The Christian Radich under sail, courtesy of the foundation.

Christian Radich is a Norwegian full rigged sail ship, named after a Norwegian shipowner. The vessel was built at Framnæs shipyard in Sandefjord, Norway, and was delivered on 17 June 1937. The owner was The Christian Radich Sail Training Foundation established by a grant from cavalry officer, captain Christian Radich. Image File history File links The picture shows the Tall Ship Christian Radich under sail, courtesy of the foundation that runs the vessel. ... Image File history File links The picture shows the Tall Ship Christian Radich under sail, courtesy of the foundation that runs the vessel. ... A full rigged ship or fully rigged ship is a square rigged sailing vessel with three or more masts, all of them square rigged. ... Traditional wooden cutter beating. ... Framnæs shipyard (Framnæs mekaniske Værksted) was a shipyard in Sandefjord, Norway. ... Sandefjord is a town and municipality in the county of Vestfold, Norway. ...

The vessel is a full rigged three masted steel hull, callsign is LJLM, its homeport is Oslo, and the IMO number is 5071729. The class society is Det Norske Veritas, DNV, and its built to +1A1, E0. County Oslo NO-03 District Viken Municipality NO-0301 Administrative centre Oslo Mayor (2004) Per Ditlev-Simonsen (H) Official language form Neutral Area  - Total  - Land  - Percentage Ranked 224 454 km² 426 km² 0. ... Headquarters of the International Maritime Organisation in Lambeth, adjacent to the east end of Lambeth Bridge Headquarters building taken from the west side of the Thames Headquartered in London, U.K., the International Maritime Organization (IMO) promotes cooperation among governments and the shipping industry to improve maritime safety and to... DNV or Det Norske Veritas is a Norwegian company established in 1864. ...

The vessel is 62.5 m long, with an overall length of 73 m including the bowsprit and a maximum width of 9.7 m. She has a draught of about 4.7 meters and a displacement at full load of 1050 tons. Under engine power, the Christian Radich reaches a top speed of 10 knots, while she can make up to 14 knots under sail.

The crew is 18 all together. It can accommodate 88 passengers. The Christian Radich is well known through the international release in 1958 of the Cinemiracle widescreen movie Windjammer. The Cinemiracle camera system using two mirrors. ... The Windjammer movie records the voyage of the Norwegian sail training ship Christian Radich. ...

The vessel was built for training sailors for the Norwegian merchant navy, and did so for many years. From 1999 and on, the ship has been on the charter market as well as sailing with paying trainees to foreign ports on summer trips, participating in the Cutty Sark Tall Ships' Race and large sail events in various European ports. The Cutty Sark Tall Ships Race is a long-distance race for sailing ships. ...

External links

• The Christian Radich official web site (Norwegian and English pages available)
• Windjammer at The Internet Movie Database
• About the movie Windjammer