Boat Name: Gallant, ex. Talizman, ex. S 58 Gallant

Sail: KC 10

Year Built: 1947

Designer: Arvid Laurin

Builder: Plym -Neglinge, Sweden

Owner: Rainer Muller

History: Built for Harry Nystrom by Plym in Neglinge, Sweden. Rebuilt by Jespersen Boatbuilders in 2004. Single cockpit configuration with original removable cabin. Imported to Canada in the late 50's by George Cuthbertson. Owned by Mr. Jako from 1973 to 2004. Recently dominant in the Puget Sound Fleet with several Lipton Cup, North American and other local wins. 2009 World Champion and winner of the Djinn Trophy at the 2009 World Cup in Newport, Rhode Island. New owner Rainer Muller intends to bring Gallant to the 2011 World Cup in Helsinki.

 

Photos further below show Gallant during her restoration in Sidney, B.C. at Jespersen Boatbuilders. Lower down the page, photos of Talizman on Lake Ontario in the Summer 2001.

Gallant just over the Continental Divide on her way to Newport, R.I. for the 2009 World Cup. Ahead is US 90 Fokus3 and USA 123 Finnegan. Photo by Dana Olsen - all rights reserved.

Eric Jespersen gives her one last scrub down before hauling her 3000 miles to Sidney in October 2004. Nick Jako supervises.

Preparing to remove some frames and straps before restoration gets underway.

New frames in place and new galvanized steel floors. Note the keelbolts backed out of the lead in the foreground.

Bent Jespersen fine tunes a few frames before they go into the boat.

Bent fits a frame near the mast step.

The photos below show Gallant in Toronto in Summer 2001 fighting it out with lesser craft.