ANTIQUES: “Rakkertøsen” will sail the Færder’n on the age of 117.
A gang in Tønsberg raised “Rakkertøsen” from the coastal cultural setting in Tønsberg to launch the regatta.
– We actually needed to launch the category for traditional wood sailors, however time was a bit tight. So we’re launching Turglede, Håvard Holtskog tells Myrland from the deck of the boat because it passes Oscarsborg. Loggen Kystlag inspired him to take part within the Færderseilasen, a ship that may be characterised as a museum object.
ANTIQUES: “Rakkertøsen” will sail the Færder’n on the age of 117.
READ: Håvard Holtskog Myrland on his method north to sail within the Turglede class.
ORIGIN: “Physician Axel Rosenberg in Fåborg on a household journey in “Harriet IV”, a 6 meter boat he constructed at Schulstocks in Norway.
Rakkertøsen on the way in which from Denmark. Rigged with bermudas rigging.
Inbuilt Tønsberg
“Rakkertøsen” Cruiser 6mR inbuilt Tønsberg by OE Schulstock’s Baadbyggeri in 1909. The boat was ordered by a Danish buyer after a short-lived measuring reg meant to advertise higher cruising traits. The rule of Copenhagen was led to the identical yr. The boat was named “Harriet IV” when new. It was not till 1947 that the title of the boat was “Rakkertøsen”. The boat remained in Denmark for nearly 100 years.
Given as a present
Jacob Bach needed to donate the sailboat to the Norwegian Maritime Museum, and the museum turned to the coastal cultural neighborhood in Tønsberg, who agreed. Members of Loggen Kystlag made her a “dwelling” of her personal keel in 2002. It was not till 2018 that the boat was restored and returned to its authentic situation.
Now Håvard Holtskog Myrland is concerned with the setting, and the primary check would be the Færderseilasen.
– Now we have spent just a few hours with paint brushes, but additionally with technical options akin to lanterns, says Myrland.