Author: Roman Abylkhatov

Potential construction place – VIila do Conde, Portugal

Potential construction place – VIila do Conde, Portugal

By Roman Abylkhatov

The decision about preferred place for construction of the Cutty Sark II is made: Board of Trustees gave full support of Vladimir Martus proposal. Now is time to get approval from VIila do Conde City Council. Media interest to the subject is there already – the newspaper article title is: Russian captain wants to build replica of the famous Cutty Sark in Vila do Conde (read it in PT | EN).

Capitão russo quer construir réplica do famoso Cutty Sark em Vila do Cond

Vladimir Martus já trouxe para os estaleiros a reparação da Shtandart, réplica de uma fragata russa. Ficou agradado com a qualidade e diz ter tudo pronto. “Só têm a ganhar, atraem turistas e incentivam os jovens”, diz

Há 17 anos, Vladimir Martus concretizou um dos sonhos da sua vida: colocou a navegar uma réplica da fragata russa Shtandart, construída em 1703, por Pedro, o Grande. O barco de guerra, com 28 canhões, está a ser alvo de uma grande reparação nos estaleiros navais de Vila do Conde, em que a experiência dos portugueses se cruza com o conhecimento dos voluntários russos. Agora, este engenheiro naval de 50 anos quer mesmo concretizar aquilo que já era visto como uma possibilidade – construir em Vila do Conde uma réplica do famoso veleiro Cutty Sark, que chegou a ser português entre 1895 e 1992, navegando com o nome Ferreira.

“O Cutty Sark é um grande barco em madeira, tem 65 metros de comprimento e 11 de largura. Para ser construído precisa de espaço. Do que nós estamos a tentar convencer os portugueses, e temos falado muito com a Câmara Municipal e a Docapesca, é de que precisamos de condições. Queremos que a construção possa ser acompanhada pelas pessoas, como se fosse um museu. Só assim despertamos os mais jovens para a construção naval”, disse ao DN Vladimir Martus enquanto dava a conhecer o seu “bebé”, o Shtandart.

Acabado de regressar de Londres, Numas diz ter a aprovação da Fundação Cutty Sark. “Está tudo pronto, temos projeto, orçamento e já definimos que Vila do Conde é um local ideal. Tem a mão-de-obra de que precisamos”, explica. Mas é necessário investimento? O comandante do Shtandart ri. “Portugal não é um país de dinheiro. Mas é um bom sítio para se fazer coisas. Queremos é ter as condições para que a construção possa ser efetuada. Portugal tem muito a ganhar: este barco é conhecido internacionalmente, foi o último dos grandes clippers e tem o recorde mundial de navegação à vela entre a Austrália e a Inglaterra. E, melhor que isso, até foi português. ” Já tem datas, entre 1 de fevereiro de 2018 e 2020, e grande parte do financiamento, que pode chegar aos 25 milhões de euros, está garantido.

Vila do Conde, através da autarquia presidida por Elisa Ferraz, tem o projeto Um Porto para o Mundo, que prevê a candidatura da construção naval em madeira a património imaterial da UNESCO e o relançar de uma atividade que hoje tem dificuldades em estar ativa.

Na empresa Barreto & Filhos, onde está a ser reparada desde novembro, a embarcação russa é o motivo de maior azáfama. Dezenas de pessoas trabalham. Bruno Barreto, um dos sócios, reconhece que o facto de ser uma réplica implica outros cuidados. “A ajuda dos russos é fundamental”, admite. Com 37 anos, Bruno é a nova face da construção naval em Vila do Conde. Diz acreditar que o Cutty Sark possa ser feito em Azurara, freguesia na margem esquerda do rio Ave onde hoje se situam os estaleiros. “É um projeto de grande dimensão. Seria bom, mesmo a nível nacional. A câmara tem estado muito ativa nisso, mas não chega”, aponta.

