Rescue of the Year – M/Y Salome
The NK director Josef Sachs fantastic saloon boat Salome from 1907 has long lain dormant in Småland after a stalled renovation.
After new owners came in, however, the yacht has been moved to the Yachtsnickeriet in Nacka, where the renovation has now taken off well.
To have this representative of the very earliest generation of saloon boats on the water again would be a great event for Swedish boating culture.
Event of the Year – STHLM Classic Poker Run
This is how much fun you can have in the swell after 28 classic runabouts. The STHLM Classic Poker Run always puts on a great show for everyone involved. (Photo: Kevin Liljegren)
For the fifth year in a row, the cream of Scandinavia’s runabouts gathered for this year’s big boating event – the STHLM Classic Poker Run.
A total of 28 boats gathered on the morning of August 19 this year to then go in a united troop around Stockholm’s inner archipelago in search of five Poker cards.
The event was a great success, so take the opportunity to mark 17 August 2024 in your calendar now.
Read more about Poker Run here
The most persistent of the year – Storebro Passion
It is not only Solö boats that have been built in Storebro. This is called Britt-Marie and was built in one copy. Jens Oelerking has a handle on them all. (Photo: Storebro Passion)
Jens Oelerking is the name of the man who for a decade has been keeping the entire history and archive from the Storebro factory in Småland in order.
With a sense of purpose and a burning interest, he constantly scans the classic boat community worldwide in search of existing Storebro boats and then enters it into his magical archive.
Storebro Passion is the name of his creation on Facebook. Don’t miss it.
And here you will find the link to the website.
Loss of the year – Owe Forslund
Owe Forslund discusses boats with, among others, HM Carl XVI Gustaf at an All for the Lake event in the early 1970s. However, no Forslund boat was ever sold to the royal family. (Photo: All for the Lake)
When the master and constructor Owe Forslund passed away on October 29 this year, the last great boat designer left his drawing board.
As son of Gideon Forslund Owe had been born into the motorboat world and seen and heard most of what was worth knowing.
Added to this was his own fantastic deed, which today we find difficult to understand how great it was.
Owe – you are missed. Now the rest of us get to trust our memories.
Read more here about Owe Forslund
This year’s TV program – Micke’s boat
With a calm and gentle hand, Micke Leijnegard guided us at home on the sofa to the launch of the mahogany snipe Moster Jann. (Photo: SVT)
With calm in his voice and stress in his soul took Micke Leijnegard with the Swede into his shed on Långholmen in Stockholm and the spring armoring of the wooden boat Moster Jann.
During a few 15-minute programs last fall, we got to follow Micke’s fight against the launch clock and then collectively exhale when his Johansson & Son snipe floated – and eventually started.
Valuable PR for the hobby to be able to show live the community and joy of having a wooden boat.
Read more here about Micke’s boat
Chainsaw of the year
Yes, it went as it went. In the end, there wasn’t much to do but put the chainsaw into the mahogany racer Lumber Pile. Or what little was left of it. (Photo: Rikard Eriksson)
After being exhibited in a stand at Allt för sjön where the threat to the preservation of the Swedish wooden boat culture was highlighted, it was the end of the road for Sweden’s first Wet Rod – the Boghammar racer Lumber Pile.
During the loading from the fair, it could be established that there was nothing left to build on.
After endless rebuilds and changes topped off with years of neglect, the boat had paid off.
Now another classic sails on the eternal seas, far away from the archipelago in which she was once launched.
Read more about Lumber Pile here
New association of the year – ACBS Northern Europe
After a lot of thinking and dividing, the decision was finally made to start a Northern European branch of the great American classic boat club Antique and Classic Boat Society, ACBS.
With over 6,500 members worldwide who are all passionate about the classic motorboat culture, ACBS is a unique network for those who want to quickly enter that world.
The Northern Europe department has just been formed and during 2024 will participate in a number of meetings in its catchment area.
Read more here about ACBS Nordic
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