Swedish Star boat (stjärnbåt) Saltkråkan

About the object

• Description
  The Swedish star boat (Stjärnbåten) was created by Janne Jacobsson in 1913. The idea was to design a simple and relative affordable boat for junior racing. Many a sailor has done his or her first tacks and sailed his first regetta in a star boat. More than 500 boats have been built since the beginning in 1913. The Saltkråkan (Sa...

  The Swedish star boat (Stjärnbåten) was created by Janne Jacobsson in 1913. The idea was to design a simple and relative affordable boat for junior racing. Many a sailor has done his or her first tacks and sailed his first regetta in a star boat. More than 500 boats have been built since the beginning in 1913. The Saltkråkan (Salty crow) was built in 1960 at the Moranäs boatyard in Saltsjöbaden.

  The Swedish star boat soon brcame popular and could be found in most sailing clubs. In the Stockholm area they had their greatest stronghold in the KSSS and in Saltsjöbaden, while the juniors in Lake Mälaren west of Stockholm usually preferred sailing canoes to star boats.

  In recent years the star boat has had a renaissance in Saltsjöbaden thanks to older sailors, who once began their careers in star boats and who have now taken up sailing them again; they have formed a fleet where they socialize and race together. Saltkråkan was part of the Saltsjöbaden flotilla until she was donated to the National Maritime Museum by her former owner, Henry Looft, in 1999.

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• DesignationSegelbåt
• Precise designationStjärnbåt
• IdentifierSM 28116.A-c
• Indexing termFritidsbåt Entypsbåt Kappseglingsbåt
• Type Thing

• Dimensions value
  • Length5500.0 mm
  • Övriga mått15 kvm segelyta0.0 mm
  • Width1600.0 mm

• MaterialsEk Furu

• ColourFernissad

• TechniquesKlinkbyggd

• Other informationRederi: Moranäs, År: 1962