The ships of the AJD

Bel Espoir II

The "Bel Espoir" is a 3mast schooner 126 ft.long and 24 ft.wide. Her draught is 9;18 ft and she can carry over 7,000 sq.ft. of sails.

Its accomodation comprises a central area with 9 cabins (2 to 4 berths), a forecastle surrounded by 4 cabins (2 berths each), 2 toilets, one on the foredeck and the second one in the forecastle.

On the deck, the deckhouse can seat comfortably 40 people for meals; astern are located the wheelhouse with the captain's cabin underneath with ensuite galley

She was built in 1944 in Svendborg, in Denmark, by the navy architects Ring Anderson, for the maritime Company A.C. Sorenson. She first beared the name of "Nette S" and was later renamed "Peder Most". She was designed and fitted for the transportation of cattle between Copenhagen and Hamburg, a duty she carried out for ten years.

In 1955, she was given to an English organization, the "Outward Bound Trust", for the training of the students of English Public Schools as sailors. It was then refitted into a school ship and baptized on June 1965 "Prince Louis II". It is said that she was the boat Prince Charles did his navy training on.

The Association Les Amis de Jeudi-Dimanche acquires the boat in May 1968. The schooner arrives at the Aber Wrach and is renamed "Bel Espoir II".

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Association Amis de Jeudi Dimanche

Association loi de 1901 reconnue d'intérêt général autorisée à percevoir des dons et des legs.
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