tore holm international 8-metre

The most important of Tore Holm’s designs were to the International Rule, and ATHENA ex ILDERIM might be case in point. With her stunning all-varnished hull, and designer’s signature rounded and faired to deck cabin top, she beat many of the fastest 8s in the Mediterranean immediately before the Second World War. ATHENA has regularly raced internationally on the 8-Metre circuit and has benefited from an impressive maintenance regime in her last two ownerships. If ever there was an International 8mR you might want to cruise as well as race – ATHENA might well be the boat – perhaps more weatherly than some in her fleet and with an alloy rig in her inventory.