Image: Chris Hampe and Phil Robin at the 2014 Worlds © David Thompson
Image: "Contrast! A 3 Masted Schooner in the backgrouns as Frederik Steimann (GER68) blasts upwind at the 2011 worlds, Travemunde, Germany. Photo: © Robert Muller"
Image: Paul Hignett out for a blast on the blown off last day of the 2013 Europa Cup. He's sailing Colin Newman's IC OD Extended Play, GBR 295. © Jim Champ 2013
Image: Steve (GBR) Clarke at the 2014 Worlds. © David Thompson
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Image: "Klaus Ropke:GER39:ICOD at the 2024 Worlds: © Ulrike Verrkamp"
Image: Simon (superteeth) Allen at the 2014 Worlds, San Francisco. Photo © Robert Muller
Assembled by Tim Gittins
Date: 1913
Designer: Sven Thorell
A Swedish B Class canoe by Sven Thorell, 1913. Sven Thorell was probably the most significant Swedish Canoe designer, both of sail and paddle boats, in the first half of the 20th C.
K26 Zenith, built to the Sol design, is still in existence in the UK. This blog has more about her history, her designer and her current painstaking restoration.
This web site is provided by the International Canoe Federation's Sailing Committee
Image: "AC Class winner Robin Wood at the 2013 Europa Cup.. Photo: © Loch Lomond SC"
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Image: "Simon Hipkin at the 2024 Worlds: © Ulrike Verrkamp"
Image: Conversation Piece at the 2014 Worlds, San Francisco. Photo © Robert Muller
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Image: "2024Worlds: © Ulrike Verrkamp"
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Image: "Tim Garvin at the 2024 Worlds: © Ulrike Verrkamp"
Image: Canoes starting at the 2008 Billy No Mates. From Left, Gareth Caldwell, Robin Wood, John Nixon. © James Close, JEC Creative.
Image: "Blue Horizon Behind Blue Horizon John Ellis (GBR318) at the 2011 worlds, Travemunde, Germany. Photo: © Robert Muller"
Image: USA 246 at the 2011 Worlds © Robert Muller ex German web site
Image: "Steve Bowen (GBR310) at the 2017 Worlds, Pwlhelli. Photo: © Robert Muller"
Image: Mark Goodchild at the 2014 Worlds © David Thompson
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Image: "Milena Lutzen at the 2024 Worlds: © Ulrike Verrkamp"
Image: Peter Ullman at the Leeward Mark at the 2014 Worlds, San Francisco. Photo © Robert Muller
