Classic luxury yacht Nahlin in Öresund

Sir James Dyson´s 300 ft (91.4 m) motor yacht Nahlin passed by at noon today on its way to the island of Ven. Unfortunately the light was not ideal, but I hope you can still get an impression of how beautiful this classic yacht is. Nahlin was sailing very close to the Danish coast in Öresund. 

"Nahlin is a luxury yacht and one of the last of three large steam yachts constructed in the UK. She was built for Lady Yule, heiress of Sir David Yule, and was launched in 1930.[3] She is owned by British industrial entrepreneur Sir James Dyson, who purchased her from Sir Anthony Bamford, Chairman of JCB.[4][5] The name Nahlin is taken from a Native American word meaning "fleet of foot" and the yacht has a figurehead depicting a Native American wearing a feathered headdress beneath the bowsprit." (Wikipedia)

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.

Motor yacht La Paloma and its builders (1910)

The builders posing at the launching of motor yacht "La Paloma" in Örebro in 1910. The owner, mill owner, engineer Carl Engelbrektsson is on the right with a rope. His sweater is marked with the name of the boat and the letter KAK (Kungliga Automobil Klubben - The Royal Automobile Club). At that time the KAK activities also included motor boats. My colorization of court photographer Samuel Lindskog´s photo in the Swedish Digital Museum.

USS Mayflower - The President´s yacht (1909)

USS Mayflower, the US President´s yacht, photographed at the Hudson-Fulton Celebration in New York State in 1909. My colorization of a Detroit Publishing Co. collection photo in the Library of Congress archive.

"USS Mayflower (PY-1) (later as USCGC Mayflower (WPG-183)) was the second ship in the United States Navy to have that name. Mayflower—a luxurious steam yacht built in 1896 by J. and G. Thompson, Clydebank, Scotland for millionaire Ogden Goelet who died on board the Mayflower in August 1897." --
"With the Spanish–American War requiring that the Navy expand rapidly, she was purchased by the Navy from Goelet's estate and commissioned at the New York Navy Yard as the USS Mayflower on 24 March 1898 with Commander M. R. S. McKensie in command." --
"Mayflower was decommissioned at New York on 1 November 1904 for conversion to a presidential yacht."
"Recommissioned on 25 July 1905, with Commander Cameron Winslow in command, she immediately sailed for Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York, to prepare for the peace conference which ended the Russo-Japanese War. President Theodore Roosevelt introduced the Russian and Japanese delegations on board Mayflower on 5 August. The ship continued to play a prominent role in support of the negotiations which won President Roosevelt the Nobel Peace Prize."
"After duty as a dispatch boat protecting American interests in Santo Domingo in 1906, Mayflower served as presidential yacht until 1929. On 22 July 1908, she collided with the American 211-gross register ton schooner Menawa in Long Island Sound; Menawa was lost, but all six people aboard Menawa survived.[3]Mayflower was the scene of many diplomatic and social events during her years as the presidential yacht. Many members of the world's royal families visited the yacht and numerous persons of great prominence signed her guestbook. President Woodrow Wilson selected Mayflower as the setting for much of his courtship of Mrs. Edith Bolling Galt."
"One of Herbert Hoover's early acts as president was to dispense with Mayflower as an economy measure, saving upkeep costs of $300,000 per year. She was decommissioned at Philadelphia Navy Yard on 22 March 1929, and her Filipino stewards and much of her furniture were transferred to the presidential retreat at Rapidan Camp."
(Wikipedia)

The 12m yacht Princess Svanevit racing in 1932

The 12m yacht Princess Svanevit participating in a race in the bay of Kanholm (Stockholm archipelago) on June 19, 1932. The photo - here with my processing and colorization - by Oscar Norberg is in the Maritime museum archive in Stockholm.

HMY Britannia and Lulworth racing in the 1930s

King George V:s legendary yacht HMY Britannia competing with another famous racer, 

 Lulworth, in the late 1920s (prob.). 

My editing and colorization of a Berlingske Tidende photograph in the M/S Maritime Museum of Denmark archive. 

"His Majesty's Yacht Britannia was a racing yacht built in 1893 for RYS Commodore Albert Edward, Prince of Wales. She served both himself and his son King George V, with a long racing career." ---
"Despite a lull in big yacht racing when the new linear rating rule came into effect in 1897, Britannia served as a trial horse for Sir Thomas Lipton's first America's Cup challenger Shamrock, and later passed on to several owners in a cruising trim with raised bulwarks. In 1920,[1] King George V triggered the revival of the "Big class" by announcing that he would refit Britannia for racing. Although Britannia was the oldest yacht in the circuit, regular updates to her rig kept her a most successful racer throughout the 1920s. In 1931, she was converted to the J class with a bermuda rig, but despite the modifications, her performance to windward declined dramatically. Her last race was at Cowes in 1935. During her racing career she had won 231 races and took another 129 flags." (Wikipedia)

The racing yacht Lulworth was built in Southampton in 1920:

