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: 2 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch Every sailor admires the Vindö cruising boats from the Swedish west coast. Vindös are seventies compromises worth looking at, made of a rock solid and easy-care fibreglass hull with a teak deck and a handsome mahogany superstructure. A tempting mix of practicality with the traditional look and feel aboard. The dream of Lasse Ristikankare In the …
Reading Time: 7 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch This almost 59 ft (ca. 18 m) Daysailer is so outdated that at first glance it appears to be a coloured black-and-white photo of times gone by. However, the boat is real and not restored. It is a new construction of 2017. The sail geometry is also pretty outdated. Three quarters of Gustaf’s sail area is …
Reading Time: 5 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch Swede 55 can be enjoyed as built in the 1970s. Believe it or not and even if the DIY-enthusiast finds it difficult: you can simply sail this boat as it is: with one exception: Unfortunately, the yard did not consider an important issue at the time, anchoring. An anchor that you can easily deploy and store …
Reading Time: 3 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch A while ago, an American contacted me regarding the purchase of a secondhand Swede 55. As a previous Swede 55 owner, he was familiar with the boat. Enthralled by the 55, he found a particular offer on the eastern seaboard of the US and sought advice on whether to inspect it or not. He booked advice …
Reading Time: 3 minutes→ Article in German It rises 18 metres into the sky and has ten per cent more sail area than its predecessor from Swiss sailmaker VM Sails, which was delivered in the mid 1990s with a foot that was slightly too short. Five battens, two of which are continuous at the top, stabilise the sail. In the fall before, sailmaker …
Reading Time: 4 minutes→ Artikel auf Deutsch Until this vividly remembered Friday, end of May 2019, it is clear aboard Gamle Swede that we will meet a Twelve-metre class only at the start of the race. Then this 22 metre upwind sailing machine, powered by 240 square metres, is gone. No sailor will take that pack with dull presumption, so we prepare modestly …
Reading Time: 4 minutes→ Article in German As sailing Swede 55 is mostly about upwind pleasure, a post about a single sail, this time a new jib, seems reasonable. For a long time, I sailed Gamle Swede with a worn-out and way smaller-than-specified jib. It was made by Canon/Västervik in 1979. For that long, you can use polyester cloth, also known by the …
