Nation Sweden Skippers Nils Persson Beam 3.43 m (11.3 ft) Displacement 28,000 kg Designer William Fife | Sail no E8 Olympics 1912 Launched June 1911 Class 12-metre class Builders August Plym, Stockholm | |
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Length 18.9 m (62 ft) (LOA)
11.94 m (39.2 ft) (LWL) | ||
Erna Signe is a 1911 Swedish 12 metre class yacht. It was by designed by William Fife III and built by August Plym at Neglingevarvet.
Career
Erna Signe was launched in June 1911. Erna Signe competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics, helmed by Nils Persson with the crew Per Bergman, Dick Bergström, Kurt Bergström, Hugo Clason, Folke Johnson, Sigurd Kander, Nils Lamby, Erik Lindqvist, and Richard Sällström, finishing second behind Johan Anker's Magda IX.
In 1913, Axel Nygren re-designed the rig.
References
Erna Signe Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA