Olympic gold medal winner Kitty (1912)
This is Kitty, the 10 mR class gold medal winner for Sweden in the Stockholm Olympic Games in 1912 with Carl Hellström as helmsman.
Kitty, designed by the Scottish yacht designer Alfred Mylne (1872 - 1951) was built at Åbo Båtvarf (Turku, Finland) in 1911 for a Finnish consortium led by Gustav Estlander. However she was soon bought by the Swedish banker N.E.W. Asp, who hired the crew led by Hellström in the Olympics.
After several Swedish owners Kitty returned to her homeland Finland in 1991. After a major renovation she was ready for sailing again in 2000. Kitty´s Finnish owner John Fagerholm has since then participated in several races for veteran boats.
My restoration and colorization of the original 1912 image by Th. Modin in the SCIF.se archive.
Olympic gold medal winner Kitty (1912)
This is Kitty, the 10 mR class gold medal winner for Sweden in the Stockholm Olympic Games in 1912 with Carl Hellström as helmsman.
Kitty, designed by the Scottish yacht designer Alfred Mylne (1872 - 1951) was built at Åbo Båtvarf (Turku, Finland) in 1911 for a Finnish consortium led by Gustav Estlander. However she was soon bought by the Swedish banker N.E.W. Asp, who hired the crew led by Hellström in the Olympics.
After several Swedish owners Kitty returned to her homeland Finland in 1991. After a major renovation she was ready for sailing again in 2000. Kitty´s Finnish owner John Fagerholm has since then participated in several races for veteran boats.
My restoration and colorization of the original 1912 image by Th. Modin in the SCIF.se archive.