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! <strong>KLASSISKE</strong> <strong>LINJER</strong> NR.5 OKTOBER 1996 43
44 <strong>KLASSISKE</strong> <strong>LINJER</strong> NR.5 OKTOBER 1996 Report by John Lammerts van Bueren
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