Many have asked curious questions about our old Li 31 ft classic aluminium yacht and her designer, so here comes few answers!
In the picture below Li’s side profile and sailplan, combined with the photograph where you can see her beautiful underwater hull shape. Original drawing by Olle Enderlein – one of the greatest Nordic yacht designers from Sweden.
His works aren’t so familiar any more to most sailors. He had a great role in building the beginning of Hallberg Rassy’s success. From Mistral 33 and Mistress 32 to Rasmus 35 and Monsun 31 and later the boats like HR 38 and HR 352, which introduced some features that still can be found on Hallberg Rassy yachts.
Li’s round bilge aluminium hull was built in 1967 in Fårösund, Gotland, Sweden. Using aluminium for cruising boat was rare at the time. Aluminium was a material for racing machines like Eric Tabarly’s Pen Duick III which was built in the same year as Li!
When we bought Li she had been badly neglected and had been on hard eight years.
I was looking at this design drawing for information about the designed sailplan when planning to replace Li’s original foresails from 1967 which we still have used!
