Reading Time: 4 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch Due to the turbulent development of the Square Metre Class during its first decades, the design, and boat building regulations became repeatedly more precise. In 1925, the Skerry Cruiser Rule was fundamentally revised. So the Skerry Cruiser Rule, as we know it today, is a hundred years old now in its final fourth version. The Square …
Reading Time: 5 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch Advantages and disadvantages of the long and slender Square Metre Boat, the development of the so-called Skerry Cruiser, and how beam is measured since 1925. A brief look at the compromise between minimal water resistance in light wind and the ability to carry sail in a fresh breeze. Rapid Skerry Cruiser development in the 1910s The …
Reading Time: < 1 minute→ Artikel auf Deutsch Sign up for the free Swedesail newsletter, and I will occasionally make you aware of articles on interesting boats, sailing, yacht design, and construction covering Relevant information on what matters I will not bother with industry gossip and spare you of special offers, references to volume models, and so-called world premieres being out-of-date tomorrow. The articles …
Reading Time: 3 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch Due to the elegant low profile of the hull, limited freeboard is an issue aboard beautiful boats. The price is that you can hardly stand upright in the cabin. So sailors of classy Skerry Cruisers or Skärgårdskryssare know this price well. You only change clothes when the sliding hatch is open. Or you have a boat …
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: 6 minutes→ Article in German Chestnut brown mahogany, copper coloured underwater body, modern inclined transom. Advanced keel fin and an effective rudder blade. All topped by a serious spar. This boat has been in its first version the nightmare of Square Metre Boat sailors at Lake Constance in the eighties. Contra as a modern 30 sqm Skärgårdskryssare At that time, Dr. …
