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 plastic with little wood on deck. Just the tiller, the cockpit benches and the teak grating …
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Square Metre Boat as invented in 1908 was built in various classes from 15 und 150 sqm. Thanks to its elegance and fun aboard it was soon admired also beyond Swedish waters. Due to his international contacts in 1955, Knud Reimers drew a 22 sqm class boat for a client in Chicago. Soon other wooden examples followed and even …
Reading Time: 6 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch How this Knud Reimers design from 1943 became a template for his Skerry cruisers and other boats, like his Cruising Square Metre Boats. During the Second World War, Knud Reimers designed a new 30 m2 skerry cruiser for the Hudiksvall merchant E. Ståhlquist. As far as can be ascertained from Per Thelander’s excellent chronicle Alla våra …
Reading Time: 8 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch This website focused on beautiful yachts has been around for a while. Occasionally, I am asked what kind of boat I am sailing. Now I am taking the liberty to introduce Gamle Swede: Daysailer, cruiser, occasional racer, floating retreat and boat office. Some day, she may be for sale – in case an experienced and care …
Reading Time: 10 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch Cleverness, rhetorical skills, talent, and luck made the Dane, born in Aarhus in 1906, to Sweden’s mostly known naval architect. A portrait of the unwavering representative of the elegant and sleek Scandinavian yacht design. The following four anecdotes describe the self-made man who came from modest circumstances, the passionate sailor, the sales-minded and also self-confident Dane. …
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 …