“Não é só a vontade do povo de Vila do Conde que irá mudar a construção naval. O país não incentiva a pesca. Fico triste por não haver apoios nem formação profissional para que a construção naval se mantenha. Há carpinteiros navais de Vila do Conde em todo o mundo, hoje menos, que estão a ficar velhos”, aponta Bruno Barreto, que diz estar a viver uma experiência enriquecedora com a reparação da Shtandart. “O capitão Vladimir é uma pessoa muito culta, ele não veio para aqui ao acaso. Escolheu mesmo Vila do Conde. Sabia o que ia encontrar. E nós, portugueses, que temos a mania de que ensinamos tudo, estamos a aprender muito, falo por mim, com estes voluntários que nos ajudam.” É neste ponto de rejuvenescer a construção naval que Vladimir Numas insiste. Ontem em Azurara estavam 20 voluntários, na maioria russos (mas já receberam eslovenos, espanhóis, ingleses e outros) a ajudar. É o caso de Elena, 24 anos, licenciada em Oceoanografia. “Acabei de chegar e vou ficar um mês. Sempre estive ligada ao mar e é isso que quero. Fascina-me. Esta experiência é para aprender.” No estaleiro têm uma cantina onde fazem a própria comida e dormem em apartamentos na cidade. Quando, a 8 de abril, a Shtandart rumar a Lisboa para iniciar mais uma volta ao mundo, mais voluntários se juntam. “Navegamos com um máximo de 40 pessoas. No século XVIII iam 150. Aqui, quem vai a bordo tem tarefas, nem que seja lavar o chão”, explica Vladimir Martus, enquanto aprova mais uma parte de trabalho concluído. Todo o material elétrico e moderno fica escondido. “A madeira tem de tapar tudo.”

Com o czar Pedro, o Grande como “herói pessoal”, um homem que “transformou a Rússia”, Martus diz que não teve apoios estatais russos. “Isso deixa-nos como uns burocratas. Prefiro ser uma fundação privada que capta apoios, em todo o mundo.” E não é só para fazer réplicas para expor. “O meu objetivo com o Cutty Sark é colocá-lo a navegar nas antigas rotas e transportar mesmo café, chá, tudo o que transportava. É possível e o mundo deve saber que os veleiros não são coisas do passado. São atuais e sustentáveis.”

Daily Record and Mail, Thursday, June 4, 1914

Daily Record and Mail, Thursday, June 4, 1914

By Roman Abylkhatov

SHOULD GLASGOW BUY THE CUTTY SARK?

PORTUGUESE OWNERS PROUD OF HER

To the Editor of the “Daily Record.”

Sir. – You ask if Glasgow should purchase the composite ship Ferreira, ex Cutty Sark. I have no doubt what the answer will be, but I don’t think Messrs. Ferreira and Co., Lisbon, her present owners, would be induced to part with her for any monetary consideration. They are very proud of her.

Only two days ago I received a letter from them telling me that the Ferreira had arrived at Liverpool with one record more – 59 days Mossomedes, West Coast of Africa to Liverpool.

They added – “This fast vessel has made in our hands several voyages, and we can give you the following – Lisbon to St. Paul de Loanda 31 days; Lisbon to Delagoa Bay 53 days; New Orleans to Lisbon 29 days; and many others.”

I only saw the Cutty Sark once. That was in London 22 years ago. She was then the centre of attraction as she lay alongside her sister ships the Dharwar, Blackadder and Coldinghame. They were then all owned by Messrs. John Willis and Co., London, who disposed of all their fleet a few years later.

The Ferreira is the only one of them now afloat. Another composite vessel is registered at Lisbon, but owned in Oporto. She is the barque Emilia and was launched at Port-Glasgow by R. Duncan and Co. at the Otago three month before the Cutty Sark was launched at Dumbarton.

ALL THAT IS LEFT OF THEM.

