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1877 Tall Ship ELISSA: Ship's Specifications

ELISSA: Ship's Specifications

Dimension
length at waterline
141 ft
length on deck
152 ft
length overall [sparred length]
205 ft
depth of hold
16 ft
beam
28 ft 
Capacity/Displacement
gross tonnage
411 tons
cargo capacity
approx. 430 tons; equivalent to 8 railroad boxcars
displacement
620 tons
displacement, deep loaded
976 tons
10 ft 6 in
draft, deep loaded
14 ft 5 in 
running
174 lines; 4.5 miles of line
standing
2.5 miles of steel wire rope, wormed, parceled and served, tarred twice yearly
97 ft 9 in above deck; stepped upon an 1877 British gold sovereign
99 ft 9 in above deck; stepped upon an 1883 U.S. silver dollar
83 ft above deck; stepped upon a 1978 Greek 20 drachma coin 
Sails
plan
traditional three-masted barque
volume
19 sails, approx. 12,000 square feet [¼ acre]
foremast, fore & aft
outer jib, inner jib, fore topmast staysail
foremast, square
course, lower topsail, upper topsail, royal, topgallant
mainmast, fore & aft
main top mast staysail, main topgallant staysail
mainmast, square
course, lower topsail, upper topsail, royal, topgallant
mizzenmast, fore & aft
mizzen staysail, mizzen topmast staysail, spanker, gaff topsail 
Materials
hull plates and frames
riveted Lomore iron, except where renewed in welded mild steel
foremast, mainmast, course yards, bowsprit
welded steel
decks, upper yards, top masts, mizzenmast, jibboom
Douglas fir
interior
birdseye maple and teak
teak 
Ballast
220 tons of 5" square steel billet 
Powerplant
[pre-restoration] 6 cylinder MANN diesel 
[1982-1986] no plant 
[installed 1986] V12-92, 450 hp Diesel



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