Article about a replica of an Estlander 40 sqm boat sailing on Starnberger See near Munich 2010 © Swedesail
Below mentioned articles in newspapers and magazines, brochures and books provide information about Swede 55 and its predecessors, legendary boats, squaremetre fleets and remarkable sailors.
Portrait of swiss naval architect Henri Copponex © Klassiker/Freundeskreis Klassische Yachten
Swede 55
(1) Brochure Swede 55 Project (English)
(2) Brochure Swede 55 Fisksätra Varv AB (German)
(3) Article in Nautical Quarterly issue 6, 1979 (English)
(4) Boattest in Seilas 4/1979 (Norwegian)
(5) Temptress Wins 2,126 Mile Race to Kauai/Hawaii Sail Magazine Oct 1982 (English)
(6) Vortex, Brooklin Boat Yard builds a wooden version o a fiberglass classic, Maine boats & harbours Autumn 1990 (English)
(7) Vortex, a Swede 55 reinterpreted in wood, Wooden Boat 100 May/June 1991 (English)
Knud Reimers
(8) Variation der schönen Linie, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (German)
(9) Knud H. Reimers, Klassiker! 2/15 (German)
Knud Reimers portrait in german newspaper 2010
Henri Copponex
(10) Der Ingenieur, Klassiker 3/16 (German). Portrait of the naval architect of Squaremetre boats and the famous swiss onedesign class Lacustre with sqm boat origins
Squaremetre boats in general
(11) Schären mit Geschichte, Yacht 14/92 (German)
(12) The Square-Metres, Wooden Boat 114, Sept/Okt. 93 (English)
(13) Die rasenden Zahnstocher, Nordis Magazin 4/95 (German)
Good source on squaremetre boats
Squaremetre fleets
(14) Australia: An outstanding class, Australian Yachting May 1992 (English)
(15) Balaton/Hungarian scene: Die Schären vom Balaton, Yacht 21/02 (German)
(16) Lake of Constance: Schöner Segeln, Magazin Bodenseewoche Juni/09 (German)
(17) 30 sqm boat scene Lake of Constance: Schönheiten, die übers Wasser schweben, Handelsblatt/Sailaffairs März 07 (German)
(18) Fehmarn Island/Baltic sea: Schlank & Rank, Spitzentreffen Yacht 2009 (German)
(19) 100 Jahre Schärenkreuzer 1908 – 2008, Länge läuft and
(20) Segeln einer 15er und 150er Schäre, Yacht Classic 1/08 (German)
(21) Die reine Lehre, Ursprung und Entwicklung der Schärenkreuzer, Yacht Classic 1/08 (German)
Best book in english
Article on Agneta in Swedish magazine Segling
Boat portraits
(22) 25 m Yawl Agneta: En anspråkslos dam, Segling 8/96 (Swedish)
(23) Agneta: Die Passion des Avocato, Yachting & Style 4/07 (German)
(24) Agneta: Eine Frage des Geschmacks. Article about the choice of sail colours, Klassiker 1/17 (German)
(25) 75 sqm Bacchant: Tropenholz- Torpedo 75er Schäre Bacchant, Yacht 12/99 (German)
(26) 30 sqm Tre Sang: Eine Frage der Schäre, Yacht 20/01 (German)
(27) 40 sqm Argo & Hagen: Der ganz normale Wahnsinn, Yacht 11/08 (German)
(28) 40 sqm newbuild Aphrodite: Die falsche und die richtige Art des Wartens, FAS 16/10 (German)
(29) 75 sqm Balaton classic Nemere II: Schönheit für den Plattensee, Boote Exclusiv 3/03 (German)
(30) 30 sqm Rumbleseat, Gewinnerin des Transpac Race 1996 Classic Boat issue 111, September 97 (English)
Squaremetre boat sailors
(31) Uffa Fox, Genie im Gleitzustand, FAS 50/08 (German)
(32) Horst Janson, Der Schwarm des Schwarms, Yacht 1/03 (German)
(33) Georg Milz, Schären im Kopf, Yacht 4/07 (German)
(34) Holzbootliebhaber oder das Schweigen der Planken FAS 45/09 (German)
Nicely made up book in german
Biography of Mr Siska, famous australian yachtman Rolly Tasker
Books
• Uffa Fox: Sailing, Seamanship & Yacht-Construction (1934), Second Book (1935), Sail & Power (1936), Racing, Cruising & Design (1937), Thoughts on Yachts & Yachting (1938), partly reprinted
• Per Thelander: Alla våra Skärgårdskryssare, Svenska Skärgårdskryssareförbundet (SSKF), Stockholm 1991, 160 pages swedish, perhaps available secondhand, ISBN 91-970902-1-2
• Per Thelander, Maria Thorsell: Jakt på‚ kryss. 25 år med Svenska Skärgårdskryssareförbundet, Stockholm 1997, 212 pages swedish, ISSN: 0282-4892
• Lars Nordlund: The world of Squaremetres. The Square Metre Rule – 100 years. Facts, history and reports from all over the globe. SSKF, Stockholm 2008, ISBN 978-91-633-3069-8
• Roland Perry: Sailing to the moon. The Biography of Rolly Tasker, Australia’s Greatest All-Round Yachtsman. Pennon Publishing, Melbourne 2008, 384 pages. ISBN 9781920997069
• Internationale Vereinigung der 30 qm Schärenkreuzer-Klasse e.V.: Schärenkreuzer im Herzen Europas. Geschichte und Geschichten der Schärenkreuzer in Bayern, am Bodensee und in der Schweiz. Konstanz 2010, 320 pages, 48 Euro. ISBN: 978-3-7977-0559-4
These sources were collected, partly researched and written by me since 1979. You are welcome to obtain files tagged with # 1 – 34.