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Tigris

Tigris

Model: Nautor’s Swan 76

Year: 1981

Design: #2231

Builder: Oy Nautor AB

SWAN 76 - TIGRIS

SWAN 76 - TIGRIS

Tigris is No 4 of 5 built. She is the only 76 with a centreboard and deckhouse configuration. Originally sold to a Greek owner, Tigris then went to the West Coast US where she was owned by a keen sailor and America's Cup sponsor.

She did the Transpac race in this ownership. She later returned to the Med where she chartered prior to being bought by a US syndicate for the World ARC. The lead member of the syndicate was one of the crew of Courageous, the S&S designed America's Cup winner. We bought Tigris in Newport R.I. in 2011.

The design of the Swan 76 was loosely based on the World Champion Maxi rater in the 1970's, Kialoa 111

SUNCHASER

SUNCHASER

Model: Nautor’s Swan 43

Year: 1969

Design: #1973

Builder: Oy Nautor AB

SUNCHASER- Swan 43/020 year 1970

SUNCHASER- Swan 43/020 year 1969

S&S Swan 43, Sunchaser is a world-famous traditional sailing yacht built by Nautor in Pietarsaari. She is hull no. 20 and finished in 1969 . In the 70's she belonged to the St Francis Yacht club, where she had competed successfully in the Big Boat series races and received an honorable mention and a commemorative plaque for the boat. Sunchaser is equipped for competition use and has main winches made of titanium on deck. The winches are connected together, so turns and sail adjustments can be made quickly. The crew on this boat has been 9-11. On the bow deck 2-3, in amidships 3, mainsail adjustment from the seat box, helmsman, navigator and skipper. The races in San Francisco Bay took place in a total wind of 20-25 knots, but sometimes reached 35 knots. Back then, the places and sailing skills could be tough.

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Imports to Finland

The Sunchaser was acquired in 2009 from Coos Bay north of San Francisco. From there, she was transported by road to the east coast of the USA and from there by ship to Rauma and Parais for refurbishment.

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Renovation

During the winter of 2010, the boat underwent a complete overhaul. The teak decks were completely renewed. The interior joinery, some cabinets and doors were completely renovated. Some of the Koto bulkhead veneers had been damaged and were replaced. The floors were badly worn, but Nautor had once made plywood from solid teak, so they were able to be sanded and finished like new.

Technique

She was updated to the extent necessary. The original baby blake head was completely overhauled and and black water system added in accordance with the new regulations. The chromed parts were recoated. The instrument panels were restored to their original appearance. The decommissioned Loran-C system and radio-guided equipment were replaced with a new GPS navigator system. The engine was in good condition and the last Perkings 4-108 engine had been run for only 470 h in 20 years only the exhaust muffler was replaced.


PAVLOVA II

PAVLOVA II

Model: Nautor’s Swan 43

Year: 1972

Design: #1973

Builder: Oy Nautor AB

PAVLOVA II - Swan 43/066 year 1972

PAVLOVA II - Swan 43/066 year 1972

PAVLOVA II a classic Swan 43 from 1972 was purchased in 2001 in Antigua in the West Indies. She has cruised the Caribbean extensively and competed in Antigua Race Week from 2002 until 2009 – winning her class in four seasons. At the end of the 2009 season she was shipped to Menorca and now resides in a marina in Mahon, cruising the summer months around the Balearics.

For a list of articles & race results featuring PAVLOVA II see below:

Pity the poor photographer!  Antigua Race Week 2004  - © Tim Wright

Pity the poor photographer! Antigua Race Week 2004 - © Tim Wright

30th April 2009 - 42nd Antigua Sailing Week proves a success

Hard on the wind in big seas.  Antigua Race Week 2002 - © Tim Wright

Hard on the wind in big seas. Antigua Race Week 2002 - © Tim Wright

30th April 2004 - Antigua Sailing Week

Keen concentration by the skipper.  Antigua Race Week 2008 - © Tim Wright

Keen concentration by the skipper. Antigua Race Week 2008 - © Tim Wright

24th April 2004 - Antigua Sailing Week


CARLY III

CARLY III

Model: Nautor’s Swan 43

Year: 1969

Design: #1973

Builder: Oy Nautor AB

CARLY III - Swan 43/018 year 1969

CARLY III - Swan 43/018 year 1969

Carly III was originally branded as a PJ 43 for USA markets and started as a racing boat on the big lakes in USA. After a racing period, in the end of 1970’s she continued ocean racing and globetrotting from New Orleans. In the 1980’s she moved to Denmark and was for the first time refurbished in Walsted Baadeverf. Year 2000 she was brought to Finland by Fredrik Ekström. First she was refurbished and structurally reinforced and modified in Nautor Yxpila. Current owners have then continued refurbishing, updating, especially to the electronics and navigation systems.

