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Mercator

Mercator

The Mercator completed a total of 41 voyages (referred to as "cruises") and visited 54 countries.
Two remarkable cruises took place between 1933 and 1935 to Easter Island (a 7.5-month journey) to pick up members of the Franco-Belgian expedition.
During this voyage, two exceptional statues (Moai) were brought back from Easter Island. One is now located in Brussels, and the other in Paris.

The Mercator also took part in three international sailing competitions of the Tall Ships' Races (in 1956, 1958, and 1960).
The first Tall Ships' Race was held in 1956 a race of the world’s 20 largest remaining sailing ships! It ran from Torbay to Lisbon and was originally intended as a farewell to the era of great sailing ships.
In the 1960 race from Oslo to Ostend, the Mercator won first place.

 

Address

Jan Piersplein 2
8400 Oostende

Contact

Tel. +32 59 70 11 99
E-mail. mercator@toerisme-oostende.be

Website

zeilschipmercator.be