Maybe | National Historic Ships

Registration number 3600

Status Archived

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Details

Function Leisure Craft

Subfunction Yacht

Location Hull

Vessel type Ketch

Archive reason Historical Potential

Current use Private use

Available to hire Yes

Available for excursions No

Construction

Builder De Vries Lentsch

Built in 1929

Hull material Wood

Rig Gaff Ketch

Number of decks 1

Number of masts 2

Propulsion Sail

Number of engines 1

Primary engine type Inboard diesel

Boiler type None

Boilermaker None

Boiler fuel diesel

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam

0.17 feet (0.05m)

Depth

3.17 feet (0.97m)

Air Draft

25.58 feet (7.80m)

Length: Overall

30.92 feet (9.42m)

History

MAYBE was built in 1929 in Amsterdam by Dr Vries Lentsch for Jan Jacob Van Rietschoten, her first owner. In 1956 she took part in the first ever Tall Ships Race, and she is still one of the remaining boats taking part in the races today. In 1962 she was bought by the Swiss family of Hans Fehr. During the 1960s,1970s and 1980s she regularly crossed the Atlantic between the West Indies and the Mediterranean.

MAYBE was bought by her current owners in 1989. She resumed sailing as a Sail Training Vessel in 2007 based in UK waters. She was restored in 2017 after which she started sailing again as a sail training vessels. She continues to be used for Sail Training in and around the UK today.

Key dates

1929
MAYBE was built in 1929 in Amsterdam by Dr Vries Lentsch for Jan Jacob Van Rietschoten, her first owner
1956
Took part in the first ever Tall Ships Race
1962
Bought by the Swiss family of Hans Fehr
1960s-1980s
Regularly crossed the Atlantic between the West Indies and the Mediterranean
1989
Bought by her current owners
2007
Resumed sailing as a Sail Training Vessel based in UK waters
2017
Restored before re-starting sailing again as a sail training vessel in and around the UK