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Today, she is a very thoroughly, but carefully to original lay-out and contemporary style refurbished classic S&S offering unique, fast and powerful sailing performance and eye-catching, stunning looks. Beside of a beautiful interior, this unique yacht offers a very extensively reinforced hull and structures and custom made fittings. Other modifications include e.g. modified and deeper keel (1150 kg extra) and deeper rudder to match the new modified 20 meter Huisman 3-spreader rig and oversized deck gear and Perkins M65 engine and hydraulic gearbox for blue-water sailing in demanding areas. For one-man or family sailing she also has the strongest Jefa DD2 direct drive autopilot installed, controlled via Garmin autopilot system.

The current displacement is 13 tons, ballast being 6 tons and draught 2,45m. Latest LYS given is 1.29.

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HANHI

HANHI

Model: Swan 40

Year: 1972

Design: #2025

Builder: Oy Nautor AB

Hanhi - 1972 Swan 40

Hanhi is a S&S Swan 40, Hull number 40, built in 1972. Her home harbour is in Helsinki, Finland (HSK, Lauttasaari).

Tiger Lilly

TIGER LILLY

Model: Nautor’s Swan 47

Year: 1982

Design: #2201

Builder: Oy Nautor AB

Tiger Lilly - Swan 47 Design #2201

Tiger Lilly - Swan 47 Design #2201

The history of Swan 47/066 ”Tiger Lily”, ex. ”Alicadoo” (British flag), ex. ”Seaway Lady” (Swedish flag). Tiger Lily was launched in June 1982. She started her life under the Swedish flag and with the name Seaway Lady, homeport Gothenburg. She was sold already in November 1982 to an owner from Northern Ireland and had to change her name because the name Seaway Lady could not be registered under her new flag. Her new name became Alicadoo.

Between 1983 and 1989 Alicadoo did 6 transatlantic trips with Peter ”Stokey” Woodall as skipper. Her homeport was Vilamoura in Portugal. Alicadoo did also make several trips to the Azores from her homeport. On one of these trips, she became ”famous” as she was part of the filming of the RYA Yachtmaster video nr. 3.

Plans from classicswan.org

In August 1989 Alicadoo was bought by me. Our first sail together was from Vilamoura to Southampton, UK. It was late October so we started a life together with very rough weather. We arrived in Southampton under the Finnish flag and the new name of Tiger Lily. The flag and name were changed outside Cabo Finisterre in a force 10 storm.

During the years I have owned Tiger Lily I have made 6 transatlantic trips from Europe to the Caribbean. One of these was the cruise to celebrate Columbus 500 years since the discovery of the Americas. I have also visited Horta, Azores 4 times. Today, even with more than 130.000 nm on her log, Tiger Lily is in better shape than new after a big refit in 2008-2011.

Penelopeia

PENELOPEIA

Model: Antilla 30

Year: 1976

Design: #2042.1

Builder: Eino Antinoja

PENELOPEIA - Antilla 30 Design #2042

PENELOPEIA - Antilla 30 Design #2042

Penelopeia (originally sailed under the name “Salka”) is an Antilla 30, manufactured by the Finnish boat builder AA Boats in 1976. She is Sparkman Stephens design # 2042.1 Originally designated for 1/2 ton IOR racing, she is based on the same design as the SHE 31B design #2042. The owner of AA Boats, Mr Eino Antinoja, purchased the rights to the design from brothers Derek and Simon Fitzgerald of South Hants Engineering, having the negotiations at the Thames Royal Yacht Club, purchase price being one hull manufactured by AA Boats. Originally sold as the S&S 6.6 and manufactured by AA Boats between 1971 - 72, the design was later developed into a more family friendly version called the Antilla 30 (1973 - 76). In total approximately 50 Antilla 30’s were manufactured by AA Boat.

Penelopeia has been owned by the current owner since 2007 and cruised mainly on the Gulf of Finland skippered by the owner or our son Lauri. She has the layout of the 4 berth version although in reality this is comfortable for two people. Penelopeia has proved to be safe, strong, seaworthy and in all aspects a reliable boat.

