The Swedish Square Metre Yacht Britt-Marie (1920)

The Swedish publisher and yachtsman Erik Åkerlund´s Swedish Square Metre Yacht (skerry cruiser) Bitt-Marie, photographed in the Stockholm archipelago in 1920. The boat, which was designed by Erik Salander, was built at the Hästholmsvarvet in 1917. My colorization of Oscar Norberg´s photo in the Maritime musem of Sweden archive.

Åkerlund owned the boat in 1919 - 1922, after which it has had several owners and names. Since the mid 80s it is sailing in Finland as ILA.

The leader of the pack

Leader of the pack. Racing on lake Hjälmaren in Sweden on July 24, 1967. My colorization of an image in the Swedish Digital Museum (Örebro läns museum).

Great Lakes bulk carrier Thomas Lynch (ab. 1907)

The 183 m steel Greal Lakes bulk freighter Thomas Lynch photographed (ab.) 1907. My colorization of an image in the Library of Congress archive (Detroit Publishing Co. collection).

The Thomas Lynch, which entered service in 1907, was built by the Chicago Shipbuildning Co. for the Pittsburgh Steamship Co. (home port Duluth, MN). The ship was rebuilt in 1943 and 1950. Since 1951 it was part of the United Steel Co. fleet. In 1965 the Thomas Lynch was sold to Upper Lakes Shipping Ltd and renamed Wiarton. In 1971 it was sold for scrap. She was towed to Hamilton (ON), where her hull was sunk with steamers Grovedale and Henry R.Platt Jr. to form a breakwall. (Information from the Great Lakes Vessel History page).

Ready for the new season

Boats in Arild ready for the new season.

Fullrigger Grace Harwar

Fullrigger Grace Harwar. My colorization of an image in the MS Maritime Museum of Denmark archive. There is no date in the museum caption, only that it is from the 20th century.

"Grace Harwar was a full-rigged steel ship built in 1889 by Wm. Hamilton & Co., Port Glasgow Yard No 69 for W. Montgomery, London. Dimensions: 266.7 × 39.1 × 23.5 ft (81.2 × 11.9 × 7.1 m) and tonnage: 1816 GRT, 1749 NRT and 1736 tons under deck. The forecastle was 31 ft (944.8 cm) long and the poop 31 ft (944.8 cm). Rigged with royal sails over double topgallant sails. The mizzen topgallant sail was single. 1913 sold to Finska Rederi AB Delfin (Georg Stenius), Helsingfors, Finland. 1916 sold to Gustav Erikson, Mariehamn, Åland. 1935 broken up at Charlestownon on the Firth of Forth."

(Wikipedia)

When tennis players dressed beautifully

From a time when tennis players dressed beautifully. My colorization of Toni Frissell´s photo from 1947 in the Library of Congress archive (Toni Frissell collection).

"Antoinette Frissell Bacon (March 10, 1907 – April 17, 1988), known as Toni Frissell, was an American photographer, known for her fashion photography, World War II photographs, and portraits of famous Americans, Europeans, children, and women from all walks of life."(Wikipedia)

My favourite tulips

These are my favourite tulips.