This Olin Stephens designed 6-metre racing sloop is for sale for the first time in 50 years. Built by Henry Nevins, Black Rose is a true classic. She boasts an impressive racing heritage with decades of winning performances.
Black Rose is Sparkman & Stephens Design #5, the first 6-metre designed by Olin Stephens. Many more successful designs were to follow, but Black Rose began over 60 years of 6-metre development.
This vessel is one of 37 “sixes” that Sparkman & Stephens constructed over the years, and she was launched the year the firm incorporated.
Very shortly after she was built, Olin Stephens, along with his brother Rod, was at the helm of this very boat in the International Six Metre Championship in Bermuda.
Black Rose has been maintained to high standards by a particularly knowledgeable owner over the years and is well-known, specifically on Lake Champlain.
International Six Meter racing yacht built to Rule 2. Designed by Johan Anker and built by Anker and Jensen in 1931.
She was built as the personal yacht of Johan Anker and in her he won the Scandinavian Gold Cup in Gothenburg in 1931. In 1932 she was sold to the great helmsman Magnus Konow who won the Gold Cup and the One Ton Cup. In 1933 she was sold to the UK and was converted for cruising around 1935and spent much of her time after this on the Hamble.
In 2003 she was purchased by a well known member of the meter boat community, rebuilt and raced successfully at various events around Europe.
Purchased by the current owner in 2019, she then went through a major refit involving serious structural repairs and improvements, a complete new rig and all new systems. Clare Lallows yard on the Isle of Wight, together with an experienced yacht surveyor, completed a structural refit including new planking, frames and rudder replacement.
The yacht is now offered in full racing trim, optimised to a very high level and fully equipped for racing in the Six Meter series.
Top professionals have been engaged at all stages of the design and build to ensure the hull, rig and systems are as good as they could possibly be. The rig was designed in conjunction with various people including Tim Dean Consultancy Ltd.
Now under UK flag, this Six Metre yacht is sailing under the sail number GBR32. Raced at the 2023 Worlds in Cowes and finished 11th overall.
Offered for sale individually, but could be boughtas part of a pair in conjunction with Silvervingen. The systems, rigs and racing set up are identical on each boat making for exciting sailing as part of a team.
Length on deck 36’8” Beam 6’1” Draft
Construction
Hull Planked in mahogany all copper rivet fastened to steam bent oak timbers.
Sawn timber floors across the centreline
Titanium ring frame and new mahogany mast step recently fitted to spread the loads of the rig evenly and stiffen the hull.
Deck Swept quarter sawn spruce deck screw fastened to douglas fir deck beams.
Mahogany king plank and covering boards.
Twin cockpits with mahogany coamings.
Rig The rig design was completed with the help of Tim Dean Consultancy Ltd to produce a high performance efficient rig.
The complete rig was delivered in 2022 and first sailed in September 2022.
Critical load data from the rig fed into the onboard system with various read out screens around the boat to give the crew real time information while racing. Data relayed via wifi to chase boat.
Spars Fractional Bermudan sloop rig. Alloy mast and boom by Allspars, 2022. Full spec of spars available on request.
Stainless steel rod standing rigging. All rigging 2022, forestay new 2023.
Winches 2 x Harken Performa 50 and 2 x Harken Performa 46 2 speed self tailing winches below decks for line controls, set on newly fitted plywood structures especially designed for supreme crew ergonomics.
Single Harken Performa 50 mainsheet winch set on a central pedestal.
Deck hardware All fittings and hardware designed, supplied and installed by Marine Rigging Servies Ltd of Gosport to race specification.
Sails All sails by One Sails or Europ’ Sails, made from a Glued Vantage1 membrane and a film outer surface:
Rig electronics Cyclops Marine Gateway unit to collate and distribute data from load cells.
Smartlink load cells for mainsheet, running backstays and forestay.
Equipment B&G H5000 CPU Hercules 4 x B&G Triton 2 digital display 2 x B&G H5000 Graphic display at the mast B&G wind sensor B&G rudder indicator B&G log Tracer 22ah Li-Po batteryfor systems
Whale gusher manual bilge pump Auto electric bilge pump 150 litres/min 12 volt battery for bilge pumps
3 x fender pads Mooring warps
Padded boom crutch All over mast up covers Summer deck covers fitted around the cockpits
Price £156,000
Location Stored in a climate controlled unit in the south of England
International SixMeter racing yacht built to Rule 3.
Designed by Tore Holm and built by Hagerstens Batvarv, Swedenin 1939.
At the outbreak of WWII, Silvervingen was laid upand not sailed until after the war. Tore Holm designed a cruising interior and small coachroof for her, but she went on to race successfully throughout the 1940’s and 1950’s under various different names.
Purchased in 2004 by the previous owner, Silvervingen was in a sorry state and needing a thorough rebuild. Over a 9 year period the deck was removed and the hull slowly put back into shape to reinstate the original sheer line. The wooden keel was replaced and new ballast keel bolts fitted. Over 70 frames were replaced in streamed oak and all the galvanised plate floors were renewed. A new deck was fitted with 12mm plywood overlaid with Oregon pine.
