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ENGLISH SUMMARIES
ART 1. OLYMPICS
The triumph of the Norwegian
Crown-Prince Olav, winning the
gold medal as crew member on
his 6 metre NORNA, is the main
interest in the 1928 Amsterdam
(Zuidersee) sailing olympics.
Johan Anker took the helm. The
medal is even more remarkable
because NORNA was rammed in
the 3rd regatta, but the big hole
in the side was repaired overnight
and the Norwegians won
the next race! The French L’AILE
VI, owned by Mme Virginie
Heriot, took gold in the 8 metre
class. The 1932 event in
California had few boats and
only local competitors, except
for the Swedish helmsman and
designer Tore Holm in the 6 metre
class, who won with BISSBI.
In contrast, the 1936 sailing
olympics at Kiel attracted a record
number of nations in the
two metre classes. The points
system had been changed after
Amsterdam, and the new system
encouraged «playing safe» and a
spate of disqualification attempts
– so that Sweden’s ILDERIM was
deprived of the gold medal in
the 8 metre class due to disqualification,
while Norway had to
be content with two silver medals.
The sailing olympics were
otherwise well-run by the Nazi
authorities, with Adolf Hitler attending
on the last day.
ART 2. QUINTA 8 MR.
QUINTA, designed by Johan
Anker, was launched at the
Anker & Jensen boatyard in
1914, in time for the famous
Europe Week. She won several
regattas during that week, but
was just beaten overall by the
Swedish 8 metre ASTRID. The
Hassel family bought QUINTA in
1918 and thus she came to the
Bergen area. She has remained
there ever since, owned by the
same family! Arne, the author, is
the grandson of Kaspar Hassel,
who won a gold medal in the
1920 olympics as crew on board
12 M HEIRA from Bergen. In the
1920s, QUINTA continued to be
a successful regatta boat. She
survived the war quite miraculously
without being plundered.
The author recalls childhood
memories of sailing on QUINTA
and then presents a detailed description
of the restoration work
carried out in the 1980s, including
replacing frames and steaming
new hull planks. QUINTA
should still be owned by the
Hassel family for her centenary!
ART 3. DORIS
Doris is an 8.5 metre (Copenhagen
Rule) built in 1901. She
has had an extremely chequered
history. She was in danger of
being abandoned in Sollerudstranda
«graveyard» after it was
discovered that her rotten stern
extended to adjoining hull
planks. The extent of the surgery
necessary can be seen from one
of the illustrations. The author
took over the restoration as
part-owner and tackled not only
the stern replacement but a
whole new deck of pine. DORIS
is now worthy of a revisit. Apart
from her fine new deck, her cabin
interior is quite original and
exudes a cosy atmosphere. The
editor and his family first met
DORIS in 1990 when 4 young
females jointly owned her – that
night, in the «safety» of Strømstad
harbour, a local speedboat
with drunken youths rammed
her side. We were lucily on the
other side! DORIS has always
been tough, and thanks to the
sensible restoration work by
Nick Martin and Bengt Adeler
she can meet her centenary in
2001 with pride.
ART 4. OVER ÆVNE
The voyage from the Norwegian
coast to Fair Isle, a stopping
place for Norsemen on their way
to the Færoes, Iceland and even
Greenland, was the prelude before
the storm. And what a storm
in the North Sea, with waves up
to 6 metres and a wind of 21 m
per sec.! OVER ÆVNE, in spite of
her modest proportions ((50 sq.
m. double ender) and her respectable
age (from the 1920s)
handled the dramatic situation
remarkably well, thanks to her
self-lensing cockpit and high
threshold down to the interior.
The author and his crew were
treated like heroes upon their
arrival in Torshavn (Færoes).
The return journey was less
dramatic – the leg from
Torshavn to Kirkwall in the
Orkneys taking exactly 48 hours
in strong winds. Definitely not a
voyage to be undertaken by beginners
or less sturdy classic
yachts!
ART 5.
UNIQUE DECK MATE-
RIALS FROM CANADA
A new deck for NIRVANA, owned
by Swedish Magnus Lindgren,
resident in Oslo, was decided
upon two years ago. NIRVANA,
an 8 metre built by Anker &
Jensen at Vollen in 1914, and
sister boat to CARMEN 1V, still
had her original deck in remarkably
good condition. However,
because the iron nails were rusting,
renovation seemed unavoidable.
The author was never in
doubt that he wanted to do it the
original way and find new materials
of equally high quality.
Mahogany for kingsplanks and
covering boards was purchased
without difficulty from Isene
lumber company in Oslo. The
deck planking of Oregon pine
was the problem. Equivalent material
to the old deck with a fine
grain and in lengths above 12
metres was not to be found in
Scandinavia or in Britain. Finally,
through the help of Ole and Arne
Roseth in Oslo, who have links
in the shipping business with
Canada, contact with the
Canadian lumber company, CAN-
FOR, was established; lengths of
8 metres could be delivered, and
high quality trees were about to
CHRIS ENNALS
be cut in a forest on Victoria
Island, British Columbia. The
Oregon pine, called Douglas Fir
in Canada, grows amongst trees
of Hemlock (20% Douglas Fir to
80% Hemlock). All the material
is sold in advance to Japanese
importers before cutting. An
amazing good deed was done;
CANFOR was so generous to buy
back a consignment from Japan
for Magnus (and other KTK
members)! The author managed
to go over in person, combining
this destination with a business
trip. In September 1996 the
material arrived in Oslo, so
NIRVANA should be ready for the
Færder Seilas 50th jubilee;
under the name of KRABAT,
NIRVANA was 3rd in the first
Færder in 1947, and won it later.
The author is most grateful to
Scott Maxwell for his generosity,
to Greg Schellenberg and
Marlene Ritchie for their help
(all at CANFOR), and to Terje
Nystrøm in Saga Shipping for
transport assistance.
ART 6. ROLLO 3
The third ROLLO was a 10 mR,
again an Anker boat, built for
Ingar Dobloug in 1928.
Dobloug´s account of his voyage
from Oslo down the west coast
of Sweden and up to Stockholm
(Sandamn) won him a prize
instituted by KNS (Royal Norwegian
Yacht Club) for ‘toursailing’.
Having arrived at the last moment
before the regatta at Sandhamn
was due to start, Dobloug hurled
himself into the fray and won!
The original account in SEILAS is
reproduced for us. Up to 1934,
Dobloug often competed in
Copenhagen against his rival, the
Danish King. King Christian was
an aficionado of 10 metre yachts
especially. One of the main
triumphs of ROLLO 3 was to win
the passage race down to Hankø
from Oslo on the occasion of
KNS 50th jubilee in 1933.
The ultimate fate of ROLLO 3 is
still not known – she simply
disappeared!
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