Kaiwo Maru (1989)

Kaiwo Maru

IMO no. 8801010

The Kaiwo Maru (海王 丸 | Kaio Maru ) is a four-master. It is a sail training ship of the Institute of Sea Training in Tokyo.

General

The Kaiwo Maru is the successor ship of Kaiwo Maru (I). She is the sister ship of the Nippon Maru.

The keel laying of Kaiwo Maru took place on July 8, 1988 instead, just under one years later, on 7 March 1989, the launching was. It was built to Kaiwo Maru from the Uraga Dockyard Sumitomo Heavy Industry in Uraga. The commissioning took place on 9 September 1989. The home port of Kaiwo Maru is Tokyo.

Sails and masts

Sail area and sail

The total sail area of Kaiwo Maru is 2760 m², spread over 36 sails. The Sails of the 36 sailing distributed to double topsails, double topsails, royals and the mizzen mast: Unterbesan, Oberbesan, mizzen topsail.

Masts

The Kaiwo Maru has four masts and a bowsprit.

• Foremast 42 m
• Mainmast 44,5 m
• Mizzen mast 43 m
• Mizzen mast 34 m
• Bowsprit 16.5 m

Drive

In addition to the sails of the Kaiwo Maru can be powered by four diesel engines (two sets ) with 2,206 kW ( 3,000 hp). The speed machine is about 14 kn, the range is machine with 9,800 sm.

Figurehead

Figurehead of Kaiwo Maru is " Konjo ," it symbolizes the innocence in classical dignity.