The Canary Tumlaren
Nobody really knows how some sloop drawings made by a Scandinavian designer could arrive to Las Palmas, probably to the “Real Club Nautico de Gran Canaria”, and finally to the expert hands of Juan Suárez Quesada, local shipwright with a strong relationship with the “Club”. Consulting in the local press we can approximate the year of construction of the first tumlare. The newspaper “Falange” dated on 14 June 1944 included a photo of the first boat made in Canarias, the “Tauro”, being her owner Alfonso Morales Martín. The article included the characteristics, length, 8.30 meters; beam, 1.845 meters; ballast, 940 kg, and described the interiors, two berths, a locker, and an icebox, this accommodation eased to do “long voyages” according columnist words. Newspaper “Falange”. 14 june 1944. The new sloop “Tauro”. Jable. Hemeroteca Digital de la Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Also, the rig was cited as Bermudian, and that the sail area was 20 square meters. ...