Reading Time: 6 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch A while ago Richard Natmeßnig invited me for an afternoon aboard his Swede 41 Classic. Having spent an unforgettable afternoon at the tiller of his boat named Sleipnir on Fehmarnsund, I vividly remember this tempting experience. Swede 41 Classic with a lot of sail area Interested in sailing and familiar with Square Metre Boats, I found …
Reading Time: 9 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch At the end of the sixties, Swedish Square Metre Boat sailors are thinking about a yacht being easier to keep and a bit more comfortable. They like the elegant wooden Skärgårdskryssare and its delightful pleasure under sail. But the upkee of the aged wooden boats needs a lot of care, work and time. And many sailors …
Reading Time: 6 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch This page documents the fleet of first and second version boats. The sail numbers were assigned consecutively international and apparently correspond to the construction numbers. Identified construction/sail numbers are marked bold. The information up to boat no. 156 comes from the 1975 directory of the Swedish S30 class association, Svenska S 30 Förbundet. The lists are …
Reading Time: 6 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch The Square Metre Boat cruising variant Swede 55 is delighting sailors all around the globe. Although series production ended in 1979, with Gamle Swede as hull number 27 launched by Fisksätra Varv, 18 more boats followed. One of them, technically and in terms of sailing the most interesting, is Cheyenne. Göran Lindgren got his dream boat …
Reading Time: 5 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch In the 1970s, admirers of the beautiful Johan Anker keelboat Dragon, the classy 30 Square Metre Boat, the Swiss Lacustre or the Folkboat had a problem. A wooden boat needs a lot of attention, time, and skilled craftsmanship. And it is expensive to build new. That’s why they have been built in plastic ever since. At …
Reading Time: 6 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch An overlooked and notoriously underestimated topic is the weight of the boat. How heavy and thus under-rigged is it? Will it sail in light winds at all? And how much extra load, provisions, and luggage can it handle? Five examples. Cement mixer or sailboat? Today, cruising boats are considered as floating weekend flats. Whatever we appreciate …
Reading Time: 9 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch Skärgårdskryssare also known as Square Metre Boats, are these slim and elegant boats to enjoy sensational sailing. Sadly, the time aboard ends in the evening, as a classy skerry cruiser offers little comfort. That’s why there is a compromise, the so-called Cruising Square Metre Boat. A remarkable variant is the Jubilee S40. How the Jubilee S40 …
Reading Time: 8 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch Finally located in a former match factory in Västervik on the Swedish east coast from 1968 to 1979 and in Gränna near Lake Vättern, Fisksätra built motorboats and vessels for customs, the navy and nautical survey. Then, from the sixties onwards, sailboats, cosy double-enders and popular cabin cruisers. In the seventies, the S30 and Swede 55 …
Reading Time: 2 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch The advantage of modern Cruising Square Metre boats or Cruising Skärgårdskryssare like the S30, Jubilee S40, or Swede 55 is that they come in durable and nearly maintenance-free fiberglass. So you enjoy your precious time aboard. Added to this is the well-thought-out construction of the largest model. The deck and superstructure of Swede 55 were made …
Reading Time: 2 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch Every sailor admires the Vindö cruising boats from the Swedish west coast. Vindös are seventies compromises worth looking at, made of a rock solid and easy-care fibreglass hull with a teak deck and a handsome mahogany superstructure. A tempting mix of practicality with the traditional look and feel aboard. The Dream of Lasse Ristikankare. In the …
