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1876 – 1930 · Helsinki, then Stockholm

Gustaf Estlander

Architect turned yacht designer — Helsinki, Berlin, Stockholm

A trained building architect and European speed-skating champion who turned to yachts at thirty-eight and drew more than a thousand of them.

Trained
Helsinki Polytechnic, 1898; co-founded the architecture firm Estlander & Settergren, 1903–1915
Yachts
Full-time from 1914; chief designer and owner of the Pabst yard near Berlin, 1921–23; took Swedish citizenship to design for Swedish Olympic entries
Output
More than 1,000 yachts, including 21 Six-Metres and 8 Eight-Metres
Other life
European speed-skating champion, 1898; Olympian, 1912
  • 1917Colibri — 22 m² skerry cruiser
  • 1927May Be — 6-Metre; Scandinavian Gold Cup winner
  • Cheerio — 8-Metre; represented Finland at the 1936 Olympics

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