Ljungströmbåten "Zinganee" under byggnation vid Arendals båtvarv

From left: Hjalmar Olsson and Gunnar Nestling, brother of Hjalmar and David Olsson, on the construction of the Ljungström boat Zinganee, built in a copy at Arendals Båtlap. The boat construction was followed by the newspaper Seglarbladet, which documented the working method on Arendalvarvet. Possibly the photographs in the picture series UMFA53408: 0025 0044 are taken in this context. Name: Zinganee Model: Twin Wing 620, TW 620 Length 13m Width 3 m Draught 1.90m Displacement 7 tonnes, lead keel 3,600 kg Sailarea 58 x 2 sqm (112 sqm) Mass height 19 m Motor Gray 25 hp The Zinganee had a double hull as did the Ljungström boats Vingen XII and Bella Donna (later Ernst and s/y Signe) Zinganee was built on behalf of Mr. Edward S. Moore in New York. He was a manager within the company National Bisquits Co., a crust manufacturer. The contact person between Mr. Moore and Fredrik Ljungström was the engine manufacturer Eric Benson in Malmö, who sold and marketed Ljungström’s boats in the USA. Fredrik Ljungström himself was present at baptism in the spring of 1952. Most boats sold in the United States, starting in 1950, were named Twin Wing 155 and 175 and a larger Twin Wing 480. The specimens sailed as advertising boats in the United States were 175: an “Kismet” and 480: an "Elly. Fredrik Ljungström also wrote articles for sailing newspapers in the USA, including “Elements of Scientific Sailing” The inventor, industrialist and sailor Fredrik Ljungström (1875 1964) constructed in the period 1933 1953 14 different Ljungström cruisers, LJ boats, in sizes from 15 80 sqm sail surface and from 1 14 t. All had the characteristic unbraced bomless and rotating mast - the LJ rig or the Ljungström rig - rotating on a ball bearing mast with a double big-sail that could be folded out to a spinnaker at the county, but without a pre-sail. Most hulls were built in variants of the so-called circular arc hull, (CBS), often with negative leap. Fredrik Ljungström lived from 1945 until his death in 1964 in FiskeFredskil where some of the boats were also built. Literature: Ljungström, Olle: Fredrik Ljungström 1875 - 1964. Inventor and Inspirator. A family biography of the son Olle Ljungström. SMR - Swedish Mekanisters Riksförening, Stockholm 1999, p. 248. Ljungström, Olle: Ljungström Boat 75 Years 1933 - 2008. History, technology, sailing, safety at sea, rose and rice and future. Olle Ljungström, an own publishing company, 2008. Electronic source: Söderholm Mikael: Jug Streamer of All Time. Internet site 2013: https://sites.google.com/site/ljungstromare / A Ljungström Cruiser Wikipedia. Internet page 2013: http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ljungstr% C3% B6mcruiser According to note: “A Ljungström Boat,” Zinganee, “during construction at the Arendal Boat Shipyard. Constructor: Fredrik Ljungström. This type of boat was built only in one copy at the Shipyard and was an order from a customer in New York.” Submitter Bengt Olsson, Gothenburg, November 1990. The picture collection UMFA53408: 0001 0053 concerns Arendal’s boat yards. The yard was on Hisingen, in the middle of Älvsborg’s New Fortress where Älvsborg Harbour in Gothenburg is today. Information about the collection has been made available to Bengt Olsson, son of the shipyard owner and the boat builder Hjalmar Olsson. Hjalmar Olsson operated for 49 years (1920-1969) Arsenal’s boat yards along with his brother David. Over the years, they enjoyed an extraordinarily good reputation both in Sweden and abroad for their high-class works. Many large sailing yachts baxed over the years through the shipyards for a long life on the sea (and a high second-hand value). David was the great wooden artist, while Hjalmar looked after all the other that should be for the business to go well. Alongside this, he made a name for himself as a constructor. With his drawing pin, he managed to transfer the old all-maturity culture workboats with their rough pantras to the most beautiful small sailing ships, where one could clearly recognize everything that was good in the old liner run plus the new one that Hjalmar worked out by virtue of his great know-how. However, not many of the own designs were built on the Arendals boat yards. There, the floor area was paved with larger buildings. But in those years there were a variety of smaller yards up the Bohusland coast and in the right size to build dinghies and costerboats, which was Hjalmar’s specialty. The Sailing Company of Långedrags and Hjalmar Olsson together drafted measures and building rules for the Christmas classes. The great interest of the sailing company in the Christmas classes was very important for the spread of this boat type. The strict building regulations guaranteed a long life and a good second hand value, which has in all times been appreciated by buyers. [The archives of Bohusläns museum include drawings from Arendal’s boat yards under ARKIVNUMMER 242.] The drawing numbering is not the original one. There was no such thing. It is now organised by year and divided on costerboats and dinghies and motor boats, so as to have a better overview of the development. Costerboats first, then dinghies and finally motor boats. Finally, make the drawings that were not part of a new construction project. Various special jobs. Stig Ahlberg 1986. Hjalmar Olsson had a 6-year-old folk school, supplemented by a shorter course in drawing at the Slujdförening’s school when he was in his 20s. He was very adept about the Millennium Drawing. He drew with drawing pins and used bicycle spokes to draw “span panes.” He also used narrow “ri” of teak. Also text and figures were made with drawing pins. Stig Ahlberg was one of the yard’s customers and put down a great deal of work after Hjalmar Olsson’s death in cataloging the yard’s drawings. He also wrote a history of the Shipyard, see above. The museum association Sweden’s recreational craft (MSF) has digitized boat drawings in the Bohusläns museum collections. Includes 64 boat drawings by Hjalmar Olsson. The material is kept in the archives of Bohusläns museum and will be made available at DigitaltMuseum, www.digitaltmuseum.se MSF has digitized boat drawings in several other museum collections, i.a. The Maritime Museum. In the Swedish Maritime Museum’s drawing collection there are many examples of boats built on the Arendals boat yards, see their drawing database.