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Impression of Sweden Yachts
These are tough boats to classify. They are essentially IOR type forms which means that they are intended to be performance oriented and have some of the compromises that comes from being an IOR era performance cruiser. They are not very good light air boats and they are not very good heavy air boats. They are not very good single- or short handers either. They should offer pretty good performance but not as good as slightly later designs.
IOR hull forms tend to have a rolly and jerky motion but I have never sailed a Sweden 38 so I can''t say that is the case here for certain.
These boats have always struck me a being pretty well constructed. That said most of them had teak decks and in most cases the teak overlay would be pretty close to the end of its useful life span.For me Teak decks are an automatic deal killer.
Jeff
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