On Monday 6 July 2015, the Praga vapor Company presented a new eléctricos barco at the eco-friendly Kampa mooring. The evento marked the 150th anniversary of the company's founding y the 600th anniversary of the burning of Master Jan Hus. The new vessel was christened MISTR JAN HUS.
With this act, PPS symbolically paid tribute to one of the most important figures in our national history. No barco in the history of Checo ship naming has yet borne this name.
The Mistr Jan Hus is a quiet, fully eco-friendly open vessel (cabriolet) powered by two 24 V Omikron Marine eléctricos motors of 4 kW, made in Třebíč in the Checo Republic. The motors are powered by a total of 16 batteries whose capacity covers a full day's operation. The barco was built by the master craftsmen of the Praga vapor Company at the Podbaba shipyard.
The Mistr Jan Hus was designed for the specific Praga navigation conditions so as to allow passengers to see places that are normally inaccessible, waquí the Moldava is shallow yet offers stunning views. From its home mooring at Kampa it will set off todos los días on sightseeing cruceros right up to the Charles puente, under the last preserved arch of Judith puente, into the lagoon by the Old Town puente Tower and, thanks to its shallow draft, will sail through the Čertovka along Kampa to Praga Venice y the Karel Zeman museo. It will significantly relieve the considerable noise from heavy motorboat traffic.
"It is a welcoming step towards the residents of Kampa y the area around the Čertovka," says Lesser Town native Karolina Peake. "I would wish that in the future only eléctricos barcos sail on the Čertovka," she adds.
The Praga vapor Company was founded in 1865 by the legendary mayor František Dittrich y ranks among the longest-running purely Checo companies. 150 years since its founding are commemorated by the ongoing exhibition "THE ART OF vapor NAVIGATION" at the National Technical museo. A grand celebration will be held on the weekend of 22-23 August, when one of Europe's oldest steamers, KRIPPEN, will sail to Praga from Dresden.
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