FIN 16 · s/y Ilderim

FIN 16 s/y Ilderim is an 8mR racing yacht designed by the legendary Swedish naval architect Tore Holm, built in 1936 for banker and industrialist Marcus Wallenberg to compete at the Berlin Olympics in Kiel.

Class 8 Metre Rule

Designer Tore Holm

Built 1936

Sail No. FIN 16

History & Provenance

Ilderim was built in 1936 at Abrahamssen & Börjesson, Ramsö Varv in Sweden. She was commissioned by Swedish banker and industrialist Marcus Wallenberg expressly to compete in the sailing events of the Berlin Olympics, held on the waters of Kiel Bay.

Wallenberg sold Ilderim shortly after the Olympics, as he was already planning his next 8mR. True to his habit of naming all his yachts Ilderim, he required that the name be changed upon every sale. Consequently she spent most of her life sailing as "Christina" or "Christina of Cascais" — until 1989, when Belgian owner Marc Busschots bought her and restored her original name.

Over the decades she sailed the English Solent and the Riviera, and kept home ports in France, Portugal, Ireland and Scotland before arriving in Finland in 2010. She currently races under the burgee of HSS and is equipped by Ebba & Bea Stelander.

Builder

Abrahamssen & Börjesson, Ramsö Varv

Commissioned by

Marcus Wallenberg

Designer

Tore Holm

Club

HSS

Equipped by

Ebba & Bea Stelander

1936

Olympic Racing · Berlin 1936

Built to race at the XI Olympic Games in Kiel — Ilderim was fast, winning several races, but was disqualified in the seventh start in an incident with Finnish yacht Cheerio.

The sailing events of the 1936 Summer Olympics were held in Kiel on the Baltic coast. Ilderim represented Sweden and proved herself a quick boat, winning several races in the Eight Metre class. In the seventh start, however, she was disqualified in a protest situation involving the Finnish yacht Cheerio.

Historians have noted the political atmosphere of the Games — the incident was documented using film footage shot from a Zeppelin airship, an extraordinary detail that speaks to the era's technological ambition. In the final standings Ilderim finished fourth, with Italy and Germany taking places ahead of her.

Wallenberg's consolation came swiftly: the following year, 1937, Ilderim won the European Championship — Coppa d'Italia in Geneva, vindicating both the boat and her designer Tore Holm.

The Boat Today

Racing · Heavy weather

The crew · Celebrating

Racing · Full sail

Detail · Teak deck & hardware

Crew · Finnish Archipelago

Racing · Monaco

Technical Specifications

Rating

8.070 m

Overall Length

15.400 m

Waterline Length

9.430 m

Measured Length L1–L1

9.914 m

Correct Length L

10.940 m

Beam (min)

2.440 m

Draught

2.000 m

Displacement

8 662 kg

Total Rated Sail Area

80.603 m²

Mainsail Area

54.643 m²

Foretriangle Area

25.960 m²

Max Sail Plan Height

16.910 m

I (Forestay Height)

12.720 m

J (Base Foretriangle)

4.802 m

A (Luff)

16.048 m

B (Foot)

6.810 m

√S (Sail Area Root)

8.978

Place of Measurement

Kotka

Rating Certificate

Measured in Kotka · International Eight Metre Class · Rating: 8.070 m · No penalties for draught, beam, displacement or tumblehome

Owners Through the Years

1936–1937Marcus Wallenberg

1937–1951Hon. Mrs Rachel Pitt-Rivers

1951–1954Erik A. Maxwell

1954–1957A. Potier Godinho

1957–1965H. Perry Goodbody

1965–1968P.L. Farley & Kenneth R.M. Gall

1968–1972Kenneth R.M. Gall

1972–1976D.N. Mowat, C.D. Craig & J.A. Henderson

1976–1979Captain John Smith

1979–1987Stewart McHattie

1987–1989Scop Le Chasse Maree

1989–2010Marc Busschots

2010–2021Pekka Raatikainen, Staffan Tallqvist & Mikael Stelander

2022–Ebba & Bea Stelander

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