Reading Time: 3 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch It is tempting to add nice to haves like a teak deck to a cruising boat, to equip it with a powered capstan, requiring an extra battery in the bow. However, be aware that added weight practically drowns the performance of a slender and sensitive boat like Swede 55. A teak deck, glued on the balsa …
Reading Time: 4 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch I have been sailing since childhood in the sixties, beginning with dinghies like Optimist, Europe, 420, Pirat. Since the mid-seventies open keel boats such as Dyas and Cruising Square Metre Boats type Lotus, since 1980 Swede 55. At the end of the eighties, I specialized professionally in boating topics, in the early nineties focused on classic …
Reading Time: 3 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch This is the story of a well-travelled, then neglected Swede 55. Follow its wake from Fisksätra Varv in Västervik on the east coast of Sweden to the island of Guernsey, where the first German owner sold her. The boat went on via southern France to Antigua, crossed the Atlantic several times in American and British ownership, …
Reading Time: 2 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch All data of Swede 55 obtained from brochures and own measurements aboard Gamle Swede: hull dimensions, weight, rig dimensions, nominal sail area and actual sail sizes. Cabin heights, tank capacities, engine and transmission, various international ratings/racing certificates. This information has been compiled from Gamle Swede and other Swede 55 over the past decades. This is just …
Reading Time: 3 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch Sailing Swede 55 for decades, I developed ideas to refine the joy. In short, it would be mostly the same boat better: a new build with a higher ballast ratio, launched with the planned or even less displacement. This would bring Swede 55 back to its origins: as outlined in the article on Swede 55 Forerunners. …
Reading Time: 5 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch A few bottles of vinegar essence and five hours of work. Descaling the cooling channels of your boat engine significantly extends its service life. Why, contrary to engine dealer’s advice, converting to dual-circuit cooling is still worth the job in most cases. Here is a DIY instruction. Indispensable freshwater cooling and seawater filter Boats are bought …
Reading Time: 6 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch For decades, the largest contiguous fleet of 40 Square Metre Boats has been sailing on Lake Starnberg. An afternoon aboard Aphrodite, launched in 2005 to a Gustaf Estlander design of 1923 by Munich boat builder Helmut Fischer, explains why. Bavarian singer-songwriter and cabaret artist Georg Ringsgwandl once mentioned ‘watching television, drinking, and playing golf’ as the …
Reading Time: 7 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch This article has been updated with headroom heights of the main cabin and foreship, saloon bench sizes and seating height, further berth dimensions in the foreship. Please note tables at the end. A while ago Richard Natmeßnig invited me for an afternoon aboard his Swede 41 Classic. Having spent unforgettable hours at the tiller of his …
Reading Time: 7 minutes→ Article in German This 43 foot 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 & …
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 …
