Old trader captures romance of sailing
By
JENNY LONG
Romance, history and crew camaraderie are the words most often mentioned by the master and crew of the 100-year-old sailing vessel Anna Kristina. The ship will spend today in Lyttelton before sailing for Picton tomorrow. She has a permanent crew of six, and takes extra crew members for each leg of her journey. The master of the Norwegian ship is John Sorensen, of Denmark.
The Anna Kristina is the world’s oldest ocean-going ship with an international trading certificate.
The ship was one of seven which sailed from the northern hemisphere to Australia for the first fleet re-enactment voyage.
She is built mainly of Norwegian pine, except for her mast, which is a single spruce tree. She is Galeas-rigged, with 11 sails. Fully unfurling the sails and getting under way can take up to two hours.
The Anna Kristina has some vacancies for paying crew members to join the voyage to Picton, at a cost of $270.
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