Two composite vessels are owned in Finland. They are the barques Christiane and Tjerimai, both build at Amsterdam, the former in 1877 and the latter in 1883. The Christiane was formely known as the Kersbergen. Two are owned in Java, viz. the barques Minister Fransen von de Putte, and the Barendine Osiria. The former was launched as a steamer by the famous old firm of W. Hall and Co., Aberdeen, as far back as 1863, and the latter was built at Amsterdam by Meursing and Huijgens, the same firm that built the Christiane and Tjerimai. The Barendine Osiria was formerly known as the Amstel. The composite barque Nelly and Matilda, built in 1866 by Gardner, Sunderland, is owned in Malmo, Sweden. She was formerly known as Cleta.

Two composites are owned in Peru. They are the barques Silvia, built by W. Simons and Co., Renfrew, in 1867, and the Lothian, built by Walker, London, in 1870. The former was formerly known as the Lake Leman. She is the only vessel still afloat and sailing of the entire 16 models of sailing vessels past and present in the Glasgow Corporation Galleries.

The composite screw barque Pelican, built at the Admiralty, Devonport, is registered at London as owned by the Hudson’s Bay Company. Five composite three-masted schooners are owned in Canada, viz. The Ceylon, built in 1891, and Burma, built in 1904, both owned in Kingston, Ontario; Orion, built in 1872, ex Isaac May ex steamer, owned in Lanoraie, Quebec, and Winnipeg, built in 1893; and Valencia, built in 1888, both owned in Montreal. These fourteen vessels of 500 tons gross and over are all that is now left out of the one-time large composite fleet of sailing vessels.

WILL NEVER SEE THEIR LIKE AGAIN.

The Cutty Sark and Thermopylae were the most famous. Some say the former was the best boat, and others say the latter, but I think it was a toss-up, the one build as good as the other. Both made records. No doubt had the Thermopylae been under such capable management as that of the Cutty Sark, instead of being under a Government department, she would still have been afloat and sailing. Possibly she was not a success as a school ship, and sentiment had nothing to do with her sinking.

Since sailing vessels began to decline so much a great many Governments and private owners have gone in for school ships and training ships, both voluntary and compulsory. As very high premiums have been charged by some of those, owning the former they have turned out commercial successes.

The New South Wales Government had the Sobraon as a training ship for lads. She was a failure and had to be given up. Victoria brought the old Glasgow iron barque Loch Ryan for a training ship. They paid £3000 for her and spent other £6500 in fitting her up. They renamed her the John Murray.

From what I hear she is turning out anything but a success and I expect daily to hear of her being taken out to sea and sentimentally sunk. All the other training ships and school ships and school ships throughout the world are doing well. There are bound to be failures as well as successes, and I see no reason why the Glasgow Corporation shouldn’t try and but the Ferreira if it be at all possible, and try to preserve her for her history’s sake. May I slightly alter those famous words of Shakespeare and say that in the times to come, when the Ferreira will be no longer sailing, it will be said of the Thermopylae and her, “They were two ships. Take them for all in all, we shall not look upon their like again.” JOHN P. WATSON.

216 Woodlands Road, Glasgow.

 

The Independent on Sunday: Cutty Sark 2: Ship-lovers plan seaworthy replica of iconic 19th-century vessel

The Independent on Sunday: Cutty Sark 2: Ship-lovers plan seaworthy replica of iconic 19th-century vessel

By Roman Abylkhatov

Cutty Sark 2 would sail the globe as a training vessel-cum-living museum, while carrying symbolic cargoes of tea and wool

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When Cutty Sark first hoisted her sails on the River Clyde in 1869, the Suez Canal had just opened and the British Raj was still in its infancy. The nippy tea clipper quickly became one of the world’s fastest ships, and has remained an object of universal fascination ever since.

Now, nearly 150 years later, a group of ship-lovers wants to recapture her glory days by building a replica. Cutty Sark 2 would sail the globe as a training vessel-cum-living museum, while carrying symbolic cargoes of tea and wool like her namesake, according to Vladimir Martus, a sailor and naval architect who is spearheading the project.

A campaign to crowdfund an initial $120,000 (£79,000), to cover detailed up-to-date designs, runs until 24 December. The eventual cost is estimated at between £19m and £24m, which compares with the £50m it cost to restore the original ship after the world’s last remaining tea clipper was nearly destroyed by a fire in 2007.

