Southerly 100 "Elucid"

The Northernmost Southerly?

Written by Gerard Boeke on 10 october 2002.

We were looking for a 32 feet sailboat comfortable for 1-3 persons. The boat should be a cruising vessel suitable for our varying weather conditions and for living aboard during the whole summer. We wanted a sailboat with a pilothouse enabling indoor steering in bad weather.

Thanks to the Internet we were able to reach the market in whole Europe. After a lot of searching we found that a second hand Southerly 100 seemed to be an optimum choice.

I found seven Southerly 100 for sale in the UK. All were located along the south coast. In the last week of March 2002 we flew to London with Ryanair and rented a car there. We drove along the coast and inspected all the S 100 offered. Elucid ended up being the best choice. It was moored in Port Solent (Portsmouth). We signed a contract "subject to survey" and went back home.
27 March was the big day. We had arranged for the surveyor to inspect Elucid in the morning. He found the vessel being fine. In the afternoon she was ours!

We moved from the hotel into the boat and started preparations for the first part of a 1000 mile voyage to our home in Trosa near Stockholm in Sweden.
Having never sailed in waters with tide we had arranged for an experienced Englishman to help us with navigation from Portsmouth to Holland (Lemmer in Ijselmeer). Duncan arrived right after easter and we started with the outgoing current in the afternoon. 52 hours later we arrived at Ijmuiden in Holland.

After a good sleep we continued through the North Sea canal and Ijselmeer via Amsterdam to Lemmer.
Then I had to go home for work. Three weeks later I came back with a Swedish friend. We continued the voyage through the inland of the northern part of the Netherlands and three days later we arrived in Delfzijl.

From Delfzijl my brother living in the Netherlands joined us. We left the harbour at highest tide at 02.00 hrs in order to reach the next harbor Norderney (a German Frisian island) in daylight. Early next morning we continued to Cuxhaven. After another early morning we entered the Kiel canal at 08.00 in the morning of 2 May. The same day in the evening we arrived in Kiel and the Baltic sea, which is now the home sea of Elucid. It gave us a feeling of being home, but still there was about 450 miles to go.

The weather was cold and the wind was rather strong from NE. We had about 100 hours to go during one week. Thanks to a good engine and comfortable indoor steering facilities this was not too unpleasant.

On 10 may Elucid entered the yacht harbor in Trosa!

She has then during the period 25 June-15 August been my home in the Swedish and Finnish archipelago during a marvelous summer with the best weather in decades.

Thanks to the swing keel we are able to enter shallow creeks and to rest in paradises like this.

Gerard Boeke
Trosa
Sweden

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	I found seven Southerly 100 for sale in the UK. All were located along the south coast. In the last week of March 2002 we flew to London with Ryanair and rented a car there. We drove along the coast and inspected all the S 100 offered. Elucid ended up being the best choice. It was moored in Port Solent (Portsmouth). We signed a contract "subject to survey" and went back home. 27 March was the big day. We had arranged for the surveyor to inspect Elucid in the morning. He found the vessel being fine. In the afternoon she was ours!
	We moved from the hotel into the boat and started preparations for the first part of a 1000 mile voyage to our home in Trosa near Stockholm in Sweden. Having never sailed in waters with tide we had arranged for an experienced Englishman to help us with navigation from Portsmouth to Holland (Lemmer in Ijselmeer). Duncan arrived right after easter and we started with the outgoing current in the afternoon. 52 hours later we arrived at Ijmuiden in Holland.
	After a good sleep we continued through the North Sea canal and Ijselmeer via Amsterdam to Lemmer. Then I had to go home for work. Three weeks later I came back with a Swedish friend. We continued the voyage through the inland of the northern part of the Netherlands and three days later we arrived in Delfzijl.
	From Delfzijl my brother living in the Netherlands joined us. We left the harbour at highest tide at 02.00 hrs in order to reach the next harbor Norderney (a German Frisian island) in daylight. Early next morning we continued to Cuxhaven. After another early morning we entered the Kiel canal at 08.00 in the morning of 2 May. The same day in the evening we arrived in Kiel and the Baltic sea, which is now the home sea of Elucid. It gave us a feeling of being home, but still there was about 450 miles to go.
	The weather was cold and the wind was rather strong from NE. We had about 100 hours to go during one week. Thanks to a good engine and comfortable indoor steering facilities this was not too unpleasant.
	On 10 may Elucid entered the yacht harbor in Trosa!
	She has then during the period 25 June-15 August been my home in the Swedish and Finnish archipelago during a marvelous summer with the best weather in decades.
	Thanks to the swing keel we are able to enter shallow creeks and to rest in paradises like this. Gerard Boeke Trosa Sweden
	Any comments or questions to the above are most welcome. Please just fill in the form and click on the button. Your name: E-mail: Your comments or questions: