Knarr (type of yacht)

History

From the good experiences that had made with the Folkeboot and the dragon, the Norwegian sailors, the creaking boat emerged as a synthesis of two classes. It was constructed in 1943 by the Norwegian Erling L. Ing Kristofersen and 1955 adopted by Scandinavian Sailing Association as device class.

In the years 1965/66, the last wooden boats were made ​​and since 1969 Knarrs be built exclusively from GfK. The only license to build the Class Association since 2004 is no longer in Denmark, but at the shipyard cutting riding on the Elbe.

Hull

The creaking boat is a classic three-man keelboat. The Norwegian sailors found more flavor to the usual hull form of the dragon and voted for the creaking boat to a round frame with long overhangs at bow and stern, only longer, coupled with the the little cabin roof of the Folkestone Boat and its layout below deck. The hull should be particularly strong, so you chose the Karweelbauweise with a plank thickness of 22 millimeters ( Folkeboot = 14.5 mm).

Rig, rigging and sails

The classic creaking boat is rigged as a Bermuda sloop. Due to their lower rigging and her slim crack the Langkieler especially wind in the Baltic Sea wave are handig and stable to sail at high altitude on the cross.

Regatta and Races

In northern Germany there is no active class association, sure, however, the existing creaking associations in Norway, Denmark and San Francisco are the more active. Since 1969, find the international championships awarded annually on San Francisco Bay, the Oslo Fjord and the Sound instead of where the strongest fleets are. The special feature is that the host overseas guests each make the boats.

In addition, classic or "vintage" Knarrs in the corresponding regattas - usually after the reimbursement formula for classic yachts - sailed, as in classic yachts available under the original national nautical emblems with the original sail number.