BOATFREAK

A Classic Boatfreak from Stockholm, Sweden - not all, but mostly my own pics below:

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Relda (left) and SALT, both from 1938. 

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My newest accvisition: SALT, a 42 ft motor yacht designed by Swedish/Danish Knud H Reimers in 1938. Built by Axel Eriksson at Gräddö varv, Norrtälje, Sweden.

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After a bath in the Stockholm archipelago in the 1920

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Swedish Motor Yacht Society visiting the small island *Gällnö* in the Stockholm archipelago in 2015, left ‘Arona’ 1904, right ‘Margana’ 1919

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The carefree life onboard a 60 ft motor yacht in Sweden in the early 30’s

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Lantern on C G Pettersson ‘Parbleu’ 1932

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C G Pettersson yacht Astrella 1913, in the Stockholm archipelago

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Taking a nap onboard a motoryacht in the Swedish archipelago

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The carefree life onboard a 60 ft motor yacht in Sweden in the early 30's

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59 ft classic motor yacht “Tournesol” from 1912 in the Stockholm archipelago.

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A tufted duck, Aythya fuligula (Vigg in swedish) with her ​​six cubs, seen at lake Mälaren, Stockholm in mid august.

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Kathinka, 25 ft Classic Swedish runabout (Henning & Gideon Forslund) from 1936

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Some personal pennants from KMK (Royal Motor Yacht Club) membership record in 1937.

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66 ft classic Swedish motor yacht "Carla III" from 1917 in the Stockholm archipelago, Sweden.

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A 1938 Swedish “Essboat” by Gideon Forslund, “Relda” is a 22 ft runabout with a -38 Ford flathead V8. When we made the barn find in may 2013, Relda had been stored away for more than 30 years. See the flatheads "first run" here! The father & son restoration was complete i early june 2014. This is a picture from the maiden voyage.

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"Forslund's boatyard" (59°19'32.3"N 18°0'38.6"E) in the middle of Stockholm. In the 1930ies Gideon Forslund built his very succesful runabouts "Ess-boats" here.