Reading Time: 4 minutesIn the 1970s, admirers of the Dragon, 30 square metre boats, Lacustre or the Folkboat had a problem. Wooden boats need a lot of attention and work. Further, they are expensive to build new. That’s why they have been built in plastic ever since. At the end of the 1980s, Steve White took the opposite approach in his father’s Brooklin …
Reading Time: 8 minutesFinally located in a former match factory in Västervik at the swedish eastcoast from 1968 to 1979 and Gränna near Lake Vättern, Fisksätra built motor boats and vessels for customs, the navy and nautical survey. Then, from the sixties onwards, sailboats, cosy double-enders and popular cabin cruisers. Finally, the S30 and Swede 55 cruising squaremetre boats were built in the …
Reading Time: 7 minutesThis almost 59 ft, 18 metre long Daysailer is so outdated that at first glance it appears to be a coloured black-and-white photo of times gone by. However, the boat is real and not restored, a new construction of 2017. The sail geometry is also wonderfully outdated. Three quarters of Gustaf’s sail area is in the mainsail, the rest in …
Reading Time: 5 minutesIn spring of 1930, the 22-square-metre skerry cruiser or Skärgårdskryssare Vigilant sits nearly ready on a ramp on the Medina River of the Isle Of Wight in the south of England. Apart from the lead keel, the rudder, and the rigging, the boat is finished. It was designed by the famous sailor and yard owner Uffa Fox (pictured right). It …
