Runius, Einar
(* 1897-12-05 - † 1968-08-10)
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Einar Runius
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Einar
Runius was a famous swedish yacht-designer. Together with his partner C.G. Petterson he founded the "Motorbåtbyrån" in 1923 in Stockholm, Kungsgatan 9-11. Besides his hull-designs
Runius was very well known for the large numbers of propeller-calculations.
Ivar Gustafsson, owner of Storebro Bruk, contacted
Runius when he planed to build his own boats and no longer the Electrolux-boats.
The first two pupular desigs for Strorebro were the
Vindö and the
Solö Ruff. Totally 3900 boats were built of both types.
Runius designed the following boats for Storebro:
Solö Ruff,
Vindö,
Britt Marie,
Örnö,
Svanö/Bergö,
Solö Cabin and the hulls of
Solö Lyx and
Storö IV/34