French-built ketch Arawak hails from the Union et Travail shipyard in Les Sables-d’Olonne and was built as a tuna fishing boat for work in the Bay of Biscay.
She also previously plied the waters around Brittany, before being bought by Christian and Suzanne de Parada in 1986 and transformed to help to train young people to sail.
Name: Arawak
Class: B
Nationality: France
Year built: 1954
Home port: Laurient, France
Rig: Gaff Ketch
Height: 22.69m
Length: 20.83m
Entered by: Cap Archipels
Number of trainees: 16
Number of permanent crew: 4
Event Date: Friday 25th May 2018 - Monday 28th May 2018
Categories: #Liverpool2018 | Accessible event | Children | Community Event | Family | Free | International Mersey River Festival | Liverpool
