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dates not researched · Fredrikstad, Norway

Bjarne Aas

Naval architect, builder and broker — Fredrikstad, Norway

Designer of the International One Design, 1936–37 — a Bermudan-rigged 33-footer that became one of the great international classes, and reached San Francisco Bay in 1952.

IOD
Designed 1937; the first class recognised by ISAF as a 'Classic' One-Design
Bay fleet
Founded in the early 1950s by Lon Price, who bought Norena (#75) in 1952; YRA Fleet #4 from the 1955 season
Broking
Aas also acted as the broker importing Norwegian-built boats to America
  • 1937International One Design — about 33 ft LOA
Sourcing notes & unresolved questions
  • Aas's birth and death years were not researched in this pass.

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