BER-001

Essentials

Table of details and specifications of BER-001
	Designer	Bjarne Aas (NOR)
	Builders	Bj. Aas, Bjarne Aas Båtbyggeri, Fredrikstad (NOR)
	Material	Honduras mahogany on Norwegian elm, carvel planked
	1st certificate issued	1953-02-20
	Original boat name	Saga II
	Original country	BER
	Original sail number	001
	Current location	Northern Michigan (USA)

Aeolus II is in Michigan, not Mass - 03.06.2009 by Joseph Lambert: We purchased Aeolus II from Mr. Hemmerling several years ago. She has since undergone a thorough renovation and refinishing and resides in northern Michigan.
Information - 15.04.2009 by Matti Muoniovaara: Published news with photo in Yachting June 1953 tells that the boat was built already 1953.
5.5 KC-14 "Aeolus II" - 26.03.2009 by Toby Hemmerling: I bought KC-14 in a very dilapidated state in Missisauga in 1988.

Along with the boat came an original wooden boom and a set of sails all with the Olympic seal and I was told she sailed under a Swedish registration and won gold. Other than the olympic seal I have no evidence to verify this claim.

She was extensively refurbished (including all new rigging and a completely new deck) and sailed as an RCYC boat out of Toronto. After moving to Colorado I kept her in storage for several years and eventually sold her to a new owner in Massachusetts.
5.5 KC-14 "Saga II" / Racing in Canada in 1957 - 09.02.2009 by Kaspar Stubenrauch: Diane Blake of the RCYC, Toronto, informs: "...5.5 KC-14 "Saga II", won the C.A.B. Brown Memorial trophy in 1957, it is listed as an RCYC boat but no owners name is given..."

Table of the history of sail number, name and ownership of BER-001
Sail#	Boat name	Owner name
BER-001	"Saga II"	Sir Eldon & Kenneth Trimingham (1953-1958)
CAN-014	"Saga II"	Melwille Gould (?-?)
CAN-014	"Aeolus II"	Toby Hemmerling (1988-2003)
USA-102	"Aeolus II"	Not disclosed (?-?)