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Below mentioned magazine and newspaper articles, brochures and books provide information about Swede 55 as development of the traditional square metre class, her naval architect, remarkable square metre boat fleets, prominent boats and square metre sailors.
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Swede 55
| Brochure Swede 55 Project (english 1,1 MB) | Download |
| Brochure Swede 55 by Fisksaetra Varv (german 2 MB) | Download |
| Review in Nautical Quarterly issue 6, 1979 (english 5,2 MB) | Download |
| Review in Seilas 4/1979 (norwegian 664 KB) | Download |
| Race report: Temptress wins 2,126 Mile Race to Kauai/Hawaii. Sail Magazine, Oct 1982 (english 340 KB) | Download |
| Vortex, a Swede 55 reinterpreted in wood. Wooden Boat 100 May/June 1991 (english 1,1 MB) | Download |
Knud Reimers
| Variation der schoenen Linie, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (FAS) 8/10 (german 660 KB) | Download |
Square metre boats
| The Square-Metres, Wooden Boat 114, Sept/Okt. 93 (english 1,1 MB) | Download |
| Die rasenden Zahnstocher, Nordis Magazin 4/95 (german 724 KB) | Download |
square metre fleets
| Lake Balaton/Hungardy: Die Schaeren vom Balaton, Yacht 21/02 german, Yacht Leserdienst | |
| Lake Constance: Schoener Segeln, Magazin Bodenseewoche Juni/09 (german 292 KB) | Download |
| 30er Lake Constance: „Schönheiten, die übers Handelsblatt/Sailaffairs 29.3.07 (german 8,6 MB) | Download |
| Baltic Sea/Fehmarn: Schlank & Rank, Spitzentreffen Yacht 17/09 (german 3,1 MB) | Download |
100 years Square metre rule 1908 - 2008
| Laenge laeuft, Segeln einer 15er und 150er Schaere, Yacht Classic 1/08 (german) Delius Klasing |
| Die reine Lehre, Ursprung und Entwicklung der Schaerenkreuzer, Yacht Classic 1/08 (german) Delius Klasing |
square metre boat portraits
| 25 m Yawl „Agneta“: En anspråkslos dam, Segling 8/96 (schwedish 856 KB) | Download |
| „Agneta“: Die Passion des Avocato, Yachting & Style 4/07 (german 536 KB) | Download |
| 75er „Bacchant“: Tropenholz-Torpedo 75er Schaere, Yacht 12/99 (german 588 KB) | Download |
| 30er „Tre Sang“: Eine Frage der Schaere, Yacht 20/01 (german) Yacht Leserdienst | |
| 40er „Argo“ & „Hagen“: Der ganz normale Wahnsinn, Yacht 11/08 (german 2 MB) | Download |
| 40 sqm replica „Aphrodite“: Die falsche und die richtige Art des Wartens, FAS 16/10 (german 428 KB) | Download |
| 75 sqm boat „Nemere II“: Schoenheit fuer den Plattensee, Boote Exclusiv 3/03 (272 KB) | Download |
| 30er sqm boat „Rumbleseat“, winner of Transpac Race 1996 Classic Boat issue 111, September 97 |
Square metre boat sailors
| Uffa Fox, Genie im Gleitzustand, FAS 50/08 (german 400 KB) | Download |
| Horst Janson, Der Schwarm des Schwarms, Yacht 1/03 (german 1 MB) | Download |
| Georg Milz, Schaeren im Kopf, Yacht 4/07 (german) Yacht Leserdienst | |
| Holzbootliebhaber oder das Schweigen der Planken FAS 45/09 (german 384 KB) | Download |
Books
Uffa Fox: Sailing, Seamanship & Yacht-Construction (1934), Second Book (1935), Sail & Power (1936), Racing, Cruising & Design (1937), Thoughts on Yachts & Yachting (1938), partly available as reprints, enquire at second hand booksellers
Per Thelander: Alla våra Skaergårdskryssare, Svenska Skaergårdskryssarefoerbundet (SSKF), Stockholm 1991, 160 pages, swedish, possibly available at second hand booksellers, ISBN 91-970902-1-2
Per Thelander, Maria Thorsell: Jakt på‚ kryss. 25 år med Svenska Skaergårdskryssarefoerbundet, SSKF Stockholm 1997, 212 pages, swedish, ISSN: 0282-4892
Lars Nordlund: The world of Squaremetres. The Square Metre Rule – 100 years. Facts, history and reports from all over the globe. SSKF, Stockholm 2008, 319 pages, available via bookshops, ISBN 978-91-633-3069-8
Roland Perry: Sailing to the moon. The Biography of Rolly Tasker, Australia’s Greatest All-Round Yachtsman. Pennon Publishing, Melbourne 2008, 384 pages, available via bookshops, ISBN 9781920997069
International Association of the 30 square metre class: Schaerenkreuzer im Herzen Europas. Geschichte und Geschichten der Schaerenkreuzer in Bayern, am Bodensee und in der Schweiz. Konstanz 2010, 320 pages, 48 Euro, available via bookshops. ISBN: 978-3-7977-0559-4
Out of print “Yacht” magazine articles can be enquired at readers services: Phone +49 (0)40 33 96 66 80, Email: leserdienst[at]yacht.de
Apart from numbers 1 and 2/06, 2/07 previous “Yacht Classic” issues are availabe at publisher Delius Klasing for EUR 6,50 Euro plus shipping. Phone +49 (0)521 – 55 99 11, Email: info[at]delius-klasing.de
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