Folkboat is faster

2020-11-06T11:24:02+00:00November 20th, 2018|Design|

Video showing a race(!) between a Sparkman and Stephens quarter ton class design from the 1970s - the Blue Bird 25 vs a traditional Nordic Folkboat, conceived as the result of a design competition run by the Scandinavian Yacht Racing Union in 1942, and finished by Tord Sunden. The Folkboat is clearly the faster design [...]

The £1 Folkboat

2020-11-06T11:24:35+00:00August 17th, 2018|Features, Maintenance|

Jasper Troje Tuck, crew on the commercial sailing lugger Grayhound, writes for CS about taking ownership of a 1960s wooden Folkboat, and getting her ready for a first sail... plus giving her some "legs" Vie is an East German Folkboat, built in 1963. The hull construction is carvel strip planked mahogany on oak, fastened with [...]

Classic Sailor Magazine Issue 15 – April-May 2017

2023-07-20T09:13:56+01:00April 16th, 2017|Previous_editions|

75 Years of the Folkboat – the world's most popular and versatile pocket cruiser ever. Latter day Vikings cross the Atlantic in a Long Ship. Jumping off the Tall Ship Eye of the Wind, to swim with whales. Folkboats, in GRP or wood, are among the world's best pocket cruisers and a great way to [...]

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