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Omega 42 Charisma, SWE 301

Start: 2000

Case story: The dream-come-true project started the moment I realized that a boat builder was going to start building the classical yacht Omega 42 again. It was introduced in the 1970's, by the legendary yacht designer Peter Norlin.

I convinced the builder to re-think, and forced them to sell me the first one under the condition that I could re-design the interior into a modern design version, instead of the classical dark brown 1970 standard-ish format. They agreed eventually...

A new bright and white interior

The standard boat interior design has been based on "brown wood only" for too long. For natural reasons of course. But it was certainly about time to look at it from a new perspective – what is the purpose, what do we want from our life in a boat after a Millennium, what are we in fact doing in there when sailing and when not sailing, how much time do we spend indoor, what do we really need and what old-school stuff and habits can we exchange for new ones? 

The hull was totally empty when I stepped into it the first time. My imagination went wild. I talked to Peter Norlin, I discussed with the boat builders, I doodled tons of drawings. I was curious about how a professional industry designer, not coming from the traditional boating industry, would approach such a golden opportunity. I met with renown designer Björn Dahlström and his team. After an hour together with them and their 3D CAM/CAD modelling computers, I realised that the point of no return was already behind me. I swallowed at least twice and then we made a deal to team up and challenge the boat interior status quo. Here is what our ideas and thoughts, and their talents, turned into:

After comprehensive measuring of all angles, curves and proportions (since there was no reliable drawings available) the 3D software did its work. The idea was to open up, get the light in, re-think the purposes of a sailing life, introduce new materials and plan for the idea that scaling down on stuff onboard would bring joy to the overall experience and freedom.

Another ambition evolved from a sailing project and food event we were dealing with at the time – Food Onboard with the Chef Of The Year – meaning that designing a galley, we should strive for making more room for cooking and less room for navigation. It felt logical as plotters and smartphones made navigation work easier outside by the tiller. Cooking and enjoying nice meals together should move up on the list of sailing lifestyle priorities in my mind. The meals are an as important part of sailing, as the sailing itself nowadays.

I was in heaven. Suddenly I found myself discussing new bold ideas with legends like Peter Norlin and Mange Olsson, with extremely talented boat builders, professional chefs and awarded industry designers. I also had the opportunity to experience how the ideas materialize with the help of rocket science CAD/CAM-modulation software at Björn Dahlström Design Studio.

One year later...this is the final result by the boat builders: White surfaces and lots of light, no doors between cabins (how private is it anyway?), a see-through ladder, more "space" and less storage room (how much stuff do you need anyway?) and a generous galley and "dining room" for great cooking opportunities and socializing moments.

Press event in Stockholm, May 2001

To celebrate the re-birth of a new classical yacht, we arranged an event for media and other guests. We named the new design version "Omega 42 Charisma" and on May 8th the press release and invitation was sent out. Only a few days later we gathered on the pier of Riddarholmen in Stockholm city center, with the waters of Riddarfjärden and the City Hall – the Nobel Dinner palace – as our backdrop. It was truly a sunny day. Read or download the Press Release.

Legendary yacht designer Peter Norlin and other members of the team guided the media and sailed with them under the sun. The team in front of the sculpture "Solbåten" (the Sun Boat): Boat builders Niklas Lindell and Håkan Benghtsson, Chef of the Year 1999 Karl Ljung, yacht designer Peter Norlin and industry designer Björn Dahlström.

While at it... we introduced a redesigned Omega 42 logo.

A sleek yacht and classical archipelago cruiser

The Omega 42 was the undisputed queen of yachts in Sweden back in the 1970-ies. A 42-footer was considered a big yacht at the time and the sleek lines were loved by the owners and admired by other sailors. It had some constructions flaws being a single layer hull and slightly to weak construction for its size back then. Read the full story (in Swedish) on the Omega 42 Sällskapet website

The production went down eventually, but luckily the shipyard Lidköpings Båtsnickeri bought the rights to start again in 2000. They initiated a tight collaboration with the Omega 42 yacht designer Peter Norlin and the multi-experienced skipper and sail racing icon Mange Olsson, and a new stronger hull and and rigg construction was designed.

Photo: Magnus Skoglöf

S/Y Johanna was the first in a new series of Omega 42s. The white, open interior created lots of buzz at the boat expos we participated in that summer of 2001. Young visitors entering the boat loved the design. But the conservative boat market was not yet ready for anything else but a classical brown wooden interior and the good old conservative solutions.

