Reading Time: 9 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch A crush on this originally Swedish, temporarily Finnish and recently Swiss example of the 75 m2 Skerry Cruiser of 1918. How Gun keeps eight caregiving sailors happy (and busy) while pleasing spectators on Lake Constance. Finally, the question of who will continue this fabulous story. Let’s start with an almost forgotten detail, this arched coach roof …
Reading Time: 6 minutesFor decades, the largest contiguous fleet of 40 Square Metre Boats has been sailing on Lake Starnberg. An afternoon aboard Aphrodite, one of the latest examples launched by Munich boat builder Helmut Fischer, explains why. Bavarian singer-songwriter and cabaret artist Georg Ringsgwandl once named ‘watching television, drinking and playing golf’ as the Germans’ favourite leisure activity. It would be sad …
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: 7 minutes→ Article in German This 13-metre racer is an important boat for the Skerry Cruiser scene in Northern Germany. With Aurora, Georg Milz brought his idea for a sailing event from the 2008 centenary of the Square Metre Class from Stockholm to Fehmarn. She gifted fans of true and classic Skerry Cruisers and their successors, the fabulous Schlank & Rank …
Reading Time: 5 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch Advantages and disadvantages of the slender and long Square Metre Boat, the development of the so-called Skerry Cruiser, and how beam is measured since 1925. A brief look at the compromise between minimal water resistance in light wind and the ability to carry sail in a fresh breeze. Rapid Skerry Cruiser development in the 1910s The …
Reading Time: 3 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch As outlined in the page about the first S30 version, a production of 229 boats within six years was a remarkable, by today’s standards, astonishing achievement. However, expectations regarding boat handling and space below deck significantly increased in the 1970 ties. The competition provided a lot more in this regard with other boat models. So Fisksätra …
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: 4 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch The modern cruising version of the Square Metre Boat of the seventies, also known as Cruising Skärgårdskryssare, is a clever merge of agility afloat, elegance, and comfort for a family or friends. The S30 and Swede 55 are long-lasting thanks to their robust GRP construction and easy to keep. When the good times of Swedish boat …
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: 4 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch The contemporary sailboat is high, wide, and chunky. This Spirit 52 D reminds on the mayor purpose of a sailboat: being connected to the water with immediate response at the helm, seeing the breeze ahead and looking nice. For this custom-built manufacture, headroom and similar considerations were secondary. So this one off by Sprit Yachts is …
