Reading Time: 5 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch Swede 55 can be enjoyed as built in the 1970s. Believe it or not and even if the do-it-yourselfer finds 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 …
Reading Time: 3 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch An 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 …
Reading Time: 6 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch In 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 …
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 …
Reading Time: 4 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch Until this vividly remembered Friday, end of May 2019, it is clear aboard Gamle Swede that we will meet a Twelve-metre class only at the start of the race. Then this 22 metre upwind sailing machine, powered by 240 square metres, is gone. No sailor will take that pack with dull presumption, so we prepare modestly …
