South Korean four-masted schooner “Koreana” at Kobe, Japan, on 15th July 2017
Owner: Jeong Chae-ho (a South Korean businessman)
Port of registry: Yeosu
Builder: Terastorni O/Y, Lapeenranta, Finland
Designer: Henk Lunstroo, Netherlands
Rig: Staysail Schooner 3
Gross tons: 99 or 135 (sources differ)
Length overall: 41.0 or 42.06 m (sources differ)
Draft: 2.9 m
Mast height: 33 m
Engine: Cummins diesel, 320 h.p.
Speed under power: 10 knots
Complement: total 66 according to information distributed at time of photo; other sources give 6 crew & 39 passengers/trainees
Built 1978 as “Christina”. The original owner reputed to be a member of the Mafia, who delivered her to Daedong Dockyard, South Korea, for upgrading in 1989, where she was subsequently seized by the FBI. There she was more-or-less abandoned & the ownership was legally aquired by the shipyard around 1995.
Purchased by Mr Jeong in 1996 & registered with the Jeonnam Yacht Association