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NYHAMNSLAGE, SWEDEN

1894 clipper yacht restored

he latest restoration from the boatbuilding Ravanis brothers – Mathias and Martin – was recently launched following a two-year, on-and-off restoration. We remember their extraordinary fishing boat restoration a few years ago, which justly won our ‘Restoration of the Year (under 40ft)’ award, and this time, it’s the turn of a yacht. is a Swedish sailing yacht, built in Gothenburg in 1894, to the design of reknowned Swedish naval architect Albert Andersson, with more than a hint of the famous (1891) to her lines. The yard’s work on the boat has included, among other things: new sheer planks all around; a new deck and deck beams “in massive Oregon pine and heartwood pine”; new

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