Valholl Appreciation Society
SWEDE 55 & Valholl HISTORY
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The Swedesail website provides a comprehensive history of the Swede 55 design, development and construction.
Valholl was the 2nd last boat out of the Fisksätra Varv AB yard in Västervik on the east coast of Sweden and was built in 1979. She has a history of repeated Atlantic crossings.
© Swedesail
© Swedesail
Upon request of some members of the Royal swedish yacht club in Stockholm (KSSS), Knud Hjelmberg Reimers designed Swede 55, a square meter yacht suiting to family life and cruising in 1975. The Swede 55’s design has an elevated freeboard, a comfortable center-cockpit, a nominal sail area of 55 square meters, full headroom in essential parts of the cabin and additional volume below deck.
......This boat is admired for its beauty, speed and joy to sail.
Yachting and Boating World has a few interesting posts relating to this yacht: YBW
In Norse mythology, Valhalla is a majestic, enormous hall located in Asgard, ruled over by the god Odin. Chosen by Odin, half of those who die in combat travel to Valhalla upon death, led by valkyries, while the other half go to the goddess Freyja's field Fólkvangr.
Valhöll - Valr - 'Dead Warriors'
Holl - 'Hall'