MORGANA
luxurious, spacious, inviting
Multi-day trips:
30 guests
Day trips:
60 guests
Morgana is an impressive three-masted schooner, built in 1924, and a former cargo ship with plenty of comfort. The ship has a spacious saloon with cosy seating areas.
Sailing with Morgana means getting involved: hoisting and handling 435 m² of sail takes many hands. So you are welcome to actively join in. Prefer to take it easy? No problem — everyone does as much as they like, and in every group there are usually plenty of helping hands.
On deck
Morgana offers plenty of deck space and a comfortable cockpit seating area. From the cockpit in front of the wheelhouse you always have wide-open views. Of course, you are also very welcome to visit the skipper in the wheelhouse. Morgana is a wide ship. That width provides not only lots of space but also excellent stability. So you do not have to worry too much about seasickness. Thanks to the high bulwark (closed railing), the ship is safe for small children.
Interior
In the middle of the ship you will find the large saloon with cosy seating areas. The saloon is high and has an English-style feel. In one of the corners there is a snug little bar. The saloon connects to the well-equipped galley. The wheelhouse is located on deck. Outside sailing hours the wheelhouse is private for the skipper, but while under way you can sit here — sheltered from the wind — and experience the sailing up close.
Cabins
The cabins are located at the front and the rear of the ship. All cabins have central heating and running water. The beds are fully made up, including duvets — so you do not need to bring a sleeping bag. In total, the ship has eleven cabins: seven double cabins and four four-person cabins.
Bathrooms
Below deck you will also find the sanitary facilities. Morgana has three showers and three toilets.
Crew
Skipper Aart Puper and deckhand Nikki Velthuis
At a glance
Everything you want to know at a glance: capacity, comfort and on-board facilities.
Capacity
60 guests (on a day trip)
30 berths
Saloon
Spacious saloon, round seating areas with tables and chairs, bar, central heating, sound system.
Kitchen
Sinks, 6-burner gas hob, large gas oven, large fridge with freezer compartment, Bravilor coffee machine, professional dishwasher, microwave
Cabins
Spacious cabins, beds fully made up with duvets — so you do not need to bring a sleeping bag. Washbasin with running water, central heating, ventilation and a porthole that can be opened.
Layout: 7 × double cabins, 4 × four-person cabins.
Bathrooms
3 showers, 3 toilets.
On deck
High, closed bulwark all around the ship, plenty of deck space, cockpit seating with tables, rain/sun awning, gas barbecue.
Sails
Mizzen, mainsail, schooner sail, jib, inner staysail, outer staysail, gaff topsail.
Winches
Hand-sailed, electric leeboard winches, electric anchor winch.
Safety & navigation
Certified passenger ship that meets all safety regulations.
AED, life jackets (including children's sizes), fire alarm control panel, Firepro fire suppression system in the engine room, compass, GPS, AIS, VHF radio 2x, binoculars, paper and electronic nautical charts.
Deck plan
Technical specifications
- Type: 3-masted Wadden and Sound trader
- Sail area: 435m²
- Length: 34.90 m
- Overall length: 42m
- Beam: 6.60 m
- Height: 28m
- Draft: 1.35m
- Displacement: 242.000 m³
- Year built: 1924
- Shipyard: De Hoop Leiderdorp
- Engine: Skania DS 14
- Power: 242 hp
De Hoop
Morgana was launched in 1924 as “De Hoop”. The ship sailed as a cargo vessel until 1991, after which it was used by a watersports association in Wemeldinge as a floating clubhouse. After a brief stopover, the ship came into the hands of Lex Tichelaar of Scheepsreparatie Friesland in the late 1990s, who converted her into the three-masted schooner Morgana on behalf of Jappie Strikwerda.
