Facts

12mR Princess Svanevit (S2)

 

Commissioned by: Publisher Erik Åkerlund
Designer: Gustaf Estlander
Built: 1930 at Stockholms Båtbyggeri by Plyms in Saltsjöbaden
Unique interior with 12 inlays by artist Ewald Dahlskog 

 

Launched Midsummer 1930

 

Length: 21.96 meters (the world's longest 12th)
Width: 3.57 meters
Depth: 2.70 meters
Sail area: 182 m2
Displacement: 27 tons
Mast height: 27.5 meters
Engine: FNK 110 hp

 

Hull: mahogany
Deck: Oregon pine
Mast: Sitka spruce

 

Returned as a renovation object to Sweden after 60 years abroad in September 2017
 
Renovated at Stockholms båtsnickeri in Fisksätra, Saltsjöbaden

 

The interior inlays were renovated by Jarla Möbelverkstad in Stockholm

 

The interior was displayed at Liljevalchs art gallery in the spring of 2022

 

Relaunched June 29, 2022

 

First test sail October 12, 2022

 

Winner of the Classic Boat Award for sailboat renovation over 40 feet in London April 3, 2024

Completed renovation June 2025

 

Owner: Princess Svanevit Foundation through the wholly owned subsidiary Princess Svanevit AB

 

Princess Svanevit is a representative of Swedish cultural heritage. She is a non-profit project with the aim of telling about our valuable floating cultural heritage along all of Sweden's coasts until and over the summer of 2027