Some mention of the yacht Astra means its about time to mention the man who designed the boat he called a Tumlaren,as Jeff Stevens commented yesterday,it was a Composite Design,today the word 'composite'probably means plastics mixed to us but back when Knud was designing in the early 1930s it could easily mean a mixture of timbers,in our case oak frames and honduras mahogany planks but also shaped steel internal 'I' beam frames to support both the keel and linked to support the rigging loads above too,it was a genuine 'composite' in its day.
Born in Denmark, Knud Reimers (1906-87) became educated as shipwright at Krupp-Germania in the twenties. He then worked as apprentice at Bremen-Lemwerder under the supervision of Henry Rasmussen, while paralleling his studies in Bremen. It was there that Reimers became familiar with the design of sleek fast yachts.
1930 Reimers took over the office of Gustav Estander in Stockholm, Sweden. Reimers launched his career as a naval architect for square meter yachts.
1934 he designed the popular double-ender "Tumlare", the predecessor to Adlard Coles’ seagoing legend "Cohoe".
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