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Square Metre Boat: A matter of length

Reading Time: 5 minutesWhat is a Skerrycruiser or Skärgårdskryssare? Anything flat-hulled with long overhangs, made of wood, ideally with a glossy finish? This is how most sailors answer this question. In principle, that’s true, since the open design class launched in 1908 for racing in the Stockholm archipelago or Skärgård initially left a lot of freedom. Only the sail area was limited. To …

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For sale: 30 Square Metre Boat Contra

Reading Time: 6 minutesChestnut brown mahogany, copper coloured underwater body, inclined modern transom. Stretched keel and an effective rudder blade. A serious spar on top. This boat has been the nightmare of Square Metre Boat sailors at Lake Constance in the eighties in the first version. Contra as a modern 30 sqm Skärgårdskryssare At that time, Dr. Klaus Müller from Überlingen, had successful …