The Boat Launched in 1970 at the Lübecker Bootswerft Fritz Staack & Co. shipyard in Lübeck-Herrenwyk, on the German Baltic coast, the Jan Himp carries in her lines the heritage of Northern European boatbuilding. Designed by Günter A. Staack —architect and builder in one, in the finest tradition of the German family-run yards— she was conceived as a sturdy, seaworthy offshore cruiser, capable of facing the open sea with range and character. Her Secrets With her 9.98 metres len
The Boat Launched in 1970 at the Lübecker Bootswerft Fritz Staack & Co. shipyard in Lübeck-Herrenwyk, on the German Baltic coast, the Jan Himp carries in her lines the heritage of Northern European boatbuilding. Designed by Günter A. Staack —architect and builder in one, in the finest tradition of the German family-run yards— she was conceived as a sturdy, seaworthy offshore cruiser, capable of facing the open sea with range and character. Her Secrets With her 9.98 metres len
The boat A traditionally lined ketch with a fibreglass hull, the Chica Blue is a Cuttyhunk 41 — a blue-water cruiser designed by Alan Pape and built in Cornwall. Sturdy, seaworthy and dignified, she is made for offshore sailing, carrying the functional elegance of the great British cruising tradition. Her secrets The Chica Blue is a Cuttyhunk 41, a traditionally lined blue-water cruiser designed by the British naval architect Alan Pape and built by John Sears Ltd. in Falmouth
The boat A Bermudan sloop built of Paraguayan cedar in Argentina, to a design by Sparkman & Stephens. Light, quick and easy to handle, the Baltar is a fine-lined, full-keeled racer-cruiser, faithful to the spirit of the early wooden Sparkman & Stephens yachts. Her secrets The Baltar was built to Sparkman & Stephens design no. 1219, from the legendary New York studio of Olin and Rod Stephens. She is the wooden version of the celebrated Pilot — a full-keeled racer-cruiser conce