She was then sold into UK ownership and a major period of upgrading commenced to optimise the yacht for racing in the 6m series. The basic boat was in excellent conditionand needed little structural repair,but the rig was renewed entirely, the deck hardware layout professionally re-designed and all new electronic systems fitted.
The yacht is now offered in full racing trim, optimised to a very high level and fully equipped for racing in the 6 meter series.
Top professionals have been engaged at all stages of the design and build to ensure the hull, rig and systems are as good as they could possibly be. The rig was designed in conjunction with various people including Tim Dean Consultancy Ltd.
The boat was raced in the 2023 6m Worlds and finished 3rd overall in the Classic Division. This is a yacht at the top of her game, in superb condition and fitted out to a supremely high level.
Offered for sale individually, but could be bought as part of a pair in conjunction with Abu. The systems, rigs and racing set up are identical on each boat making for exciting sailing as part of a team.
Length on Deck37’7” Beam6’ Draft7’10”
Construction
Hull Carvel planked in mahogany.
Laminatedoak frames fastened with bronze screws. 2 intermediate steamed oak timbers fastened with copper rivets.
Galvanised steel plate floors fastened with stainless steel boltswhich are insulated from the floors.Some stainless steel plate floors midships.
Cast iron ballast keel fastened with stainless steel keel bolts.
Titanium ring frame and new mahogany mast step recently fitted to spread the loads of the rig evenly and stiffen the hull.Full CAD drawings of this installation are available.
Deck Pine beamshelf with new mahogany deck beams.
Deck made from 2 layers of 6mm marine plywood. Overlaid with a swept Oregon pine deck with mahogany king plank and covering boards. Small mahogany toe rail set just inboard from the deck edge.
2 separate cockpits with mahogany coamings and margin boards. Helm cockpit aft and crew forward.
Rig The rig design was completed with the help of Tim Dean Consultancy Ltd to produce a high performance efficient rig.
The complete rig was delivered in 2022 and first sailed in September 2022.
Critical load data from the rig fed into the onboard system with various read out screens around the boat to give the crew real time information while racing. Data relayed via wifi to chase boat.
Spars Fractional Bermudan sloop rig. Alloy mast and boom by Allspars, 2022. Full spec of spars available on request.
Stainless steel rod standing rigging. All rigging 2022, forestay new 2023.
Winches 2 x Harken Performa 50 and 2 x Harken Performa 46 2 speed self tailingwinches below decks for line controls, set on newly fitted plywood structures especially designed for supreme crew ergonomics.
Single Harken Performa 50 mainsheet winch set on a central pedestal.
Deck hardware All fittings and hardware designed, supplied and installed by Marine Rigging Servies Ltd of Gosport to race specification.
Sails All sails by One Sails and Europ’ Sails, made from a Glued Vantage1 membrane and a film outer surface:
Rig electronics Cyclops Marine Gateway unit to collate and distribute data from load cells.
Smartlink load cells for mainsheet, running backstays and forestay.
Equipment B&G H5000 CPU Hercules 4 x B&G Triton 2 digital display 2 x B&G H5000 Graphic display at the mast B&G wind sensor B&G rudder indicator B&G log Tracer 22ah Li-Po battery for systems
Whale gusher manual bilge pump Auto electric bilge pump 150 litres/min 12 volt battery for bilge pumps
3 x fender pads Mooring warps
Padded boom crutch All over mast up covers Deck covers fitted around the cockpits
Price £176,000
Location Stored in a climate controlled unit in the south of England
The International Six Metre Association (ISMA) is seeking a freelance communications professional to support its annual championships (Europeans and Worlds – one event per year).
The role focuses on delivering press and social media coverage before and during each event, supporting ISMA’s visibility and helping to promote one of the most historic classes in sailing.
Key responsibilities include: Liaison with event organisers, host clubs and sponsors Preparation of pre-event and daily regatta press releases Management of international media distribution Social media updates before and during the event Coordination with photographers and videographers On-site press office support and post-event media summary
Profile sought: Freelance communications / PR professional Fluency in English (mandatory) Media and event experience required Sailing knowledge strongly preferred
Applications: Please send your CV and a short cover letter to ismasecretary@6metre.com by 15 February 2026.
Chiska is a unpolished diamond, she was designed by Jorgen Wallin with a big help from Sven Olof Ridder the designer of WOODOO.
She has a measurement certificate telling you she is a all-round boat with the right stern and bow angles from L to L1 , Chiska is designed as a Six Meter, Woodoo was a 12 meter designed for Fremantle , so she has a normal width but still having the famous Ridder keel making a lot of power upwind .
Chiska of course needs some updates to compete in Finland but not very many to be in the top and it could be done at my yard in Stockholm
The asking price for Chiska is 25.000 euro complete with sails from Doyle (old but not very used ), mast, boom, spinpole
For more information get in contact with Leif Carlsson leif@batvarvet.se or +46703437499
International 6 Metre Association 