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The Shipyard ( Dry Dock ): Builds & Questions => Yachts and Sail => Topic started by: Lothar on December 01, 2012, 06:21:23 pm

Title: Storslända little Plywood boat
Post by: Lothar on December 01, 2012, 06:21:23 pm

Hi,
 
over the summer time my wife Heidi and I were busy building a sailboat for her. It's a design from 1947 by Jac Iversen. I adapted it to mour 1:5 scale and made some cad drawings and CNC-milled frames. Heidi made all the woodworks. I was engaged to make a rigg amd sails and to paint the boat. Two weeks ago was the maiden. Today we were able to sail with a bit more wind. She runs nice and is much stronger against wind than my skerrycruisers. A perfect boat for a beginner.
 
Here are some pics of today:
 
(http://s8.postimage.org/tu4ryu6dh/20121201_001.jpg) (http://postimage.org/)
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together with Sonja, my small 15 sqm Skerrycruiser
 
(http://s11.postimage.org/5l5nmx1gj/20121201_007.jpg) (http://postimage.org/)
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The boat is 1,35 m by 38 cm. The weight is about 10 kg. Please watch the video of the maiden on Youtube at:
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSMMa6itD3M&list=UL (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSMMa6itD3M&list=UL)
 
I hope You enjoy our "Ylva" as Heidi named this little Yacht.
 
Best Regards
 
Lothar
 

Title: Re: Storslända little Plywood boat
Post by: rmaddock on December 01, 2012, 08:16:41 pm

That's a lovely little boat Lothar, and built to your usual disgustingly high standard :-))

I guess the hard-chine hull must be quite quick to build compared to your usual boats.  She looks lovely on the water.

Title: Re: Storslända little Plywood boat
Post by: triumphjon on December 01, 2012, 09:01:09 pm

that is a very nice looking boat , :-))

Title: Re: Storslända little Plywood boat
Post by: Stormbringer on December 02, 2012, 12:54:22 am

nice yacht  :-))

Title: Re: Storslända little Plywood boat
Post by: Artistmike on December 02, 2012, 07:39:11 am

That's a lovely yacht Lothar and sails beautifully, a real credit to you ... :-)

Title: Re: Storslända little Plywood boat
Post by: Lothar on December 28, 2012, 08:26:03 am

Thank You very much
 
for all Your compliments. I will forward them to my wife. She's really lucky with her boat. Ylva was allowed to stand in our living room over the christmass days. {-) I cannot remember, that one of my boats could stand there for longer than two days... <:(
 
Some days ago was much more wind over here. So I took Ylva to the lake for another test (my wife took her half hour afternoon nap between 1.00 and 3.00 o'clock) ;)
 
The result is here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLzssH6g3s4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLzssH6g3s4)
 
We added some flags and some other small details, now Ylva is well prepared and tested for the sailing season.
 
Lothar