Mr Martus, 49, who was born in St Petersburg, Russia, said the devastating fire inspired him to launch the project. “I thought it such a pity that they didn’t use the restoration opportunity to build a sailing ship.”

24-sailing-shipIf Cutty Sark 2 is successful, she would be the second vessel Mr Martus has helped bring back to life. He was speaking to The Independent on Sunday from Shtandart, a replica of Peter the Great’s flagship 1703 frigate, which is moored in Italy and of which he is the ship’s captain.

Mr Martus knows he faces a huge challenge, not only to raise the vast sums but also to build a vessel that meets modern safety standards. “We will copy the ship, but we are living in the modern world. She can’t be the same or no modern maritime organisation would let us sail. We will need to go to big companies for sponsorship; I’m hopeful any big company that imports tea to Britain from India, or wool from Australia would think it would be a great marketing opportunity.” He hopes to launch Cutty Sark 2 four years from today, 22 November 2019, the 150th anniversary of the original vessel.

David Morgan, chairman of the Maritime Heritage Trust and former vice-chairman of the Cutty Sark Trust, is convinced the project is feasible. “A replica is the best of both worlds. At the time of the fire, some people wanted to restore her to sea-going condition, but we would have had to replace 96 per cent of the original structure.” He is helping to drum up financial support, as well as gathering together a team capable of building such a vast wooden ship. “We’ve had offers of help from all round the UK, from Scotland – where the original was built – and also from Portsmouth and Chatham.”

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Not everyone in the maritime industry is on board, however. Martyn Heighton, who chairs National Historic Ships, thinks the project is flawed because modern safety constraints will make it impossible to copy 19th-century designs.

“The big question is what will it be used for?” Mr Heighton said. “If it is to be a sail training vessel, controls are very stringent. It would need cabins, which would all need daylight. If it is to carry cargo, it would need a big hold. I don’t think their ambitions are compatible with producing a replica. As this ship gets designed, it will get less and less like the Cutty Sark.”

 

Source: The Independent – Cutty Sark 2: Ship-lovers plan seaworthy replica of iconic 19th-century vessel

Yachting and Boating World: Shipbuilding charity to build replica Cutty Sark

Yachting and Boating World: Shipbuilding charity to build replica Cutty Sark

By Roman Abylkhatov
The group aims to launch the ship in 2019 on the 150th anniversary of the original Cutty Sark’s launch.
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An international group of tall ship sailing enthusiasts and traditional shipbuilders has formed a non-profit foundation with the aim to build and sail an exact replica of the famous clipper ship, Cutty Sark.

The Cutty Sark 2Sail Foundation’s myriad goals include promoting traditional shipbuilding skills, educating the public about the art of sailing and promoting environmentally friendly transport.

In the current phase of the project, the Cutty Sark 2Sail Foundation hopes to raise just over $120,000 through a crowdfunding campaign to cover the cost of ship design. The group estimates the full cost of rebuilding a replica Cutty Sark will be between £19-24 million.

According to the foundation’s Facebook page, the project is open to all and is a volunteer effort: “We invite you to join in with the idea of building, launching and sailing an exact replica of the most famous, most beautiful and, arguably the most perfect sailing ship in the world’s history.

“The new Cutty Sark will set both sails and new standards of achievement and adventure … It will be fascinating and educational for the public in general.”

The project is led by Captain Vladimir Martus, a naval architect who has already completed the rebuild of two large wooden sailing ships: the 80-foot schooner St Peter and the 110-foot frigate Shtandart. Martus has captained the Shtandart in tall ship races since 2001.

The rebuild of the original Cutty Sark, at 212 feet will be the largest tall ship project Martus has undertaken.

The sole surviving tea clipper, Cutty Sark was one of the fastest ships in the world when she was built in 1869 to transport goods from Britain to China and Australia. The ship still exists and was turned into a museum in the London borough of Greenwich after a complete restoration.

