Norwegian 6m yacht Sonja III racing
This is the International 6 m yacht Sonja III racing in 1912. She was designed and built in 1911 by the Norwegian Christian Jensen, who was Johan Anker´s partner in the early 1900s. My colorization of the original image by an unknown photographer in the Swedish SCIF archive.
"Norwegian sailing sport came to the forefront toward the end of the 1800s. The sailing brothers Ernst Anton and Gustav Adolf Sinding had close ties to Gudmundsen. The latter was head teacher at the Kristiania School of Technology, and after becoming aware of Jensen’s special talents, Sinding persuaded him to educate himself further, first at the Royal School of Art and Technology, with a further three years as Sinding’s personal student. In 1897 and 1898 Jensen took two sabbaticals, one of which was with a stipend, to leading British and German yacht builders. He used this theoretical and practical training to start his own pleasure boat yard at Vollen in 1899.
It wasn’t long before the orders started coming in. There was a big market for regatta and pleasure sail boats, and Jensen soon became well-known for his solid construction skills at a time when increasing demand for speed had been at the expense of quality. At first he built boats according to drawings made by other, well-known designers, but he was soon delivering boats based on his own plans, where good sailing ability was combined with first class craftsmanship
In 1905 Johan Anker, was Norway’s top pleasure boat-builder and during the early 1900s he was Jensen’s partner. This was a fusion of Anker’s ideas and artistry and Jensen’s exacting compilations and craftsmanship. Anker & Jensen A/S became one of the leading yards in Europe, building a long line of top-of-the-line sailing boats for Norwegian and foreign clients. This quality can be confirmed by the fact that many of these boats still exist."
Norwegian 6m yacht Sonja III racing
This is the International 6 m yacht Sonja III racing in 1912. She was designed and built in 1911 by the Norwegian Christian Jensen, who was Johan Anker´s partner in the early 1900s. My colorization of the original image by an unknown photographer in the Swedish SCIF archive.
"Norwegian sailing sport came to the forefront toward the end of the 1800s. The sailing brothers Ernst Anton and Gustav Adolf Sinding had close ties to Gudmundsen. The latter was head teacher at the Kristiania School of Technology, and after becoming aware of Jensen’s special talents, Sinding persuaded him to educate himself further, first at the Royal School of Art and Technology, with a further three years as Sinding’s personal student. In 1897 and 1898 Jensen took two sabbaticals, one of which was with a stipend, to leading British and German yacht builders. He used this theoretical and practical training to start his own pleasure boat yard at Vollen in 1899.
It wasn’t long before the orders started coming in. There was a big market for regatta and pleasure sail boats, and Jensen soon became well-known for his solid construction skills at a time when increasing demand for speed had been at the expense of quality. At first he built boats according to drawings made by other, well-known designers, but he was soon delivering boats based on his own plans, where good sailing ability was combined with first class craftsmanship
In 1905 Johan Anker, was Norway’s top pleasure boat-builder and during the early 1900s he was Jensen’s partner. This was a fusion of Anker’s ideas and artistry and Jensen’s exacting compilations and craftsmanship. Anker & Jensen A/S became one of the leading yards in Europe, building a long line of top-of-the-line sailing boats for Norwegian and foreign clients. This quality can be confirmed by the fact that many of these boats still exist."