Reading Time: 8 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch The experience with Swede 55 inspired sailors, designers, and boat builders in Europe and the United States to develop the type in various directions. Here you find eight derivates triggered by the svelte Knud Reimers design. Boats thought-out, designed and built in Sweden, Tunisia, the eastern and western seaboard of the United States. Most of them …
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: 7 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch This article has been updated with headroom heights of the main cabin and foreship, saloon bench sizes, and 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 boat named Sleipnir …
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: 9 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch An overview of 145 publications so far in newspapers and magazines, brochures, of books, book chapters, blog posts, and websites on the Square Metre Boat, also known as Skerrycruiser or Skärgårdskryssare. Further about the cruising versions S30, Jubilee S40, Swede 55, and other yachts described in the blog. In addition, articles and films about designers, remarkable …
Reading Time: 3 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch Based on decades of sailing and boat maintenance, repair jobs and boat sales, I am helping prospective owners regarding boat selection all the way up to finally offering the boat. Having serviced my clients, I am occasionally asking to drop some notes regarding my job. Here is an extract of references from clients I have advised …
