{"id":108,"date":"2020-01-10T12:27:33","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T12:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pegasus18.com\/zenith\/?p=108"},"modified":"2021-06-09T17:50:50","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T16:50:50","slug":"sven-thorell-and-sol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pegasus18.com\/zenith\/2020\/01\/10\/sven-thorell-and-sol\/","title":{"rendered":"Sven Thorell and Sol"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Having the information from the International Canoe Association’s records that Zenith<\/em> was designed by Sven Thorell was probably the most vital piece of information when researching her history. I was fortunate to buy a copy of the Index to Classic Boat January 1987 – December 2012<\/a>. The index contained a reference to an article on the Canoes of Sven Thorell <\/em>by John Leather (in the December 1997 edition, pp46-51)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Canoes of Sven Thorell <\/em>by John Leather (Classic Boat, December 1997 edition, pp46-51)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This article gave the dimensions and lines plan for Thorell’s Sol <\/em>design. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps Thorell’s favourite sailing canoe was the 17ft (5.2m) Sol. …..designed and built in 1913 in his Stockholm apartment. With 3ft 7in (1.09m) beam and 109sqft (10m2) sail, she displaced 660lb (300kg), and was raced by him with success in Class IIIB from the FKI canoe club in Stockholm<\/p>Canoes of Sven Thorell <\/em>by John Leather (Classic Boat, December 1997 edition, p49)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Another piece of good fortune was finding that the F\u00f6reningen f\u00f6r Kanot-Idrott, FKI,  (Stockholm Canoe Club) has published an eBook, Kanotidrott: 150 \u00e5r av gl\u00e4dje (Canoeing: 150 years of joy ). This eBook is FKI’s book on 150 years of
Swedish paddling and canoeing: from 1866 to today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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