The Norwegian sail training ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl will be visiting New York harbor next week. The three-masted barque, built in 1914, will be docking at Brooklyn Bridge Park and will be available for tours from December 19 to 27, from 11:30am to 4:45pm.
Update: Since our original post, the tours are now fully booked.
The event will be hosted by the Institute of Marine Research, Statsraad Lehmkuhl, and Team Norway. During the tour you may meet some of the scientists and researchers that are doing research on board, Norwegian companies showcasing their ocean technologies and local partners. You will also experience the exhibition on board – on deck – as you are served hot Norwegian fish soup and warm beverages.
Now a state-of-the-art mobile research laboratory, the 107-year-old Lehmkuhl is circumnavigating the globe until April 2023 under the flag of The One Ocean Expedition, a part of the United Nations’ Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. New York is one of 36 ports that the Statsraad Lehmkuhl will visit during The One Ocean Expedition circumnavigation.
The One Ocean Expedition: A circumnavigation by the Norwegian tall ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl
Don`t be fooled and join for the Cape Horn voyage as entry on the Cape Horners register. It will not be a qualifier for the world renowned IACH the International Association of Cape Horners whose rules require a passage of over 3000 sea miles under sail alone (enginless) including passing through 52 degrees on both sides of the Horn. A passage from Ushuia to Ushuia rounding Cape Horn Island does not qualify sadly.
I wish those who make the passage a safe one and even so an experience they will remember.
www,capehorners.org
Chris Roche Cape Horners Archivist
Thanks for the clarification.
We were contacted by a NYC liaison of this visit to assist with berth location planning. You got your blogpost up before he told us of the visit which is now fully booked. You might want to update your post
“Registrations: The Event is now fully booked”
We’ve updated the post. Thanks.
Is there Akvavit in the hold?
(Peculiar to the Norwegian tradition are Linje Aquavits (such as “Løiten Linje” and “Lysholm Linje”). Linje Aquavit is named after the tradition of sending oak barrels of aquavit with ships from Norway to Australia and back again, thereby passing the equator (“linje”) twice before being bottled. The constant movement, high humidity and fluctuating temperature cause the spirit to extract more flavour and contributes to accelerated maturation.)
I believe the same can be said of Madera and port wine. (Spains’s Juan Sebastian d’Elcano always carries a few barrels). Maybe whiskey? Perhaps there’s a profitable cargo there.