Reading Time: 6 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch Skerry cruisers and their modern cruising versions, such as the S30, Jubilee S40 and Swede 55, are sensitive boats. Despite their light displacement, low freeboard and elegant lines, they handle a lot of wind. They are sailed in a different manner compared to contemporary wide and significantly heavier boats. When the wind picks up, you are …
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 Gelcoat covered glass fibre with very little wood on deck. Just the tiller, the cockpit benches …
Reading Time: 7 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch Due to common sense any very long and slender boat is a skerry cruiser. In fact, it is a boat type built according the Skerry Cruiser Rule being agreed upon in Stockholm in 1908. This rule was revised in 1916, 1920, and finally in 1925. In this version it is in effect until today. A closer …
Reading Time: 5 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch Inspired by Rolly Taskers offshore racing experience with the modified 40 Square Metre Boat Siska in Australia, followed by Fidelis’ success at the Sydney-Hobart race and the popular cruising Skärgårdskryssare S30, the Swede 55 project was started in 1974. According to Reimers’ drawings dated March 1974, the first step towards Swede 55 was an International One …
Reading Time: 6 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch This type is the successor to the second version S30 cruising Square Metre Boat and was built in 1995/96 with a boxy and comfortable superstructure. Further, there is a flush deck version with a low profile cabin named Swede 41 Classic. Swede 41 construction # 4 The sailing characteristics of Swede 41 have been improved impressively, …
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. Thanks to their robust GRP construction the S30 and Swede 55 are long-lasting and easy to keep boats. When the good times of Swedish …
Reading Time: 4 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch Can you design, build and sail a 49-foot boat offering just stoop height below deck? Yes you can, if you are a Swede and more focused on sailing than amenities below deck. And what a pleasure it is edging this 55 m2 Skerry cruiser windward, sitting on the ergonomically shaped coaming with small deflections on the …
Reading Time: 5 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch This S30 with construction and sail number 22 is remarkable in two respects: Kauri is in good condition with a refurbished and mint interior crafted by the Wegener boatyard and a renewed engine with Lake Constance permission (high environmental and exhaust standard). Secondly, the boat comes with a 2 m longer carbon rig, power winches and …
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 …