The boat has been painted (marine blue) and also otherwise completely refitted by the previous owner in 2004:

· Sail wardrobe (main sail, genoa and gennaker by WB Sails, Harken Furling System, lazy jacks)

· Engine (Nanni Kubota, 14 hp), ZF HBW gearbox

· Deck equipment (Lewmar/Harken)

· Sprayhood (MP Venekuomu), again renewed 2020

· Instruments (Raytheon ST60)

· Original tiller steering changed into wheel steering (Whitlock Cobra, Navico WP30 Wheel Pilot)

· Chart plotter and DSC VHF radio, both renewed again during last years (Garmin)

· Battery banks (3 x 84 Ah, Invac battery charger, shore power system)

· Heating (Webasto AT 2000)

· Waterheater (Isotemp)

· Top opening cool box (Isotherm SP) and gas stove with oven

· Jabsco marine toilet

The homeport of sy Penelopeia is Helsinki, Finland (SPS Yacht Club)

Tungu

TUNGU

Model: Antilla 30

Year: 1973

Design: #2042.1

Builder: Eino Antinoja

TUNGU - Antilla 30 Design #2042

TUNGU - Antilla 30 Design #2042

Translated from Finnish

The boat is better known in the history of Finnish sailing sport by the name Marjo 3, given by its original customer Keijo Petäjän. It was launched in 1973.

Eino Antinoja had already manufactured the same frame under the trademark S&S 6.6. (the number comes from the IOR metric). The boat was developed by making a completely new deck structure. The Antilla 30 has a larger open space than the S&S 6.6, but due to its higher superstructure the interior is slightly higher. There were also a few other technical modifications to the boat that allowed the foot to have a longer mast and a correspondingly greater sail area.

The alterations were designed by architect Keijo Petajä, the client of the boat. For his boat, he also designed a one-off interior that was built from mahogany plywood. Serialized Antillas come in many different interior variants, but most of them are made with reinforced plastic interior modules.

Marjo 3, curled by Keijo Petäjä, was the most successful Finnish half-tonne of its time. The boat had a very large sailboat made by Hood.

After Keijo Petäjä's death, the heirs sold the boat to the Hamilton sea captain Jarkko Kukkonen. The owners' express wish was to give the boat a new name and Kukkonen to cross it to Tungus. Tungu moved from the Kukkonen family in 1994 to their current owners, Ari and Vesa Mäkelä, and now our late father was also a member of the boat.

The boat has undergone a thorough overhaul, but its style and, where possible, equipment is still very original. Where technology has had to be renewed, we have tried to preserve style as much as possible. There is plenty of original movable storage, for example. all original Hood sails that came with the boat. Of these, the high-wind spinster and Storm fox are still in active use.

It was not until 2014 that the boat was fitted with Rullageno. Until 2000, the engine was the original Yanmar YSE 8 (but not the original), but has since been replaced with a more powerful 16hp engine.

At our disposal, Tungu is a passenger boat that has traveled not only the Finnish and Swedish archipelago, but also the Estonian coast, the Gulf of Riga and the Southern Baltic.

Original in Finnish:

Vene tunnetaan Suomen purjehdusurheilun historiassa paremmin alkuperäisen tilaajansa Keijo Petäjän sille antamalla nimellä Marjo 3. Tämä on ensimmäinen Antilla 30 tavaramerkillä valmistunut vene. Se laskettiin vesille 1973.

Eino Antinoja oli valmistanut samaa runkoa jo aikaisemmin tavaramerkillä S&S 6.6. (numero tulee IOR mittaluvusta). Venettä kehitettiin tekemällä siihen kokonaan uusi kansirakenne. Antilla 30:n avotila on suurempi kuin S&S 6.6:ssa, mutta korkeamman ylärakenteen takia sisätila on hieman korkeampi. Veneeseen tehtiin myös muutamia muita teknisiä muutoksia, jotka sallivat samalla mittaluvulla jalan pitemmän maston ja vastaavasti suuremman purjepinta-alan.

Muutokset suunnitteli veneen tilaaja arkkitehti Keijo Petäjä. Omaan veneeseensä hän suunnitteli myös one-off sisustuksen, joka on rakennettu paikalleen mahonkivanerista. Sarjatuotannossa valmistuneissa Antilloissa on useita erilaisia sisustusvariaatioita, mutta useimmat niistä on toteutettu lujitemuovisilla sisämoduuleilla.

