Website created on January 6th, 2024 Introducing s/y Vesterviking. S/Y Vesterviking is a Finnish mahogany ketch that has been widely presented in both international and domestic yachting magazines, like Die Yacht and Classic Boat Magazine, Vene, Puuvene, Puupaatti and Tekniikan Historia https://www.classicboat.co.uk/articles/design/vesterviking-wooden-hull-aluminium-deck-and-cabin/ The yacht was built in 1953-1957 by the foremost Finnish boatbuilder, Henry Orrman, whose nickname "Stradivarius from Emsalö" tells everything of the quality of his work. Vesterviking is the first Finnish pleasure yacht that has been built under Lloyd's supervision to +100 A1 offshore class. As a rare speciality of the yacht are absolute watertight deck, cabin and cockpit originally built of aluminium. Constructor was shipbuilding engineer Karl Heldt. He was a sailor throughout his life and at the age of 80 years, when designing the yacht, coul...