The Omega 42 Charisma version became a one-off. Our ideas in 2001 were 10-20 years too early for the market. But, in 2015 my phone started ringing again, people from Germany, Norway, Denmark, Luxembourg and France had spotted the "le classic beautyfyl lady with the white charismatic interieur". She was not mine when they called, my once in a lifetime experience and treasure was sold and owned by other sailors.

We caught the new exterior on video for the press...

The Omega 42 Charisma became a one-off. But hey...rumours told me some years ago that a shipyard in Germany was planning for a new production again. Maybe time has catched up and they will pick up some of our design ideas?

Unusual media coverage

We did get some, but very slim, coverage from the boat magazines in Sweden. They were for some reason hard to get at the time. But the largest interior design magazine was quite exited. They were non-sailors and curios for other reasons. Is that ironic or what? Anyway, they came and enjoyed a good Swedish fika, loved the ideas, the materials, the details, the light and the open space and published a seven page article about the new ideas and designs... 

The interior design magazine Sköna Hem covered the story on seven pages. Read the article and translated English version here.

Swedish daily news papers showed enthusiasm about the re-borned classic and its bold interior design ideas.

Charter sailing during 2001-2003

Having a yacht measuring 42 feet and an archipelago offering 40.000 islands close at hand, opens up opportunities for hosting guests on sailing adventures. So, a side business was registered and officially launched. Smaller groups were invited. 

We had great days out on the water and the journeys were much appreciated. Making people happy by sailing in the Stockholm archipelago is an easy fix. Valuable team building experiences within the groups comes as a bonus. Here are a few memory lane references:

Charter sailing with Björn Dahlström Design Studio.

Charter sailing with the advertizing agency TBWA... with a great "after sail" downstairs...

Charter sailing with a private group, celebrating a bachelorette.

Charter sailing with the company Finanskompetens AB.

Charter sailing in November...with heavy snowfall as an extra feature....

Happy sailing, happy cooking... happy drinking?

Serving catered food was as joyful as the sailing in itself. We served home made sandwiches along the ride and we stopped at random islands for prepared picnics and barbeques. We used good recipes and trix from our Food Onboard project.   What about drinks, one might ask? For a skipper on duty it is of course a no-no. But serving the guests some chilled white wine for lunch or sharing a drink after the boat is tied up in a marina should not be a big deal. Well, in Sweden it is.

Here is a story I laugh about today: To serve alcohol on a charter event requires a permit. Fine with me. However, I had to be at least a certified "bartender" to just be able to apply for such a permit. 

So I attended a bar tender admin education and 1500 Euros later I did complete the exam. But did the Swedish Authorities approve my application? Nope. Instead they unveiled the requirements I would need to fulfil onboard, in order to be allowed serve food and alcohol: A separate fridge for the guest's food, a separat dish washing area, active ventilation and a separate bathroom for staff etc. Thanks mate:-)

But I was also informed that if the sailing was not a public event but with a "closed group", and if the members of the group brought their own alcohol, I would not need a permit. Nor a bar tender certificate.

Hahaha... looking back I can not stop laughing about how insanely bureaucratic we are in this country. Or about how naive I was. But on the other hand I am still a certified bartender...

Bye bye...always a sad moment to leave the guests after a great day onboard.

More sailing, check out the climate statement sailing project 100% Sun Wind Water , or the world's first extruded aluminium profile yacht, also designed by Peter Norlin  Profilen SWE 8971, or check out the  Sailing CV.

Peter Norlin´s Masterpiece

On this page you may find all information about my latest project, the new build of the  Peter Norlin classic, the OMEGA 42 sailboat. I started to think about this boat back on 2018 when I first visited a small Northern German shipyard, Müritz Bootsservice , where the original hull mould by Swedish yard Vindö is located and the guys reissue the legendary sailboat.  Here´s a great 6-page review and sailing test by German yachting magazine “SEGELN” – Klick here

With the Omega 42 I return to the classy sailing style that my first boat, the King´s Cruiser 33 OLIVIA, was already giving off so nicely. After I decided not to go for the First 36, this boat, I am sure, will best connect my demand for a family cruiser and my drive to sail quickly.

The Omega 42 was designed in 1979 by legendary Swedish designer Peter Norlin . At the height of the IOR-boats , he made a boat free from all rules. The Omega 42 at her time was resumed to be one of the quickest serial production boats available at that time. Norlin gave her a large ballast-displacement-ratio, a tall rigging and low draft: Perfect for “catching the wind” up high between the thousands of islands of the Swedish Archipelago.

From 1979 to 1998 some 160 units have been built in total. Mine will be hull #2 by of the Omega 42 evo -boats shipyard Mueritz Bootsservice , hull #162 in total.

