MAGDA XIII

● Name: MAGDA XIII

● Rig : 15MCR-marconi cutter

● Year: 1937

● Designer: JOHAN ANKER

● Builder: ANKER & JENSEN -VOLLEN-NORWAY

● Location: NW ITALY

● LOA: 22.91

● LOD: 22.91

● LWL: 16.78

● BMax: 4.20

● Depth: 3.35

● Displacement: 53 T

● Engine: YANMAR 4LHA-STP-238 HP-2001-

● Equipments: Main compass  Manufacturer: Danforth – Model:  Constellation Liferafts N° 2 -  Manufacturer: Eurovinil – Model:

ISO/9650 – 6 places each – Date of manufacture: 28.04.2004 – Warranty: 12 years Sails Manufacturer Hood Italy Mainsail Dacron - Sqm

135,70 - P 24,70 - E 10,50 – 10,2 oz - 3 reefs – narrow panels Genoa Dacron – Sqm 135 Yankee 1 Dacron – Sqm 88 - Luff 20,45 - LP

12,90 -  9,0 oz Yankee 2 Dacron - Sqm 57 – Luff 17,50 – LP 6,50 – 9,8 oz Trinchetta Dacron - Sqm 36 – Luff 14,4 – LP 5,0 – 9,0 oz

Tormentina Dacron – Sqm 18 – Luff 11,00 – LP 3,4  –  9,8 oz Gennaker Nylon – Sqm 281 – SL 22,70 – SMW 13,75 –  2,2 oz Winches

Manufacturer MEISSNER  Models: N° 4 X 36ST-81 (self tailing, electric, used for main/genoa halyards and genoa/yankee sheets ) N° 6 X

34ST-67 ( self tailing, manual, used for staysail sheets,  running backstay, staysail and gennaker halyards and for main sheet ) Engine

Manufacturer/year Yanmar/2001 Model 4 LHA – STP / Diesel Register 52287 Engine hours ( at 01.05.2007 ) 1053,3 h Swept volume

3455 cmc Power HP 238 at 3300 rpm Weight 380 kg N° of cylinders 4 Genset Manufacturer / year MASE / 2002 Model IS9 9KW 50hz

Max output 9 KW ( 1500 rpm ) Engine Yanmar 3TNE82 / Diesel Register 2204447 Swept volume 1331 cmc Power HP 14,8 a 1500 rpm

Weight 295  kg N° of cylinders 3 Max heeling 30° Propeller Main Manufacturer Max-Prop Specifications Diameter: 26 inches – 3 folding

blades – Variable pitch Spare 3 regular blades– diameter: 26 inches – pitch 24 inches Tanks N° 6 fresh water Total volume: 800 lt N° 4

gasoline tanks Total volume: 820 lt N° 2 “grey” water Total volume: 100 lt N° 2 “black” water tanks Total volume: 140 lt Water maker

Manufacturer Schenker Model / year Modular 100 / 2001 ( fully overhauled 2007 ) Supply 24 Volts dc Production 100 lt/h Air

conditioning / heating Power  42000 BTU Fancoils in  all the cabins Galley Gas cooker with 6 fires (by SMEG )– Microwawe/electric

oven ( by SMEG ) – refrigerator and freezer ( custom made ) Pumps N° 5 bilge pumps Manufacturer: Gianneschi e Ramacciotti N° 2

pumps 24V ( 100lt/m – 160 lt/m ) N° 1 pump 220V ( 91 lt/m ) – N° 1 pump dragged by the engine belt ( 186 lt/m ) Manufacturer:

Henderson N° 1 manual pump - Model: Mark V   Total capacity: approx 550 lt/m N° 2 pumps for “black” water tanks Manufacturer:

Gianneschi e Ramacciotti Model: ECO-MV N° 2 pumps for “grey” water tanks N° 1 Manufacturer: Gianneschi e Ramacciotti Model:

ECO-MV N° 1 Manufacturer: Jabsco Model: 12GPM Macerator Pump Fresh/sea water pumps N° 2 fresh water pumps Manufacturer:

Gianneschi e Ramacciotti Model: Ecojet 1B N° 1 sea water pump Manufacturer: Gianneschi e Ramacciotti Model: Ecojet 2 BB WC

Pumps Owner and guests toilet Manual pump - Manufacturer: Blake – Model: Victory Crew toilet Manufacturer : Jabsco – Model :

Manual toilet, regular bowl, 29120-2000 Electric supply: 24Volts Service batteries N° 12 gel batteries 960 Amp/h- Manufacturer: FIAMM

