Description

2010 Electric Sloop - E/S Hjerter Kung (King of Hearts)

A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to acquire one of Europe's most beautiful electric boats: E/S Hjerter Kung of Vaxholm, Sweden.

Have a get-together for your friends, guests, customers or have a quiet cruise - only you can invite to a soiree in this salon.
Hjerter Kung is the only one of its kind in the world, and now she can be yours!

Deck, lounge and all furnishings are hand-made by long time ship builder Björn Westman. The blueprints are from 1892 by engineer Harald Olsson in Vänersborg. Hjerter Kung was launched in May 2010.

The blueprints were found during reconstruction of a house in Karlsborg during the 1980s.

The lounge is built to comfortably fit Captain, crew and 12 passengers and takes its inspiration from turn of the century lounges.

The purpose for Hjerter Kung has been as a boat for traveling canals and to be an archipelago explorer. The boat has trafficked Vaxholms inner archipelago, lake Mälaren and the Strömsholms- and Åkers canals in central Sweden.

The design has never before been realized, Hjerter Kung is the first of its kind.

Facts:
Hjerter Kung has been stored in a boat house during winter. The boat has been totally overhauled in recent years.

Comfort:
Equipped with a WC including a wash basin with a foot operated seawater pump.

Engine & Powertrain:
New electric engine from Electro-Mobile Scandinavia
Batteries: 32 st
Charger: 15 amp
Running time: ca 10 hours at 3.5-4.0 knots

Lights: All electricity (lanterns and cabin light) 12V LED bulbs

Wood, treatment and details:
Hull: The core material is pine heartwood and oak with a surface of fiberglass saturated with epoxy resin (WEST Method), treated with light nougat color linseed oil paint.

Deck: Gunwale made of oak and deck planking of Oregon pine, treated with linseed varnish Le Tonkinois

Lounge: South American mahogany varnished with Le Tonkinois

Deckhouse: Siberian Larch treated on the inside with linseed oil paint. The outside canvas top is treated with linseed oil and painted with a shade of gray linseed paint.

Fittings: All fittings are casted in bronze or brass, and are made in late nineteenth century style by Davey & Co in England and Toplicht in Germany. All fittings that were not available to order are made inhouse.

All documentation is available, as well as a large album of pictures of the building process, launching etc. Photos can be requested via email.

Build between 2005 - 2010
Launch: 29rd May 2010

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