The reasons for me to go for the Omega 42 in the end are multiple and very personal. As for every decision for a boat (or against another one), this comes mostly from the heart and the belly. Rational thinking is widely disenganged when it comes to boats, but I will try to map out the main drivers in my decision to not buy a modern sailboat but to invest in reviving an “old” classic ship:

• Beauty: The Omega 42 is well known to be one of the most beautiful yachts ever designed. There are classics and there are immortals. It is like with cars: There are many, many nice classic cars but there are much less immortals. Like the Mercedes 300 SL or the Jaguar E-Type. The Omega 42 is among those, a boat that needs no explanation. There are very few boats as beautifully designed as this marvel.
• Size: As I am sailing with my family, my boys and friends, I am seeking a boat size that can fit this demands. After 2 years of sailing the First 27 SE with my family , I want to go for a “real” cruiser: A proper bathroom, a proper galley, proper berths and so on. 42 feet is a pretty huge length, but with only 3.10 meters width (and far less in the back and bow) the interior volume is more comparable to a35-footer. I find this is sufficient for my demands, but far more than micro-cruising.
• Individuality: The Omega 42 will be built as a one-off in a semi-custom process. In this, I can decide what to go for and which things I don´t want to have on board. There is no chance whatsoever to have this freedom of choices in a serial production boat. My aim is a “no frills”-yacht as easy as possible.

How much the Omega 42 is enchanting people, you can read in this 8-page article from German sailing magazine “SEGELN”, in which this boat also made it to the front page cover : Klick here for PDF

The original Omega 42 as conceived by Peter Norlin was a boat of the Seventies. Her interior layout was quickly outdated, mostly the arrangement of the head in the front and as such an MK 2-version was released. This boat came with a proper bathroom at starboard side right next to the entryway moving the WC aft. The German-built Omega 42, let´s call it the Omega 42 evo , adheres to this layout.

In this, some more, mostly hidden, improvements, had been made: The hull is laminated with foam core and will thus be lighter as the original boat, a newly designed rigging by Seldén with 2 spreaders eliminates the old weak spot of the construction.

Omega 42 evo: The boat´s data

Gathering the data of Norlin´s masterpiece, you should be aware that these are the original data of the boat. Especially rigging and weight of the Omega 42 evo made in Germany will deviate to a certain point and as soon as my boat is finished or the data are available I will put in the corrected numbers:

Length over all (Loa)                      41.99 ft . / 12.80 metres

Beam                                                 10.17 ft / 3.10 metres

Draft                                                  5.48 / 1.67 metres

P (max hoist mainsail)                  50.85 / 15.50 metres

This boat has a construction displacement of 7.4 tons, although most of serial boats floated around 8 tons. The Omega 42 evo will have some 7.5 tons again. Her a very stable weight/ballast ratio of nearly 51 % makes for an exceptionally a strong righting moment and allows her to carry her maximum sails area of some 73 square meters even in a stronger breeze. The ballast weight is 3.750 kilograms in a lead fin keel that is very low drafted, allowing this big boats to sail comfortably even in shallow waters.

Sailplan. The Omega 42 has been conceived from the start as a single-handed sailing capable yacht. In this, Norlin envisioned the boat with a self-tacking jib and a full-battened pin-head mainsail. Some later configurations added an overlapping Genoa to have more power in low-wind situations. I am not sure as of now wether I go for the original sailplan or fit a Genoa right away.

As the original boat featured a Spinnaker, there is no bow sprit intended and it would kill the design to fit one. Nevertheless, I need a solution to sail Code 0 and Gennaker on the Omega 42 in lighter wind conditions, which is a premise to have the self-tacking jib. We will see. For now, here are the sails-data of the original Omega 42 boat:

Mainsail                             417 sq.ft. / 39 sq.metres

Jib                                        364 sq.ft. / 34 sq.meters

That makes it to a combined total max. upwind sail area of 781 sq.ft. / 73 sq.metres

SA/D ratio                           19.5

Yardstick Handicap          94

As classy as she is, I will most likely opt against laminate sails for the Omega 42 evo. First talks with Quantum sails have been very fruitful and I think I will decide to choose Dacron as the prime sail cloth, but go for a very elaborate tri-radial cut with an emphasize on form. I am sure this is the best way to pay homage to the Norlin-classic.

Engine. For the engine part many, many of you guys will surely think of fitting a “green” electric engine or alternative technology. I must say that I am for the most part done with electric propulsion on sailboats . At first, after 2 years sailing an all-electric boat I can say that this technology from my personal point of view is not safe and reliable enough to go offshore. Blue screen, error-codes and simply no chance to being repaired. Evereything is encapsulated and all is digital. The range of the batteries is more than limited.

