Reading Time: 7 minutes→ Article in German This 13-metre 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 & Rank …
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. The S30 and Swede 55 are long-lasting thanks to their robust GRP construction and easy to keep. When the good times of Swedish boat …
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: 6 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch As the drawing reveals, this 79-footer had an owner’s cabin with an en suite bathroom, a saloon, and even a small kitchen next to the mast. Floorboards placed deep midships, the Skerry cruiser provided full headroom. The largest Skärgårdskryssare ever built was almost 11 feet wide. Of its 79 feet (24 metres), that third shown above …
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. …