Marjo 3 oli Keijo Petäjän kipparoimana aikansa menestyksekkäin suomalainen puolitonnari. Veneessä oli erittäin suuri Hoodin valmistetta oleva purjegarderobi.

Keijo Petäjän kuoleman jälkeen perilliset myivät veneen haminalaiselle merikapteeni Jarkko Kukkoselle. Omistajien nimenomainen toivomus oli, että veneelle tulee antaa uusi nimi ja Kukkonen risti sen Tunguksi. Kukkosen perheeltä Tungu siirtyi 1994 nykyisille omistajilleen Ari ja Vesa Mäkelälle, nyttemmin jo edesmennyt isämme oli aikanaan myös veneen osakkaana.

Vene on läpikäynyt perusteellisen kunnostuksen, mutta sen tyyli ja mahdollisuuksien mukaan myös varustus on edelleen hyvin alkuperäinen.  Siellä missä tekniikkaa on jouduttu uusimaan, olemme pyrkineet mahdollisimman pitkälti säilyttämään tyylin. Alkuperäistä irtaimistoa on runsaasti varastoituna mm. kaikki veneen mukana tulleet alkuperäiset Hood -purjeet. Niistä kovan tuulen spinnu ja myrskyfokka ovat edelleen aktiivikäytössä.

Vasta 2014 veneeseen asennettiin rullagenoa. Moottori oli vuoteen 2000 saakka alkuperäisen mallinen Yanmar YSE 8 (ei kuitenkaan alkuperäinen yksilö), sittemmin se on vaihdettu tehokkaampaan 16 hp koneeseen.

Omassa käytössämme Tungu on matkavene, joka on kiertänyt paitsi Suomen ja Ruotsin saaristoa, myös Eestin rannikkoja, Riianlahtea ja Eteläistä Itämerta.


Prospect of Whitby III

Prospect of Whitby

Model: IOR One-Off, Admiral’s Cup racer

Year: 1971

Design: #2057

Builder: Royal Huisman of The Netherlands

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Prospect of Whitby (design no. 2057) was originally commissioned by the well-known English sailor Arthur Slater. Arthur Slater ordered in total 6 designs from S&S, typically a new construction every two years with the target to compete in Admiral’s Cup races (which were organized every second year). Five of these boats were called “Prospect of Whitby”.

Mr. Slater was targeting to be a member of the British Admiral’s Cup team of 1971. To be successful, he commissioned his 4thdesign from S&S office, which became the third Prospect of Whitby. In the qualification races, Mr. Slater’s team was performing consistently well, which led Prospect of Whitby to be selected to the UK team as the “big boat”. The British team was captained by Sir Edward “Ted” Heath and his also newly commissioned S&S design “Morning Cloud II”. The third boat in the team was Bob Watson’s “Cervantes IV”, another successful racer coming from the design office of S&S. The English team was victorious and took the cup home, with Prospect of Whitby being the points leader in the team. As Ted Heath was appointed UK prime minister in 1970, the entire UK team got enormous publicity in the English press during the entire event. Since Admiral’s Cup, Mr. Slater took PoW to Australia to compete in the “Southern Cross Cup”, including Sydney-Hobart race. After a more leisurely season of 1972 he sold the boat, in order to focus on creating his next Prospect of Whitby design for 1973 Admiral’s Cup season.

Prospect of Whitby was sold to an English construction business entrepreneur and enthusiastic racing sailor Sir Maurice Laing, who campaigned her as “Loujane” successfully until 1989. She competed for instance in the 1979 Fastnet race. The yacht was granted to “Adventures Offshore” Sea Scouts society, who renamed her “Salex”. The boat sailed under the sea scouts flag until 1998 when she was sold to Mr. Tony Cox. Mr. Cox returned the original name “Prospect of Whitby” and also returned the boat to the racecourses. She received a new rig, racing sails and reached its peak performance in 2001 when PoW won its class in RORC IRC2 ranking series. The boat was briefly under the ownership of James Nimmo until she was sold in 2005 to Hanno Narjus and Hanna Euro.

Prospect of Whitby hull is of aluminium construction, built by Royal Huisman of The Netherlands. The superstructure and accommodation were built by Berthons in England of plywood.

During her Finnish ownership, Prospect of Whitby has been totally rebuilt, including a new deck, new accommodation and 100% renewed equipment. The rebuilding work has been done by Lasse Ristikankare and her owners, with advice from Lars Ström on design and construction details.

