Tore Holm

Tore Anton Holm (25 November 1896 – 15 November 1977) was a Swedish yacht designer, boatbuilder, and sailor who competed in the 1920, 1928, 1932, 1936 and 1948 Summer Olympics.[1][2]

Tore Holm

Tore Holm on Princess Svanevit in Stockholm in 1931
Personal information
Born	25 November 1896 Gamleby, Sweden
Died	15 November 1977(1977-11-15) (aged 80) Gamleby, Sweden
Sailing career
Class(es)	40m² Skerry cruiser, 6mR, 8mR
Club	Norrköpings Segelsällskap, Royal Swedish Yacht Club
Medal record Representing  Sweden Olympic Games 1920 Antwerp 40 m² class 1932 Los Angeles 6 metre 1928 Amsterdam 8 metre 1948 London 6 metre

Sailing career

He started out in 1920 as a crew member on the Swedish boat Sif, where he won the gold medal in the 40 m² class and eight years later he conquered the bronze medal, as a crew member on the Sylvia in the 8 metre class. In 1932 he won his second gold medal, this time being on the crew of the Bissbi, in the 6 metre class. At the Olympic Games in Berlin, 1936, he did not win a medal after finishing fourth in the 8 metre class competition. He finished his Olympic career in 1948 on the 6 metre class with his fourth medal, and second bronze, as part of the crew on the Ali Baba II.

Yacht designer

In the early 1920s, the Holm boatyard at Gamleby designed and built a number of boats in the Skerry Cruiser (or Square Metre Rule) Class. In the later 1920s and 1930s several more designs came to fruition built to the International or Metre Rule, particularly in the 6m, 8m and 10m classes.[3]

Posthumous build of J-class yacht

In 2014 it was reported that a new J-Class hull, Svea, was under construction at the Freddie Bloemsma Aluminiumbouw shipyard in the Netherlands to an original design by Tore Holm dating from 1937. In 2015 it was reported that outfitting would be undertaken at the Vitters Shipyard.[4] She competed briefly in the 2017 J-Class regatta at Bermuda before her headstay furler broke.[5]

Selected list of Tore Holm yacht designs

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8 Metre-yacht Ilderim

Class	Names	Year ([3] unless otherwise indicated)
55m²	Mayflower	1919
40m²	Sif	1920
40m²	Gazell	1935[6]
95m²	Marga IV (nowadays named Palazzo)	1921
95m²	Brit-Marie (together with brother Yngve Holm)	1921
5m	Ran	–
5m	Mystic	1937
5m	Going	1938[7]
5m	Maribell	–
6mR	Lilian	1928
6mR	Västanfläkt	1928
6mR	Bissei	1929
6mR	Bissbi	1929[8]
6mR	Fridolin	1930[6]
6mR	Marianne	1934
6mR	Joy	1935[6]
6mR	Marabu	1935[6]
6mR	Tidsfördrif	1935 or 1937[9]
6mR	Lyn	1936[6]
6mR	May Be IV	1936[6]
6mR	Maybe	1936[10]
6mR	Fågel blå	1937[11]
6mR	Fandango	1937[6]
6mR	Nisidia	1937[6]
6mR	Lilo-Reet	1938[6]
6mR	May Be VI	1946[6]
6mR	Alibaba II	1948[6]
6mR	Silene III	1950[6]
6mR	May Be VIII	1953[6]
8mR	Elsinore	1930
8mR	Ranja	1935
8mR	Ilderim	1936[12]
8mR	Wanda	1937
8mR(based)	Thalatta	1938[6]
8mR	Svanevit	1939
8mR	Athena	1939[6]
8mR	Atair/ Allegro	1939
8mR	Albatross	–
8mR	Zilverwiek	–[6]
10mR	Zibeline/Itaka	1934[13]
10mR	Gullkrona	–
10mR	Havsörnen	1937[lower-alpha 1]
12mR	Princess Svanevit (together with Gustaf Estlander)	1930[15]
70' yawl	Havsörnen II / Ivanhoe	1938[16]

Notes

1. According to one source[14] Havsörnen was designed jointly with Knud Reimers, although she was built at Holms Batvarv.

References

1. Tore Holm. sports-reference.com
2. Tore Holm. Swedish Olympic Committee
3. "Tore Holms Varv". svanevit.de. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
4. PROJECT 3076. Vitters.com (24 January 2013). Retrieved on 2016-01-25.
5. Toby Hodges, 11 August 2017: The purist’s America’s Cup – the story of the seven-strong J Class Regatta in Bermuda at yachtingworld.com, accessed 12 April 2018
6. Tore Holm. Classic Yacht Info (21 November 2015). Retrieved on 2016-01-25.
7. Page including ref to Going, at britishyachtingarchive.org.uk
8. Foto:. Sjohistoriska.se. Retrieved on 25 January 2016.
9. tidsfordriv. 6mrnorthamerica.com. Retrieved on 25 January 2016.
10. classic letter 8. 6mrnorthamerica.com (1 February 2003). Retrieved on 2016-01-25.
11. 6mr – For sale. 6mr.fi. Retrieved on 25 January 2016.
12. "Scandinavia" in EIGHTMAIL №41. Newsletter of the International Eight Metre Association. p. 41. Retrieved on 2016-06-11.
13. Itaka « Sail Yacht Society. Sailyachtsociety.se. Retrieved on 25 January 2016.
14. Page for Havsornen at billionaire.com Retrieved on 2016-06-11.
15. "12mR Yacht Trivia". 12mr.de. Retrieved on 2016-06-13.
16. page re constructor Tore Holm's yawl ''Ivanhoe''. Uk.topboats.com (26 October 2012). Retrieved on 2016-01-25.

External links

• profile of Tore Holm's Olympic sailing