Rupel
Introduction
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Rupel
Image: © Robert Lamb Taken: 6 Sep 2014
Rupel was intended for a social purpose and was built over a five-year period on the banks of the river Rupel in Belgium by unemployed young people. The project to build the schooner provided them with skills that would help them find jobs more easily. She is now used extensively in work with vulnerable people and as to rehabilitate young people who have become involved in crime. In the summer, Rupel sails the Belgian coastline and takes part in the Tall Ships Races and other events in northern Europe.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.502198
Longitude
-0.013878