M/Y Silva

Facts

Design by C.G.Pettersson in 1923 with drawing nr: 630

• Length Overall 12,6 meter (42 feet)

• Maximum Beam 2,6 meter (9 feet)

• Draft 0,85 meter (2,8 feet)

• Weight 5900 kg

• Top speed 13 knots, cruising speed 8,5 knots with the fuel consumption 0,5 liter per nautical mile with 4 cylinder Yannmar 4JH3G-HTG compression-ignition engine at 100 hp

• Original engine was a 6 cylinder Wisconsin Fuel Engine at 35 HP, And 1929 she got an Kermath 6 cyl 125 hp.

• 250 liter fuel tank

• 260 liter fresh water tank

• 50 Liter Hot water tank

• 6 berths

• 6 battery at 450 Ah

• Fuel cell at 140 Ah

• Refrigerator at 49 liter

• Aft refrigerator/freezer 85 liter

• Water borne heating

• Forced-air heating in cockpit

Dingy built at Plyms Yard, lapstrake in mahogny with oak frames, on cabin roof (mast and boom are used to lower and retrieve the dingy.

2010 We installed an electric bow thruster at 4 hp.

Builder Landin & Johanssons warf located in Gothenburg for GW Rundström Gothenburg.

The hull was built in Honduras Mahogny with decks in Oregon Pine. Ash tree frames with every 3rd frame in metal and the keel in oak.

Lead keel with a weight of 320 kg ( 705 lbs )

At the latest total overhaul we used pine in the planking below waterline.

All 48 metal frames was replaced to stainless steel.

The construction of Silva was documented in Boat Magazines during the twenties.

When we found Silva 1995 she was placed in southern part of Sweden on land. 1971 she was in water for the last time, thats why we had to take her on lorry to Stockholm for the total overhaul.

After 9000 hours of renovation she relaunched in 2nd November 2001.

Ownership Length.

1923-1960 GW Rundström, Göteborg
1961-1968 Lars Olsson, Malmö
1969-1970 Jonny Petersson, Calle Bergström, Dennis Olsson, Lomma
1971-1975 Roland Pirrå, Limhamn
1976-1988 Consortium Niklas Jonsson, Lomma.
1988-1994 Karl Erik Ohlsson, Lund
1995-         Anders och Viola Widström, Ekerö

Silva was listed 2012 at The Maritime Museum lists culturally and historically interesting ships (so-called k-märkning). In this way, The Maritime Museum aim to make them better recognized, preserved and used.

https://www.sjohistoriska.se/fartyg-kulturmiljoer/k-markning-av-fritidsbatar/lista-pa-k-markta-fritidsbatar/silva

Silva in Gryt 2018

Lomma 2019

Lomma 1995 when we found her.

Silva 1929