– Model: TMG 427/8 Engine batteries N° 2 – Manufacturer: FIAMM – Model: VR 760 Genset battery N° 1 – Manufacturer: FIAMM –

Model: VR 760 Battery chargers Manufacturer: Mastervolt – Model: MASS 24/100 for service batteries – Model MASS 12/25 for engine

batteries Inverter Manufacturer: Mastervolt – Model: SINE 24/2500 – Power: 2500Watt Anchoring Main anchor Bruce 50 kg 2nd anchor

Fortress FX 23 Main anchor chain 100mt / mm 12 Windlass Manufacturer: LOFRANS’ – Model: Jaguaro 2500 Watt with wireless remote

control Dinghy 3,30 mt white rubber dinghy - Manufacturer: Italboats – Engine: Mercury 15 HP Electronics NAVIOP monitoring system

with 3 touch screens: 1 in the cockpit, 1 at the chart table, 1 at the skipper bunk Autopilot Raymarine – Model: ST 6001 Wind/echo

sounder ecc Raymarine – Model: ST 290 48 miles Radar/Chartplotter Raymarine – Model: RL70C Pathfinder PC interfaced with

Raymarine-network,  with monitors on the chart table and in the cockpit in order to have a full view of the navigation data ( both radar and

elctronic charts )   IRIDIUM Sat Phone  Manufacturer: Sailor – Model: SC 4150 Hi-Fi Multiroom net with 4 speakers in the saloon, 2 in

the owner cabin, 2 in the cockpit, headset in the guests cabins. 22” lcd TV, VHS/DVD player, CD player with 40 GB hard disk, 2 tuners

GSM box with antenna on top of the mast

● Costruction and Accomodations:

● Description: Magda XIII ,Johan Anker design, was built by Anker &Jensen in Asker, Norway in 1937 for Alfred Larsen. She was sold 2

years later to Ingar Doublog,and changed her name into RolloV.She kept this name until 1972 when she was sold in Greece and she was

named Eolos for short time, and then Hermina 3 untill the actual owner renamed her with the first name.  The yacht was built with a

planking of Oregon Pine on alternates steel and oak frames .Light but very strong, like the yachts of the metric classes. Also her lines are

the lines of a Metric Class racer,and so the Ballast to Displacement ratio ,as there are 25 T of lead on a displacement of 49T .From the

calculation sheets of Joahan Anker that I very luckily found in Norway,it appears that the yacht was built following the specifications and

the scantling of the Metric class. There is the comparison with the dimensions she should have had if she was a 15 MR ,and as that class

was not existing anymore since the time of the gaff rigged 15 M yachts ,back in the early 20ies, Magda was born as a fast cruiser racer

with the measure of 14,50 M if she had to be rated as a Metric yacht. So she was called a 15M cruiser (15 MCR) and had the sail number

D11.In Norway Magda XIII was known as “The Queen of the fjords”

● Asking Price: SOLD

● History: Born as Magda XIII ,Johan Anker design, built by Anker &Jensen in Asker, Norway in 1937 for Alfred Larsen, she was sold 2

years later to Ingar Doublog,and changed her name into RolloV.She kept this name until 1972 when she was sold in Greece and she was

named Eolos for short time, and then Hermina 3 untill the actual owner renamed her with the first name.  The yacht was built with a

planking of Oregon Pine on alternates steel and oak frames .Light but very strong, like the yachts of the metric classes. Also her lines are

the lines of a Metric Class racer,and so the Ballast to Displacement ratio ,as there are 25 T of lead on a displacement of 49T .From the

calculation sheets of Joahan Anker that I very luckily found in Norway,it appears that the yacht was built following the specifications and

the scantling of the Metric class. There is the comparison with the dimensions she should have had if she was a 15 MR ,and as that class

was not existing anymore since the time of the gaff rigged 15 M yachts ,back in the early 20ies, Magda was born as a fast cruiser racer

with the measure of 14,50 M if she had to be rated as a Metric yacht. So she was called a 15M cruiser (15 MCR) and had the sail number

D11. (D is the symbol of the 15 m class yachts) All this because the owner, Alfred Larsen was maybe the greatest racing sailor in Norway

and one of the most famous yachtsmen of the first 30 years of the ‘900 in Northern Europe. This  boat was his last sailing yacht and he was

already an old man when he ordered her to Johan Anker, and surely  not happy with a cruising yacht and with the comforts for a man of his

age ordered “the fastest boat of Norway” ,that was called “The Queen of the Fjords” Not tired of regattas ,after having owned 18 racing

yachts(among them a 15MR ,few 10MR, 3 12 MR )from the first Urd of 1885   ,to the latest Magda XII ,(the former Hallowe’en,very well

known also today),in his 70’ies just wanted a boat capable to win when sailing against his son Fridtjof,owner at that time of Vema III,one

of the fastest  12 MR just built at Anker &Jensen.!! What a sailor! The choice was between  William Fife and Johan Anker,as both of them

alternatively  designed  all his  boats since Magda IV ,a 10 MR in 1904  . Johan Anker had the commitment,as he was also a good friend

and great racing yachtsman. He was called “The Flying Norwegian “ and was very able to design and race with the metric class yachts:

