Tore Anton Holm (25 November 1896 – 15 November 1977) was a Swedish yacht designer, boatbuilder, and sailor who competed in the 1920, 1928, 1932, 1936 and 1948 Summer Olympics.
Sailing career
He started out in 1920 as a crew member on the Swedish boat Sif, where he won the gold medal in the 40 m2 class and eight years later he conquered the bronze medal, as a crew member on the Sylvia in the 8 metre class. In 1932 he won his second gold medal, this time being on the crew of the Bissbi, in the 6 metre class. At the Olympic Games in Berlin, 1936, he did not win a medal after finishing fourth in the 8 metre class competition. He finished his Olympic career in 1948 on the 6 metre class with his fourth medal, and second bronze, as part of the crew on the Ali Baba II.
Yacht designer
In the early 1920s, the Holm boatyard at Gamleby designed and built a number of boats in the Skerry Cruiser (or Square Metre Rule) Class. In the later 1920s and 1930s several more designs came to fruition built to the International or Metre Rule, particularly in the 6m, 8m and 10m classes.
Posthumous build of J-class yacht In 2014 it was reported that a new J-Class hull, Svea, was under construction at the Freddie Bloemsma Aluminiumbouw shipyard in the Netherlands to an original design by Tore Holm dating from 1937. In 2015 it was reported that outfitting would be undertaken at the Vitters Shipyard. She competed briefly in the 2017 J-Class regatta at Bermuda before her headstay furler broke. During racing in the Superyacht Challenge Antigua in 2020 she was in collision with fellow J-class competitor Topaz.
Selected list of Tore Holm yacht designs
Class Names Year ( unless otherwise indicated) 55m² Mayflower 1919 40m² Sif 1920 40m² Gazell 1935 95m² Marga IV (nowadays named Palazzo) 1921 95m² Brit-Marie (together with brother Yngve Holm) 192130m²Yrhättan1926 5 Metre Ran – 5 Metre Mystic 1937 5 Metre Going 1938 5 Metre Maribell – 6 Metre Lilian 1928 6 Metre Västanfläkt 1928 6 Metre Bissei 1929 6 Metre Bissbi 1929 6 Metre Fridolin 1930 6 Metre Marianne 1934 6 Metre Joy 1935 6 Metre Marabu 1935 6 Metre Tidsfördrif 1935 or 1937 6 Metre Lyn 1936 6 Metre May Be IV 1936 6 Metre Maybe 1936 6 Metre Fågel blå 1937 6 Metre Fandango 1937 6 Metre Nisidia 1937 6 Metre Lilo-Reet 1938 6 Metre May Be VI 1946 6 Metre Alibaba II 1948 6 Metre Silene III 1950 6 Metre May Be VIII 1953 8 Metre Elsinore 1930 8 Metre Ranja 1935 8 Metre Ilderim 1936"Scandinavia" in EIGHTMAIL №41. Newsletter of the International Eight Metre Association. p. 41. accessed 2016-06-11. 8 Metre Wanda 1937 8 Metre (based) Thalatta 1938 8 Metre Svanevit 1939 8 Metre Athena 1939 8 Metre Atair/ Allegro 1939 8 Metre Albatross – 8 Metre Zilverwiek – 10 Metre Zibeline/Itaka 1934 10 Metre Gullkrona – 10 Metre Havsörnen 1937 12 Metre Princess Svanevit (together with Gustaf Estlander) 1930 accessed 2016-06-13. 70' yawl Havsörnen II / Ivanhoe 1938 H-10 Ihana Christina1952
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