Facts & Quotes
OHLSON 36 ”The Racing Machine”
Designer: Einar Ohlson
The boat that built the international reputation
Richard ”Jud”Henderson, author and sailor. A boat for all reasons
…”if I had to pick one boat to own and sail for the rest of my life, it would most probably be the boat I now own, an Ohlson 38. ..the Ohlson 38 is my favorite. Of course, there are some boats that are faster, a few that are prettier, others that are more comfortable, still others that are easier to handle and maintain, anad some that are better built and more seaworthy, but there are none I’m familiar with that have such a favorable combination of all these features. Perhaps the most attractive feature of the O-38 is her sailing ability. She is responsive, beautifully balanced, and fast, especially when beating to windward in a moderate to fresh breeze”.
Jim Kelly
”Ohlson 38 the Ferrari of the Day”.
”I spent over 4 years completely fitting out my Ohlson 38. Sailed her over 30 years she was a brilliant performer and beautiful both inside and outside. Her name ”Slim Chance” I sold 7 years ago it was one of my greatest mistakes. If anyone knows of here whereabouts please let me know. I want her back”.
Daniel Fisher
”The Immortal Ohlson 38. Video tour of one of the most beautiful performance cruisers ever built, the Ohlson 38. Introduced in 1967, it was designed by the Ohlson brothers of Sweden, whose 5.5meter keelboats dominated the Olympics in the 1950s and 1960s.”
Jim Payne
Ohlson 37, Kristin, ”wins races constantly”. She is named ”that dammed blue boat” by her competitors.
Paul Letourneau
”I appreciate even more now the incredible design talent of Ohlsons. Their yachts are magnificent and majestic”.
BRÖDERNA OHLSON AB – THE COMPANY
Einar and Carl-Eric Ohlson formed the design office, Ingenjörsfirman Bröderna Ohlson, in 1951.
When Carl-Eric Ohlson resigned in 1957 the company was transformed into a joint-stock company with Einar Ohlson and his wife, Wallis, as the two main shareholders.
The design office operated from 1951 to September 1999.
Wallis, married Einar Ohlson in 1954 and was an inside sales secretary, highly skilled in English, French and German and worked also as the accountant until the company closed down in 1999.
Einar and Wallis Ohlson were a devoted hard working couple. During five decades they had both design and sales employees; Barry Walker, sales representative, Sverker Ullerstam, design assistant, Lars Myrén sales representative (1961 – 1975) and Christer Båth, design assistant.
Fifty-four(54) different boat models have been identified, designed by the Ohlson Brothers, as co-designers or individually.
The company never owned or intended to own production facilities. From very early on the designe office understood the opportunity of separating the design and production process of boat building.
They went further and encouraged their designs to be built by as many yards possible and allocating high-quality plus cost effective building of hulls to those known to be experts in the trade in Europe and in Sweden and finishing the hulls by well known local expert boat-builders in Sweden.
Sixty-three(63) different yards/locations in eleven countries have been identified where the Ohlson designed boats have been built.