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DÜSSELDORF BOAT SHOW

Kunst on show

A small classic area at the Düsseldorf boat show in January was one of the busiest

of the event's 17 halls.

Centre stage were two L boats, Carmen III (1922) and Brigit II (believed to be

1925), built by Abeking & Rasmussen, and exhibited at Düsseldorf by the historic

Lake Constance yard Michelsen-Werft, which fully restored them in recent years.

Both took part in the centenary rally of the class in 2013, on Lake Constance. Also

known as the 30 Square Metre Binnenkieler, the L boat is a three-person skerry

boat that became popular on Bavarian and Berlin lakes, as well as in Hungary.

Some 204 were made and around 30 are sailing today.

Elsewhere in the classic section, various German yards were carrying out

demonstrations of restoration techniques and boat building. There was a Classic

Forum, where speakers gave talks on subjects ranging from how to build a Viking

longship to how to use epoxy on a wooden boat. Several amateur builders were

exhibiting their own craft at the show, among them a home-built steam pinnace.

Sunrise was launched in 2011 by steam boat enthusiast Gerd Richter. The 17ft

(5.5m) boat was constructed in cedar and mahogany, glued with epoxy.

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Above: two L boats, built by Abeking & Rasmussen, restored by Michelsen Werft