The history of a classic boat.
The "Timian II" (foreground) in Norwegian waters. Around 1950. Courtesy of Arne Walberg. 1.- The research. When Emilio “Tato” Reza, in 2012, told me that the “Timian”, my classic boat, was a Knud Reimers Stor Tumlaren I believed him. Being Tato the previous owner and a skilled and experienced sailor who would think otherwise. I started to search information on internet and i found the Albatross (or Stor Tumlaren) plans in the Stockholm Maritime Museum, one friend passed me the Adlard Coles book “Heavy Weather Sailing” (I could examine the famous Cohoe drawings and pictures), and I saw some Stor Tumlaren photos in the net, and yes, my “Timian” and the Stor Tumlaren seemed very similar. The “Timian” in Canary waters. 2016. Courtesy of Victor Alonso. With the time I started to have some doubts… to my eyes, the “Timian” stern seemed to be more slender, not so rounded, comparing with the Stor Tumlaren one, and the beam, really was lesser, just 2.1 ...