Reading Time: 4 minutesBuying a boat is a risky step. Dreams, emotions, the desire to do something really different are big, fuelled by a kind of midlife crisis and some money. Some even do it without a midlife crisis and little money. So let’s look at the knockout criteria when buying a boat. A boat is perceived as promise and a placeholder for …
Reading Time: 2 minutesAre you still bobbing around or sailing already? Easygoing Square Metre Boats answer this question in their way. These beautiful light air windmills make something out of nearly nothing. About thirty boats, from classic 15 square metre boats to a modern cruising 55 are sailing the Slim & Tender Race (Schlank & Rank Regatta) off Fehmarn on the German coast …
Reading Time: 4 minutesCan you design, build and sail a 49-foot boat with stoop height below deck? Yes you can, if you are a Swede and rather focused on sailing than amenities below deck. What a pleasure edging this 55 sqm boat windward sitting on the ergonomically shaped coaming with small deflections on the tiller. The sensation of dinghy feeling aboard a 15 …
Reading Time: 6 minutes→ Article in German Chestnut brown mahogany, copper coloured underwater body, modern inclined transom. Advanced keel fin and an effective rudder blade. All topped by a serious spar. This boat has been in its first version the nightmare of Square Metre Boat sailors at Lake Constance in the eighties. Contra as a modern 30 sqm Skärgårdskryssare At that time, Dr. …
Reading Time: 7 minutesThis almost 59 ft (ca. 18 m) long Daysailer is so outdated that at first glance it appears to be a coloured black-and-white photo of times gone by.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. It is a new construction of 2017. The sail geometry is also pretty outdated. Three quarters of Gustaf’s sail area is in the mainsail, …
Reading Time: 5 minutesSwede 55 can be enjoyed as built in the 1970s. Believe it or not and even if some do-it-yourselfers find it difficult: you can simply sail this boat as it is – with one exception: Unfortunately, the yard did not consider an important issue at the time, anchoring. A secure anchor that you can easily deploy and back on board …
Reading Time: 3 minutesAn S30 sailor wants a jockey pole for his cruising Square Metre Boat for spinnaker sailing at closer angles. Together with matching eye plates to hang on the side of the mast, this is no big deal. Boom and fittings are inquired from the leading mast builder Seldén via the Hamburg agent Herman Gotthardt. Seldén probably supplied the rigging for …
Reading Time: 5 minutesIn spring 1930, the 22-Square-Metre Skerry Cruiser or Skärgårdskryssare Vigilant was sitting almost 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 was finished. It was designed by the famous sailor and yard owner Uffa Fox (pictured right). It …
Reading Time: 2 minutes→ Article in German Swede 55 has two smaller sisters, the Jubilee S40 and S30 cruising variants of the classy Square Metre Boat. Here is an opportunity to buy a well-kept and extensively equipped S30. It comes with a comprehensive wardrobe with several light wind sails for Lake Constance. Dark blue hull with teak deck. Extensive refit by reputable Lake …
Reading Time: 3 minutes→ Article in German It towers 18 metres into the blue and is ten percent bigger than the previous one by Swiss sailmaker VM Sails, which came with a short foot luff in the nineties. Five battens, two of them continuous at the top, stabilise the cloth. In the fall before, sailmaker Arnd Deutsch and I had discussed a special …