"The boat's name comes from Lulworth Castle, which belonged to her second owner, Herbert Weld, whose grandfather was a charter-member of the Royal Yacht Squadron.[1] The Lulworth (1920) was built by the White Brothers' Yard for Richard H. Lee, who wanted a racing boat to compete in the premier yachting league in Europe: the British "Big Class".Shortages in the supply of premium spruce after World War I meant that Lulworth's original lower-mast was made of steel instead of wood. This constraint handicapped Lulworth greatly, leaving her trailing older, more famous Big Class racers like Thomas Benjamin Frederick Davis's Herreshoff-designed schooner Westward (1910), HMY Britannia I (1893) and Sir Thomas J. Lipton's Fife-designed 23mR Shamrock (1908).Her gaff-rigged sail plan was updated several times to no avail, until America's Cup naval architect Charles Ernest Nicholson redesigned the rig with a wooden lower-mast and adjusted the keel balance. By 1924, Lulworth's flaws were corrected and she became an accomplished racer in all subsequent seasons of the Big Class: from 1920 to 1930, she took part in 258 regattas, taking 59 first places, 47 of which were after 1924." (Wikipedia)

Three legendary yachts in the Solent

Three legendary yachts competing during the Cowes week on August 28, 1934. In the middle HMY Britannia, king George V:s yacht, on the left Shamrock V and on the right Westward. Of the three only Shamrock is preserved.

The photo by NP - here with my colorization - is in the archive of M/S Maritime Museum

 of Denmark in Elsinore. 

Danish Royal Yacht Dannebrog in Öresund

Late last night the Danish Royal Yacht Dannebrog passed by on its way to Aarhus. 

The Danish yacht Factory Girl in Öresund

Nice sailing in Öresund early this morning for the Danish yacht Factory Girl: 

Megayacht Le Grand Bleu in Öresund

The megayacht Le Grand Bleu passed by early this morning (about 04.00 AM). The ship is probably one of the most expensive personal gifts in recent times. In 2006 oligarch Roman Abramovic (net worth USD 12,9 billion) gave the ship to his somewhat less rich Russian-American friend and business partner Eugene Shvidler (net worth 1,6 billion USD) after a gamble.

"Le Grand Bleu is one of the largest private yachts in the world at 113-metre (371 ft) in length. She was built at the Bremer Vulkan yard in Bremen, Germany, and was launched in 2000. She was designed by Stefano Pastrovich and constructed by Kusch Yachts. She was previously owned by John McCaw, Jr., an American businessman, who sold her to Russian businessman Roman Abramovich in 2002. Abramovich had her refitted to his own preferences by HDW in Kiel, Germany. This included an internal refit and the addition of a 5-metre (16 ft) swim platform.

In June 2006, Abramovich gave Le Grand Bleu in a gamble to her current owner, friend and business partner Eugene Shvidler."
(Wiki)

"The yacht has a crew of 65 and carries a veritable arsenal of tenders and watertoys, both on her aft decks and in her extensive below-deck garage, where there is a large aquarium. Her watercraft include a 22 metre Dubois-designed sailing yacht, Bellatrix; a 21 metre Sunseeker motor yacht; two 11 metre, 60-knot Buzzi sports boats; and a landing craft to carry a 4x4 Land Rover used for excursions ashore." (Boat International)

Sailing superyacht EOS in Öresund

The impressive sailing superyacht EOS passed by tonight.

The 93m (includes bowsprit) EOS was built by Germany´s Lürssen in 2006 for the American media and movie mogul Barry Diller (husband of fashion designer Diane von Fürstenberg). She is a three-masted Bermuda rigged schooner and was refitted at Royal Huisman in 2011.

Evening in the port of Viken

Nordic summer night in the port of Viken ... :-)

The brand new Swan 78 in Öresund

Early this morning the brand new Swan 78, Haromi, was on its way southwards in Öresund:

"The Swan 78-001 Haromi and Swan 78-002 Kinina, the two of four Swan 78s already sold, designed by Germán Frers, have just been launched in Pietarsaari.

Haromi will attend the Rolex Swan Cup 2018 in Porto Cervo (9-16 September) and the Genova Boat Show together with Swan 54. Her sistership, Kinina, will be on display at the Cannes Yacht Show (11-16 September)."

qualityyachts.net

Baltic 175 Pink Gin in Öresund

Baltic 175 Pink Gin - the Finnish built Sailing Yacht of the Year - passed by late this afternoon, unfortunately without using its sails ...

"The Baltic 175 Pink Gin, the world’s largest carbon fibre sloop, has been voted the Sailing Yacht of the Year at the prestigious World Superyacht Awards 2018. She also won the Sailing Yachts 50m and Above category making it a glittering achievement for the silver-hulled sloop." (Baltic Yachts home page)

https://www.balticyachts.fi/pink-gin-is-judged-sailing-yacht-of-the-year-at-world-superyacht-awards/

The Danish Royal Yacht Dannebrog and Kronborg castle

The other night the Danish Royal Yacht Dannebrog passed Kronborg castle: 

Navigare necesse est ...

The American yacht Daring in Öresund ...

Big and small in Öresund

Last night a German yacht passed by, soon followed by the 330 m long
 cruise ship Regal Princess. Both were sailing northwards in Öresund.

Two ships meeting in the night

The Swedish Navy´s HMS Falken and the Danish Royal Yacht Dannebrog

 met last night in Öresund ... :-)

Sailing vacation

I hope the crew of the Bay Blue yacht will have a great sailing vacation! The boat 

was sailing northwards in Öresund this morning. 

The Danish Royal Yacht Dannebrog in Öresund

Last night the Danish Royal Yacht Dannebrog passed by - with Queen Margrethe on board - on its way from Copenhagen to Kalundsborg: