Tore Holm


Tore Anton Holm was a Swedish yacht designer, boatbuilder, and sailor who competed in the 1920, 1928, 1932, 1936 and 1948 Summer Olympics.

Sailing career

He started out in 1920 as a crew member on the Swedish boat Sif, where he won the gold medal in the 40 m² class and eight years later he conquered the bronze medal, as a crew member on the Sylvia in the 8 metre class. In 1932 he won his second gold medal, this time being on the crew of the Bissbi, in the 6 metre class. At the Olympic Games in Berlin, 1936, he did not win a medal after finishing fourth in the 8 metre class competition.
He finished his Olympic career in 1948 on the 6 metre class with his fourth medal, and second bronze, as part of the crew on the Ali Baba II.

Yacht designer

In the early 1920s, the Holm boatyard at Gamleby designed and built a number of boats in the Skerry Cruiser Class. In the later 1920s and 1930s several more designs came to fruition built to the International or Metre Rule, particularly in the 6m, 8m and 10m classes.

Posthumous build of J-class yacht

In 2014 it was reported that a new J-Class hull, Svea, was under construction at the Freddie Bloemsma Aluminiumbouw shipyard in the Netherlands to an original design by Tore Holm dating from 1937. In 2015 it was reported that outfitting would be undertaken at the Vitters Shipyard. She competed briefly in the 2017 J-Class regatta at Bermuda before her headstay furler broke.

Selected list of Tore Holm yacht designs

ClassNamesYear
55m²Mayflower1919
40m²Sif1920
40m²Gazell1935
95m²Marga IV 1921
95m²Brit-Marie 1921
5mRan–
5mMystic1937
5mGoing1938
5mMaribell–
6mRLilian1928
6mRVästanfläkt1928
6mRBissei1929
6mRBissbi1929
6mRFridolin1930
6mRMarianne1934
6mRJoy1935
6mRMarabu1935
6mRTidsfördrif1935 or 1937
6mRLyn1936
6mRMay Be IV1936
6mRMaybe1936
6mRFågel blå1937
6mRFandango1937
6mRNisidia1937
6mRLilo-Reet1938
6mRMay Be VI1946
6mRAlibaba II1948
6mRSilene III1950
6mRMay Be VIII1953
8mRElsinore1930
8mRRanja1935
8mRIlderim1936
8mRWanda1937
8mRThalatta1938
8mRSvanevit1939
8mRAthena1939
8mRAtair/ Allegro1939
8mRAlbatross–
8mRZilverwiek–
10mRZibeline/Itaka1934
10mRGullkrona–
10mRHavsörnen1937
12mRPrincess Svanevit 1930
70' yawlHavsörnen II / Ivanhoe1938