Sail Number:
Vessel Type: Bermuda Staysail Schooner
LOA: 85 ‘0″ / 25.90m – LOD: 74’6″ / 22.70m – LWL: – Beam: 16’ 8″ / 5.08m – Draft: 10′ 6″ / 3.20m – Displacement: 47 tons – Sail Area: 2,135 ft² / 198.40 m² – Built By: Andersen, Faaborg (Denmark) – Designed by: Oscar Wilhelm Dahlstrom – Launched: 1937 – Original Owner: – Former name(s) Ragna IV, Sabina – Engine: Cummins BTA 305 cv – Registration No. – Flag: United Kingdom – Club: CRV ITALIA (Circolo del Remo e della Vela Italia)
Historical:
Ragna IV was designed by Danish naval architect Oscar W. Dahlstrom. It was originally designed as a racing cruiser in 1937 and was completed by C. Andersen Shipbuilders in Faaborg. The earliest known owner was Ole Sundo according to the Lloyd’s registry in London in 1939.
The ship was used by Denmark during World War II. It was seized by the Nazi forces during Operation Weserübung and later found abandoned on the shores of Denmark by Baron Johan Otto Raben-Levetzau in 1944. The ship was in disrepair, missing its masts and rigging. Sundo sold it to Baron Raben-Levetzau who restored it at the port of Svendborg.
In 1952, Raben-Levetzau sailed the ship to Sweden where the hull was painted and the ship re-registered under the name Sabina at the Royal Swedish Yachting Club. It was used as a charter in the 1950s until being sold to Stergios C. Souyouldjoglen, the Greek Ambassador to Denmark. It was again sold in 1969, this time to Mr. Draikis of Raleigh Brothers. Ownership changed hands numerous more times under the name Sabina, until it renamed and registered in Antigua under the name Orianda in 1981. The same year, it was purchased by Neil Peart of the rock band Rush, who wrote about it in his 2011 book Roadshow.
Peter Phillilps purchased Orianda from Peart in 1987. The day after the purchase, the vessel caught fire and damaged most of the boat while anchored in Tortola in the British Virgin Islands. After restoring the boat, Phillips continued to sail it until he sold it to a real estate developer by the name of Bellnoch in 1991. The family owned the boat for two decades and even entered it in the Spanish Classic Yacht Regatta in Valencia. The ship was sold in 2009 and completely restored in the Roman shipyard Tecnomar. It is currently operated as a charter boat by The Classic Yacht Experience.
Provenance (The Wall of Remembrance – The Owners, Crew & Notable Guest):
Owner/Guardian: (1939-1944) – Mr. Ole Sundø, Commissioned as Ragna IV
Owner/Guardian: (1944-1950s) – Baron Raben-Levetzau (restored, port of Svendborg) renamed Sabina (1952)
Owner/Guardian: (1950s-1969) – Stergios C. Souyouldjoglen, Greek Ambassador to Denmark
Owner/Guardian: (1969) – Mr. Draikis of Raleigh Brothers
Owner/Guardian: (1981-1987) – Neil Peart, rock band Rush,
Owner/Guardian: (1987-1991) – Peter Phillilps
Owner/Guardian: (1991-2009) – Bellnoch
Resources:
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