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
Sources
Wooden Boat Atlas v3.0 · built 30 July 2026 · a project of the Golden Gate Wooden Boat Foundation · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · open data · corrections