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Fridtjof Gunkel

 · 28.02.2019

The special boat: Blue water catamaran, self-builtPhoto: YACHT/N. Theurer
Blue water catamaran, self-built
A Rhinelander has spent six years building a 20 metre long twin-hull boat himself and wants to take it on a trip around the world. Download the portrait in PDF format
Headroom: The self-build cat with Weltumsegler equipment has a headroom of 2.20 metresPhoto: YACHT/N. Theurer Headroom: The self-build cat with Weltumsegler equipment has a headroom of 2.20 metres

The cat became the biggest project of his life: Thomas Stinnesbeck from the Rhineland bought the construction plans over 25 years ago. Ten years ago, the hearing aid specialist produced a two metre long model. He then built a hall by his own hand.

And six years ago, the actual construction began. It has now been completed, floats and sails. The result of the efforts is impressive: 20 metres long, almost half as wide, weighing 22 tonnes and equipped for the long, long journey, and full of unusual ideas.

The cat almost fills a sports swimming pool. One lap around the boat is 70 metresPhoto: YACHT/N. Theurer The cat almost fills a sports swimming pool. One lap around the boat is 70 metres

Ambitious self-build and exciting boat: the story of the catamaran "Year of the Cat" in YACHT, issue 4, available in the DK-Shop, or you can download the boat portrait directly via the link below.

Downloads:

Year of the Cat: Blue water catamaran (pdf)

Fridtjof Gunkel

Fridtjof Gunkel

Deputy Chief Editor YACHT

Fridtjof Gunkel was born on Helgoland in 1962; he started his sailing career there in the Opti and quickly switched to keelboats. North Sea Week, Cowes Week and Kiel Week were early stops, followed by many years in the Admiral's Cup scene on the cuppers “Container” and “Rubin” World Championships and international regattas in the Starboat, with the mini-maxi “SiSiSi” and various tonner yachts as well as participation in the Whitbread Round the World Race were further formative stations, flanked by extensive cruising trips. Fridtjof Gunkel joined YACHT back in 1985 as part of a traineeship, where he later became Head of the Test & Technology department and then Deputy Editor-in-Chief around 25 years ago. He is also responsible for the regatta and sports section. Fridtjof Gunkel privately sails a performance/cruiser moored on the Baltic coast, his favorite areas are the eastern Swedish archipelago and Brittany.

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