Sail Number: Sweden SL 139 / Finland 55 FIN 3
Vessel Type: SK55 (Skärgårdskryssare)
LOA: 37.72′ / 11.50m – LWL: 24.93′ / 7.60m – Beam: 7.02′ / 2.14m – Draft: 5.31′ / 1.62m – Ballast: 1500 kg – Displacement: 3150 kg – Sail Area Original: 55 m2 – Hull material: Mahogany – Rig Original/ New: Gaff Sloop / 3/4 (Marconi) – Designer: Erik Salander – Built by: Arvid Johansson, Kristinehamn / Finished Löfholmsvarvet, Stockholm – Year Built: 1911 – Current Name: Gun – Original Owner: Gustaf Härdelin – Current Owner: Hannu Pohjanpalo.
Historical:
1911, biggest yacht designed by Salander, and designed to excel to weather in winds up to eight meters per second. In 1938 Salander designed a new marconi rig with 50 m2, and the forestay was moved back approximately 20 cm.
Further information: www.winware.fi/Gun
Known Racing History:
1911 – Two first and three second prize.
1912 – Most successful SK yacht of the Olympic games,, she won the first six and two second prize and class premier trophy Lidingö trophy.
1913 – Two wins and a second prize a high-wind summer with blown-thin sail set.
Known Restoration History:
1975? – New deck and cabin, self-draining cockpit, and the tiller was moved from the cockpit to the after-deck
2006-2007 – All underwater planking was splined for stiffness and water tightness, and plank continuation ends with a butt block or metal plate on the inside were replaced by faired pieces of solid mahogany. The front of the lead ballast was also remoulded to correct the traces of rock hittings probably during almost a hundred years.
The Wall of Remembrance – The Owners, Crew & Notable Guest:
Owner/Guardian: (1911-1913) – Gustaf Härdelin, Stockholm
Owner/Guardian: (1913-1915) – Erhard Carlsson, Stockholm
Owner/Guardian: (1915-)
Owner/Guardian: (1918-1921) – Ivar Stendahl, Stockholm
Owner/Guardian: (1922-1924) – Josef Gendt, Stockholm
Owner/Guardian: (1924-1926) – ca Jan Lilja’s grandfather! (See KSSS yearbook 1924)
Owner/Guardian: (1926-)
Owner/Guardian: (1937-1941) – 1st librarian Torsten Kolmodin, Stocksund
Owner/Guardian: (1942-)
Owner/Guardian: (1952-1953) – Gustaf Edgren, Bromma
Owner/Guardian: (1954-1962) – Gerhard Suneson, Stockholm
Owner/Guardian: (1963-1970) – Pär Lundqvist, Nacka
Owner/Guardian: (1970-1971) – Teselius ???, (Renamed Gerofia)
Owner/Guardian: (1971-1983) – Pär Lundqvist, Nacka
Owner/Guardian: (1983-1984) – Håkan Grudd et al, Stockholm
Owner/Guardian: (1984-1999) – Gunnar Lande, Jan Isberg, Anders Flood, Roland Stenberg, Stockholm
Owner/Guardian: (1999-2004) – Gunnar Lande, Jan Isberg, Lennart Jansson, Jerker Montelius, Stockholm
Owner/Guardian: (2004-) – Hannu Pohjanpalo, HSS