In this I will surely fit the good old reliable and stable Diesel. For the Omega, Diesel engines from 25 to 24 horsepower have been fitted over the decades. I will opt for the Volvo-Penta D1-30 powerhouse to be mounted into my boat. Reliable technology, high quality and a great after sales network all around the world.

Building Quality & Construction:  The hulls #001 and #002 (my boat) had been laminated by a Swedish boatbuilding manufacture in Dingle back in 2017. The hulls got transported by truck to Mueritz Bootsservice in Germany where they had been finished. Mueritz Bootsservice owns the mould for hull, deck and some GRP parts (floor of the bathroom for example) and starting with hull #003 those will be made in Germany. Mueritz Bootsservice owns the muld: Out of this single mould each and every Omega 42 was “born”.

The hull is laminated thoroughly in hand lay-up with synthatic rigid-foam core. The construction, thickness and layup of the garments is 1:1 Peter Norlin´s  concept. An exemption is the base of the keel-stepped mast which turned out to be a bit weak for the completely new constructed Seldén rigging . A more rigid and safe base has been conceived and retrofitted to hull #001, in #002 it is installed from the start.

The boat does not need an inner and outer hull as the monolithic design and layup combinded with a few stringers and the bulkheads give more than enough stiffness to the construction.

In the course of the project during its progress, I will complete this dedicated site, especially the sections on:

• Interior Appearance and furniture
• Interior Comfort
• Head & WC

and last, but not least:

• the budget needed for a new build Omega 42, the very last article once the boat floats at last.

In this, the Omega 42 evo is a project in motion and a work-in-progress. I invite you to ask me for details which are of interest for you and I hope to being able to make a full documentation of the whole building process of the boat from A to Z. You may also browse the articles labelled with the hashtag #buildingreport to follow the construction process of the yacht.

The main steps of the Omega 42 evo project

These are the main steps of the project and you may click on the links to see the correspondng articles:

• the concept of the boat , interior plan, fittings and general equipment list – read more
• mast and rigging concept by Seldén  – read more
• hull being put on assembly racks in the shipyard – read more
• choosing an engine – read more about my Volvo-Penta – and installing the engine
• bulkheads fitted – read more , principal installations for propulsion, water et cetera
• hatches and windows
• interior fittings, woodworks
• steering, rudders and autopilot-solution
• winches and other fittings
• electronics and navigational equipment by Garmin – read about the principal concept here
• sails with my partner Quantum
• making, transport and fitting of the huge lead keel
• rolling out, mast stepping and first watering

All articles about my journey to the Omega 42 may be browsed by bookmark the hashtag #omega42 to keep yourself updated with the latest articles referring to this project.

You are interested in a price quote for your own new build Omega 42 sailing yacht? Contact me for more information and a first consultation about your Omega 42 project.

Year of production: 1998

Location: Göteborg

Manufacturer: Omega

Price: 895 000 SEK

( 78 086 € / 582 266 DKK )

Sold 2023-07-10

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  Imagine a gentle breeze, a rippling crosswind sneaking along cobs and cuts, a few quick tacks past shoals and bays, sitting in the lee, with your hand trailing in the warm water. The sun is going down, but the summer night is short and sailing in the silence of the June night until dawn is too few to experience.   And with a jolt I wake up from my daydream, work work work, boat ads must be made, some more inspiring than others, and if it weren't for my considerable shack I would have bought this beauty any day of the week. But now some less well-built sailing enthusiast gets the chance to acquire a piece of Swedish sailing joy. A little fact, built between 1994-1998, hull, deck and base interior were built by professional boat builders. The design and construction of all wooden furnishings is carried out by the owner. The woodwork and the varnishing are absolutely Orust class, i.e. top notch in other words. Assembly of interior and interior constructions has been done with help from the same shipyard that built the Scanner boats. Electrical installations are made by electricians.   FACTS Löa: 12.80m Lvl: 10.00m Width: 3.10m Depth: 1.70m Depl: 7,400kg Height: 18m Engine: Volvo Penta 2030B (1997) Engine hours: 450 approx Drive: S-drive120S with 3-blade folding propeller Bellows: replaced in 2017 Fuel: 80l Water: 2x 120L, stainless tanks Septic tank: 40l   EQUIPMENT For complete equipment list see PDF file above, here are some examples: Waterborne heating with radiators Diesel heater Volvo Artic New instruments, log, plumb, wind, compass B&G 2022 Navigator, B&G Vulkan 12 inch Autopilot  

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