ENTERPRIZE (replica) 1997

[john sefton]

ENTERPRIZE (replica) Topsail Schooner. Built in 1997 for The Enterprize Ship Trust, Melbourne, Australia; Melbourne Maritime Museum. L 122'. B17.8'. Sail area 2,000sq.ft. Launched in Melbourne on 30th August 1997. The first square-rigged commercial sailing ship built in Melbourne for over 120 years. Currently moored at Williamstown for sailing in Port Phillip Bay and the Bass Strait. Construction began in 1989 using many traditional materials such as Jarrah, Huon pine and Ironbark. Her sails are made of flax and tarred hemp - Australia 1999. $1. SG1848 (LB28/226-257. WP March 2000/64)

[D. v. Nieuwenhuijzen]

ENTERPRIZE