Prospect has continued her racing life during current ownership and has won its class in Finnish & Estonian Offshore Week as well as Gotland Runt.

A foggy start to the 2019 Sparman & Stephens Association AGM Helsinki - Photo © Esko Kilpi

A foggy start to the 2019 Sparman & Stephens Association AGM Helsinki - Photo © Esko Kilpi

In Finnish

Prospect of Whitbyn (design n:o 2057) tilasi alun perin hyvin tunnettu englantilainen purjehtija Arthur Slater. Hän tilasi elämänsä aikana yhteensä kuusi suunnitelmaa S&S:n toimistolta tyypillisesti joka toinen vuosi tavoitteena osallistua Admiral’s Cup kilpailuihin (jotka siis järjestettiin kahden vuoden välein). Näistä veneistä viisi kantoi nimeä ”Prospect of Whitby”.

Arthur Slaterin tavoitteena oli tulla valituksi Englannin vuoden 1971 Admiral’s Cup joukkueeseen. Varmistaakseen kilpailukykynsä, hän tilasi neljännet suunnitelmat S&S toimistolta, joiden mukaan rakennettiin hänen kolmas Prospect of Whitby veneensä. Karsinnoissa Slaterin tiimi menestyi tasaisen hyvin, minkä tuloksena Prospect of Whitby valittiin Englannin joukkueen isoksi veneeksi. Britannian joukkueen kapteenina toimi Sir Edward ”Ted” Heath sekä hänen S&S uudisrakenne ”Morning Cloud II”. Joukkueen kolmas vene oli Bob Watsonin ”Cervantes IV”, sekin avomerikilpailuissa hyvin menestynyt S&S konstruktio. Britannian joukkue oli menestyksekäs. Se voitti cupin, Prospect of Whitbyn kerätessä suurimman pistepotin. Ted Heath oli vuonna 1970 valittu Britannian pääministerkisi, minkä johdosta koko Englannin joukkue sai huomattavasti julkisuutta paikallisissa medioissa. Admiral’s Cup kisojen jälkeen Slater rahtasi PoWin Australiaan osallistumaan ”Southern Cross Cup” regattaan, mukaanlukien Sydney-Hobart kilpailu. 1972 rennomman kauden jälkeen hän myin veneen, keskittyäkseen teettämään seuraavan Prospect of Whitbyn, tavoitteena jälleen vuoden 1973 Admiral’s Cup kilpailut.

Prospect of Whitby myytiin merkittävälle englantialiselle rakennusalan yrittäjälle ja aktiiviselle kilpapurjehtijalle, Sir Maurice Laingille. Hän kilpaili veneellä ”Loujane” nimen alla vuoteen 1989 saakka. PoW osallistui mm. Vuoden 1979 myrksyisään Fastnet –kilpailuun. Vene luovutettiin ”Adventures Offshore” meripartiolippukunnalle, joka nimesi sen uudelleen ”Salex”iksi. Vene purjehti meripartion lipun alla vuoteen 1998 saakka, jolloin se myytiin Tony Coxille. Cox palautti veneelle alkuperäisen nimen ”Prospect of Whitby” ja vei sen takaisin kilparadoille. Siihen rakennettiin uusi riki uusilla kilpapurjeilla, ja saavutti parhaan menestyksensä vuonna 2001 kun PoW voitti luokkansa RORC rankingsarjassa. Vene oli muutaman vuoden James Nimmon omistuksessa kunnes se myytiin vuonna 2005 Hanno Narjukselle ja Hanna Eurolle.

Prospect of Whitby runko on rakennettu alumiinista hollantilaisen Royal Huisman veistämön toimesta. Ylärakenteet ja sisustus on rakennettu Englannissa Berthonsin veistämöllä puusta ja vanerista.

Nykyisten omistajien toimesta Prospect of Whitby on rakennettu lähes täysin uudestaan. Veneessä on uusi kansi, sisustus ja tekniikka. Rakentajana on toiminut Lasse Ristikankare ja uudet omistajat, hyödyntäen Lars Strömin konsultaatiota rakenteiden mitoituksessa ja yksityiskohdissa.

Prospect on jatkanut leppoisalla tahdilla kisauraansa nykyisten omistajien toimesta. Se on voittanut sekä avomeripurehduksen SM kultaa samoin kuin luokkavoitta Gotland Runtissa.