sweden, yacht, sweden, previously, south, australia, australian, metre, class, yacht, designed, lexcen, built, steve, ward, swedenother, namessouth, australiaclass12, metresail, noka, 5designer, lexcenbuildersteve, wardlaunched1987racing, careerskippersphil, t. New Sweden previously South Australia is an Australian 12 metre class yacht It was by designed by Ben Lexcen and built by Steve E Ward 1 New SwedenOther namesSouth AustraliaClass12 metreSail noKA 8 S 5Designer s Ben LexcenBuilderSteve E WardLaunched1987Racing careerSkippersPhil Thompson 1987 Olle Johansson 1988 SpecificationsLength19 5 m 64 ft LOA 13 95 m 45 8 ft LWL Beam3 72 m 12 2 ft Draft2 72 m 8 ft 11 in Sail area174 m2 1 870 sq ft Career editSouth Australia competed in the 1987 Defender Selection Series helmed by Phil Thompson New Sweden competed in the 1988 12 metre World Championships against Bengal III Crusader Kookaburra III Nordstjernan and Steak n Kidney 2 It appeared in the 1988 Swedish film S O S En segelsallskapsresa References edit 12mR Yacht Trivia Archives Los Angeles Times Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title New Sweden yacht amp oldid 1060052830, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,