Saint Christophe
Schooner of the year 1935 of 20 meters. length and 4.5 meters wide and 2.5 meters deep.
Equipped for 12 more passengers crew, restored in 1920 with all the comforts
of a charter sailboat.
The ship was launched on May 17, 1935 in Amsterdam. His first trip consisted of a journey to Casablanca. This trip took him 14 days, during which he sailed entirely under sail, touching the ports of Flushing (Netherlands) and Brixham (United Kingdom). Once in Casablanca, the family used it as a "floating embassy"
His story:
Russian-born French designer Victor Brix designed the ship in 1934 for the Gerardin family of French diplomats to use as a cruise ship and floating home in exotic diplomatic and consular destinations.
He then went on an extensive cruise that took them around the western Mediterranean, including Malaga and the Balearic Islands. The family took advantage of the relative calm in Spain immediately before the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, which was to bring so much misery to such a kind land. Starting in 1936, the French family avoided Spanish ports. Since 1939, when the Second World War broke out and Germany occupied France, traces of the voyages of the Saint Christophe schooner have been lost. The days anchored in coves with crystal clear water, the afternoons lying in the hammock between the two solid pine poles, and the sailing trips propelled by the Mistral or Tramuntana were over for a long time.
Curiosities:
Russian-born French designer Victor Brix designed the ship in 1934 for the Gerardin family of French diplomats to use as a cruise ship and floating home in exotic diplomatic and consular destinations.
He then went on an extensive cruise that took them around the western Mediterranean, including Malaga and the Balearic Islands. The family took advantage of the relative calm in Spain immediately before the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, which was to bring so much misery to such a kind land. Starting in 1936, the French family avoided Spanish ports. Since 1939, when the Second World War broke out and Germany occupied France, traces of the voyages of the Saint Christophe schooner have been lost. The days anchored in coves with crystal clear water, the afternoons lying in the hammock between the two solid pine poles, and the sailing trips propelled by the Mistral or Tramuntana were over for a long time.