Once launched, the Cutty Sark 2 will sail historic trade routes to China, Australia and the Americas as a commercial cargo ship carrying tea, coffee and wool. Anyone wishing to will be able to join the crew as a trainee sailor, according to the Cutty Sark 2Sail Foundation.

Source: Yachting and Boating World – Shipbuilding charity to build replica Cutty Sark

A short note about us in the TimeOut London

A short note about us in the TimeOut London

By Roman Abylkhatov

TimeOutAn article in such a respectable media as TimeOut London is very useful:

Especially at this time, when jolly projects like Cutty Sark2 could not be considered as perfectly appropriate.

Pushing the boat out: help fund the new cutty sark.

A group of Cutty Sark-enthusiasts aren’t content with just one big boat – they want to build another that can actually set sail. The original ship was one of the fastest sailing ships of its day back in the 1800s but it now sits in a permanent dry dock in Greenwich, after it became obsolete in 1954. The organisers behind the project have started a crowdfunding campaign, so if you’ve also got a passion for giant boats, you can help them fund a full-size seagoing replica by 2019 – the 150th anniversary of the Cutty Sark’s launch. Ahoy!

Link: TimeOut London: Pushing the boat out: help fund the new cutty sark

We’re on the way!

We’re on the way!

By Roman Abylkhatov

Dear reader, thank you for your interest in this exciting Project. We are building a replica clipper ship the Cutty Sark2, and… We are already on the way.

Taking the first step

We became a UK registered charity earlier this year (Cutty Sark 2Sail Foundation) and are now organising a fundraising and marketing campaign on a Global scale. To succeed we will need a little help, both financial and material, from you and your friends & family…with tremendous prizes on offer to the top supporters.

Getting it all together

IndiegogThe crowdfunding campaign has started and can be reached on http://igg.me/at/cutty-sark/     Please spread the word.

We would like you to tell all your friends and colleagues about the project using your social media or any other method available to you.

A very special incentive

Anna GorbunovaTo make this more attractive, we are offering different awards depending on the amount of each donation, as well as a special incentive for the three individuals who generate the highest number of contacts through their social media.

We are trying to find new and unusual ways of attracting interest in the project. For example, we’ve created a program to change the profile picture on Facebook and Twitter, so that our supporters can have an avatar to promote the hash tag of the project – #Reborn2Sail. If you have any ideas, please let us know via our email:  info@cutty-sark.org

Your chance to win a prize!

ShtandartWe are holding a competition for the ‘Best Supporter of the Cutty Sark 2’. You can get your individual link on Indiegogo to share with your friends and later check out how many new contributors you have brought in. The 3 winners will receive a free sailing week on the sail training ship “Shtandart” on dates of their choosing.

About the CS2 Project

Cutty Sark Replica LOGO 250х250The Cutty Sark 2Sail Foundation represents this international project, driven by both social and environmental principles. Starting with the building of Cutty Sark 2 as an eco-friendly cargo ship, we will demonstrate and promote the practical and ecological advantages of commercial sail. Additionally, Cutty Sark 2 will be used for youth sail training, nautical adventure and as a venue for small conferences and social functions whilst in dock. We believe she will become an international attraction.

More than just a ship!

HandsAnother goal is to promote Maritime Heritage, not only artefacts (the ship and tooling we will be using) but the traditional skills and forgotten technologies which were used during the 19th Century when these amazing ships were first being built. We believe the building of the ship will have tremendous educational value to both the workforce and the public at large. It will provide a focal point and benefit young and old alike. It will become a centre of excellence by providing training and skills development, attracting young people as well as generating interest in the historical aspects of traditional ship building.

Please help to make it all happen

Cutty_Sark_main_motto-01Please share the link http://igg.me/at/cutty-sark/ amongst your friends and contacts, and maybe consider supporting the project by making a donation. We very much appreciate that you’ve found the time to read this email and we hope you will help us to achieve our first goal – to build the finest clipper ship the world has ever known.

Thank you!

Yours sincerely,

Vladimir Martus and the Cutty Sark 2Sail Team