Posted on 3/4/2016
Stephen Boden, 47, a native of Hamburg, Germany, and author of two books on minimalist cruising aboard small sailboats, decided that to venture farther than his 18' (5.4m) model would take him, he needed something around 24' (7.3m). With Alexander Vrolijk (son of yacht designer Rolf Vrolijk) and Jan Kuhnert, both of Judel/Vrolijk & Co., Hamburg, Germany, and a bottle of Bordeaux, they conceived what Boden describes as “a small, fast sailing ship that would be racy but yet affordable. Simple and
They also wanted to appeal to a younger audience, eschewing traditional marketing methods. The project took a favorable turn in a new direction with fresh thinking when they met Michael Adlkofer, a professor of industrial design at the University of Hanover, who suggested that they make the design a project for his 18 students. Boden gave them “no brief, no mood boards, ...