

• 2 x Fire fighting suits made by Bristol Uniform
• FM 200 System for E/R
• E.R. water sprinkling system
• Fire extinguishers etc as listed in the Safety Equipment - Record of
  Inspection MSF1102/Rev0600:
• 2 x 7 lb CO2
• 1 X 4.5 KG Dry powder
• 1 x 10lb Co2
• 1 x 5 lb dry powder
• 4 x 9 litre water
• 1 Fire blanket
• Emergency Yanmar new 2008 diesel driven fire / bilge pump - mounted on deck; and relevant hoses and nozzles