Klassiske Linjer nr 10 1999 - Klassisk Treseiler Klubb

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
PAN – one or more pipes?
Dear Chris,
Thank you very much for sending me a copy of "Klassiske
Linjer". I appreciate the articles in English a lot, it is a
splendid magazine.
I think I have good news regarding two Olympic sailing
survivors. First, PAN, gold medal Dragon in the 1948 and
1952 olympics.This boat was sold to Portugal after the
1952 olympics.A certain Mr. Conde de Caria bought PAN
and continued to race this Dragon in Portugal and
abroad, winning many trophies.As a result, this gentleman
was able to represent Portugal in the 1956 olympics in
Melbourne with PAN. I am pretty certain that after
winning the selection trials he took PAN with him to
Australia.
Re. EMILY, silver medal British eight metre from the
1924 Olympics at Le Havre (William Fife boat 1924).
I found this boat in the garden of a German resident
in the south of Portugal. I have been able to take her
over for restoration, and the same team which has
been working on TAIFUN should be able to do her
restoration. I will do all I can to save her.
With best wishes, yours sincerely, DAVID VIEIRA
(Lisbon, Portugal, Hon. Secretary, ECYU Metre
Yacht Register)
EDITOR’s COMMENT
I had an open mind about whether there was a new PAN for the
1952 olympics, in view of the notice in the local Norwegian paper
that Thorvaldsen's intention was to sell her to Scotland after the
olympics in Torquay, 1948. However, in connection with the 70th
jubilee of the Dragon this year, I read the two articles of Tjomøe
and Jensen in SEILSPORT (written in the early 1970s), and they
clear up the matter. They say that Thorvaldsen won the 1948 and
1952 olympics in the same boat, but had a new PAN built for the
Melbourne olympics. It seems, then, that both the new PAN II and
the old PAN, now representing Portugal, took part in the olympics
of 1956. Thorvaldsen did not win a third medal, and I am
not sure what placing the good old PAN achieved.
What a fascinating story!
KLASSISKE LINJER NR.10 MAI 1999
Dear Chris,
Do you remember I mentioned to you, upon
reading your Olympics 1948 - 1952 article, that
I thought Thor Thorvaldsen had more than one
PAN? I enclose a short notice from the local
newspaper saying that 50 years ago
Thorvaldsen tried to sell his victorious PAN from
1948 to Scotland straightaway. It also says that
he is planning to have a PAN II built.
Yours sincerely, Henrich Nissen-Lie
Dear Chris,
Re. PAN, described in your article, KL No. 6, April 1997
I gather you wish to know what happened to PAN.The
German Dragon Club has a website on internet and
has provided this information from the current owner
of PAN:
From: daniel Å goteborg.mail.telia.com I am looking
forward to seeing an own homepage for wooden
Dragons. I am the owner of PAN, built in 1948 at
Anker& Jensen's yard at Vollen. PAN was built for the
olympics of that year in Torquay, where she won gold.
Thor Torvaldsen the owner participated also in 1952
with PAN in Helsinki. She had been updated and sailed
to a second gold.Today the boat has its harbour at
Ockero, south Marstrand, Swedish west coast.This winter
we have laid a new teak deck and updated her
equipment. My sailing number is : SWE 258 (ex N-166).
I hope this will help to complete the story of PAN.
I do enjoy reading the magazine, with its engaging
text and photos.
Yours sincerely,
Finn Kjeldsberg, Horten