5.5 Inventory: details of a boat

Boat details (n°344)

SUI-114

Essentials

Designer

Britton Chance Jr. (USA)

Builder

E. Sommerfeld, Bootswerft Edmund Sommerfeld, Wentorf (GER)

Material

Vacuum laminated wood

1st certificate issued

10-09-1976

Original boat name

Joker IV

Original country

SUI

Original sail number

114

Current location

Wesen, Lake of Walen (SUI)

5.5 SUI 114 - Lake of Zürich : The first Britton Chance jr. Sommerfeld boat © Hr. Hasler
(credits : )
Added by Jürg Hasler
on 2021-01-18

Photo Gallery (10)

Notes (3)

5.5 SUI 114 "Fortissimo II" - on Lake Zürich

15-04-2022

by Kaspar Stubenrauch

by Kaspar Stubenrauch, 15-04-2022

The boat is today located on Lake Zürich, in very good condition.

The Chance/Sommerfeld initiative - by Thomas Sprecher

31-05-2020

by Kaspar Stubenrauch

by Kaspar Stubenrauch, 31-05-2020

These boats are sisterboats to a Britton Chance jr. design: Z-114, Z-116, Z-117, Z-118, Z-121, Z-122 and G-21 which later became Z-127.
The form is told to have been built in Switzerland, carried to company Sommerfeld in Northern Germany, back then reknown specialists for laminated hulls. The boats were delivered and finally the form returned.

5.5 SUI 114 - where is she today?

22-12-2013

by Kaspar Stubenrauch

by Kaspar Stubenrauch, 22-12-2013

The location of the initial of the 7 sisterboats built to a Britton Chance jr. design by the Sommerfeld boatyard in the 70's, is not known. Who can help?