Reading Time: 4 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch In 1982, Californian sailor Jim Walton won the San Francisco-Hawaii Race with his Swede 55 Temptress. Together with his bold crew he finished the regatta with a thrilling spinnaker run, reaching top speeds of up to 20 knots. It was the last edition of this race successfully completed with a series production boat. Thereafter, custom-built sleds …
Reading Time: 2 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch Skerry cruisers are slim, long, light, and correspondingly sensitive boats, picking up speed even in light winds. This is why they have always been popular in sheltered waters such as the Swedish archipelago, especially in eastern Sweden, and in light wind areas such as the lakes of southern Germany and Switzerland. Even the slightest breeze that …
Reading Time: 4 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch Since 1908 the Skerry Cruiser has been launched in various classes from 15 to 150 m2 of measured sail area. Soon he was appreciated for the sailing fun and his elegance beyond Sweden. The 40 sqm class in particular was eagerly sailed in Germany in the 1920s, the 30 sqm class in England and on the …
Reading Time: 3 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch The privilege of being aboard is experiencing so many moods. It starts with early departures to hoist sails. It continues with gently heeled upwind sailing. And it goes on with exciting downwind runs. Then there are intense races with daring manoeuvres on the chessboard between the buoys. In the evening there are peaceful hours anchoring as …
Reading Time: 8 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch There are so many topics when it comes to equipping a boat that the storm jib is often overlooked. Selection and purchase are not taken serious. Surprisingly, the standard literature provides nothing here. Even the 32nd edition of the German Seamanship, the Handbook for Yachting from 2019 only mentions this important sail. Adlard Coles’ reference book …
Reading Time: 6 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch Skerry cruisers and their modern cruising versions, such as the S30, Jubilee S40 and Swede 55, are sensitive boats. Despite their light displacement, low freeboard and elegant lines, they handle a lot of wind. They are sailed in a different manner compared to contemporary wide and significantly heavier boats. When the wind picks up, you are …
Reading Time: 4 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch When the popular S30, a family-friendly cruising version of the classic 30 m2 skerry cruiser, was launched in the early 1970s, the idea was to create an easy-care and affordable boat. In other words, a contemporary utility item made of Gelcoat covered glass fibre with very little wood on deck. Just the tiller, the cockpit benches …
Reading Time: 8 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch About the false start, the fuck-up version, the start on the wrong side, or carefully approaching the starting line. And about hopelessly trailing the fleet in the Olympic loser spirit. Five starting variations that can be combined endlessly. Starting is as incomprehensible as golf. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t. The difference between sailing and …
Reading Time: 7 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch Due to common sense any very long and slender boat is a skerry cruiser. In fact, it is a boat type built according the Skerry Cruiser Rule being agreed upon in Stockholm in 1908. This rule was revised in 1916, 1920, and finally in 1925. In this version it is in effect until today. A closer …
Reading Time: 3 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch Every cruising sailing boat today comes with a folding Sprayhood. Many yachts even have a solid windscreen or a permanent deckhouse. So you sit in the cockpit protected from the wind and water. This is comfy for sailing on chilly nights, in spring and autumn, and in the cold waters of the north. Unfortunately, this practical …
