Reading Time: 2 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch Skerry cruisers are slim, long, light, and correspondingly sensitive boats, picking up speed even in light winds. This is why they have always been popular in sheltered waters such as the Swedish archipelago, especially in eastern Sweden, and in light wind areas such as the lakes of southern Germany and Switzerland. Even the slightest breeze that …
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: 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: 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 Gylling Group withdrew from …
Reading Time: 3 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch Since the early 20th century, the Square Metre Boat is admired for its beauty, speed, and joy to sail. Inspired by the elegance of the Skärgårdskryssare, it was time for a good-looking and well sailing one-design suiting better to the requirements of a family in the early seventies. So Swede 55 was conceived in 1974-75 by …
Reading Time: 2 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch The cruising versions of the Square Metre Boat such as the Knud Reimers designed S30 and Swede 55 from the seventies have successors. Here you see some Videos of Swede 41 Classic named Sleipnir launched 2018 and the Swede 55 successor named Cheyenne launched 2002. Swede 41 Classic Sleipnir The helmsman with the hat is Stockholm …
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: 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, this legendary Skerry cruiser provided full headroom. The largest Skärgårdskryssare ever built was almost 11 feet (3.35 m) wide. Of its 79 feet (24 metres), that …
Reading Time: 9 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch Skärgårdskryssare also known as Square Metre Boats, are these slim and elegant boats to enjoy sensational sailing. Sadly, the time aboard ends in the evening, as a classy skerry cruiser offers little comfort. That’s why there is a compromise, the so-called Cruising Square Metre Boat. A remarkable variant is the Jubilee S40. How the Jubilee S40 …
