8mS YACHT REGISTER - DATA SHEET sH35 :
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General:
First name: “Knabb”
Other names: Cat-Is-land
Year laid down: 1919
Design: Johan Anker drawing date 27-09-1918
Builder: Anker & Jensen, Vollen, Asker, yard no 221
Fate/status: Unknown, ended her days in Germany?
First owner: Nils M. Thomas, Kristiania
Present owner:
Present homeport:
Other sail no: 8 N10
Technical data:
Overall length as new: 13.84 m
Beam: 2.46 m
Freeboard as new: 0.75 m
Sail area as new: 99.97 m2
Rating S(1917): 7.95
Construction:
Engine:
Summary, ownership & yacht name:
1919 Nils M. Thomas, Kristiania “Knabb”
1921 Birger Stensrud, Nystrand ”Cat-Island”
Ewald Bosse, Nystrand
1927 Jürgen Brandt, Rendsburg, Germany "Knabb"
Notes and references:
KNS register of yachts 1920 has listed sH35 "Knabb" with owner Nils M. Thomas, Kristiania (Oslo).
KNS register of yachts 1921-1922 and onwards has not listed "Knabb" nor Cat-Island".
Seilas yachting magazine no 20 of July 6th 1921 reports that 8mS “Knabb” is sold by Nils M. Thomas to Birger Stensrud, Nystrand and named “Cat-Is-land”.
Seilas no 34 of Oct. 19th 1921 reports that 8mS “Cat-Is-land" is sold by Birger Stensrud to Germany.
Seilas no 6, 1922 page 52 reports that 8mS "Cat Island" is in September 1921 sold by shipowner Birger Stensrud, Nystrand to professor Ewald Bosse in Kiel.
Lloyds register of yachts 1924 has "Cat-Island", ex "Knabb" (A&J, 1919) with owner Ewald Bosse, Nystrand
Lloyds register of yachts 1927 has listed "Knabb", ex "Cat Island", ex "Knabb" with owner, Jürgen Brandt, Rendsbrg.
Lloyds register of yachts 1930 has not listed "Knabb".
(Update OCO/14-07-2008)