Just remind that he designed and built  52 yachts of the 8M class! and in 1938,just after the lounch of  Magda XIII at the age of 67 , won as

helmsman the World cup with Sira ,an 8 MR designed by him and  built at his yard for the King of Norway  . The yacht stayed short time

in the hands of Larsen, as he was already old. She was sold than to another very famous Norwegian yachtsman and racer,Ingar Dobloug

,who named her Rollo V. This was in 1939. Dobloug ,a younger man had won many races too ,and his Rollo 4 was a famous 10 MR ,and

the first Rollo one of the most famous 12 MR ever built by Anker. Unfortunately in 1939   started the war ,and the Germans invaded 

Norway. Many of those sleek ,bright and varnished yachts have been taken by the German army and navy ,and this happened also to Rollo

V . Dobloug was taken prisoner and closed in a concentration camp. After the war the yacht was nearly a wreck, but Dobloug, back in

Norway invested in a full restoration . The yacht became again the queen of the Fjords, this time with a different look, as she was rigged as

a Ketch to be easier to use even with short hands. Time had passed and the big crews of the 30ies had become too expensive . The yacht

was sold in the 60’ies to another Norwegian family The Gjolbergs. I met part of the family,and I am in contact with Morten Gjolberg who

found pictures and documents of the time  I met also the son of Ingar Dobloug,a gentleman of more than 80 years old ,and I have been

threated as a son or a  brother and a benefactor as I saved the boat from the loss and I am providing a great restoration. After Gjolberg the

yacht was bought by Mr Falk of Stockholm,and she stayed with this family until 1972. I met also Christian and Jan Peter Falk,who

provided to me beautiful pictures and a super 8 film. The boat was sold to a greek owner who wanted her in the med. And from that

moment the boat started to suffer until in the 80ies she was transformed into a charter vessel . An huge deckhouse was fitted on that

precious deck,and other high and ugly wooden structures to make her more roomy inside. All the original insides have been destroyed to

provide 4 double cabins for the guests and a raised salon in the deckhouse. The mast was shortened to little more than 22 m and the boom

to 6m. In the original plan there was a mast of about 30 meters and a boom of 12! The boat ,heavy in the water was floating low and

seemed very tired when I was asked to survey her by an Italian gentleman who felt her hidden noble origins. It was July 2001 when after a

third inspection to the hull in Athens it was decided that the lines and the shape of the hull were too beautiful to leave the boat in that

shape. and she was bought even if a big work had to be planned The boat was delivered to Viareggio An important budget was allocated

and as the carpenters of the Cantiere Francesco Del Carlo started to check the planking and structures, the historic research started. It took

time to get to the origin of the yacht and it took longer to get back to her extraordinary original shape. 400 linear meters of Oregon Pine

planking  50 mm thick have been replaced;  mostly all the beams , A new deck was layed, many steel floors and few frames have been

changed. The yacht was born without an engine,and we have been able to hide the modern engine in the deep bilge .The owner wished to

have all range of modern comforts and technologies,and the yacht is an incredibly comfortable fast cruiser for 6 guests and 2 crewmember

. Sophisticated electonics and computerized controls are hidden very well and one could feel to be really back in the time when on

board.The insides and all the furniture was built out of a single trunk of beutiful Mahogany of 7 cubic meters,that was stored in the yard in

planks since 10 years. So all the fornitures has the same grain and flames in the panels. The fornitures are undergoing now to an aging

process provided by very skilled artisans from Firenze who work in the restoration of antics and antiquariat , as all that beautiful wood

seemed to new,and the insides of Magda had to look like the originals… … The mast was rebuilt out of  the best Oregon pine ,following

the pictures of 1939. All the  deck fittings have been casted in high resistance bronze under original drawings or exemples of Norwegian

yachts of the time . The winches have been realized by Meissner to the  the highest standards. Blocks are from Solimar, the sails will be

made by Hood. The reconstruction of Magda XIII has been surveyed under the highest standard of The Italian Register and she

is registered with the Malta Cross The yacht was re-lounched on the 29th may 2004.

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