5.5 Inventory: details of a boat

Boat details (n°399)

SWE-27

Essentials

Designer

Einar Ohlson (SWE)

Builder

Carl Andersson, Sundsandviks Båtvarv (SWE)

Material

Mahogany on ash, carvel planked

1st certificate issued

01-08-1956

Original boat name

Fantasi

Original country

SWE

Original sail number

Current location

Peculiar, East Fork East Branch South Grand River, MO (USA)

5.5 S-27 "Fantasi" - now in the USA : Woodwork ahead
(credits : Mike Fisher)
Added by Kaspar Stubenrauch
on 2016-08-12

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Notes (3)

5.5 USA 28 - historic comments

04-03-2019

by Kaspar Stubenrauch

by Kaspar Stubenrauch, 04-03-2019

Mike Fisher Reports:
"...Mr. Taylor provided me with a California registration, which Wolfe and Richter had signed. However, Mr. Taylor indicated he had purchased the boat from the Kohler Kraft boat yard. He performed quite a bit of work on the boat, including replacing floors, frames and rebuilding the inner keel. He also started to install cedar veneer over the original mahogany planking. He used ferrous staples which are rusting. I don't know if he actually renamed the boat; however he included naval architect drawings for the inner keel work. The drawings referred to the boat as the sloop "Judith"..."
"..

Owner

12-08-2016

by Sture Sunden

by Sture Sunden, 12-08-2016

The boat was (as I remember) built by Sundsandviks Båtvarv ( later to become the Nötesunds Båtvarv) and designer was Einar Ohlson.

Owner

12-08-2016

by Sture Sunden

by Sture Sunden, 12-08-2016

This boat was built by Mr Gunnar Andersson of Gothenburg. He was the owner and also managing director of the company AB Telfa, which was marketing sailboats worldwide ( Kings Cruiser 28 designed 1954 and others) and also marine equipment, such as Jabsco pumps and Morse controls for the Swedish market.