Schooner · Cayman Islands
Aschanti IV of Vegesack
A staysail schooner of 1954 to a design by Henry Gruber.
Technical data
- Rig
- Schooner
- Flag
- Cayman Islands
- Home port
- George Town
- Built
- 1954
- Shipyard
- Ernst Burmester Werft, Bremen, GER
- Hull material
- Steel
- Length
- 34.8 m
- Beam
- 6.3 m
- Sail area
- 550 m²
- Sailing area
- Mediterranean
Built in 1954 at the Burmester yard in Bremen for Ernst Burmester himself, to a design by Henry Gruber.
From 1954 to 1967 she served as the presidential yacht at Kieler Woche. After Burmester's death she was sold and carried the names Afaneti, Marie Pierre, Aschanti of Saba and Aschanti IV of Vegesack.
She was refitted in 1987 and again in 1991–1994, and now works as a charter yacht based at La Spezia.