The ' Juniorbåd '
Juniorbåd, Deense Junior, Junior Folk Boat, Folke Junior, KDY15, KDY-15m2 - so which is it?
It took a little searching and more than a few days to work it all out.
First let's take a trip back to the waterfront in Copenhagen.
The year is 1929.
There is a pier, a park and a popular promenade.
The statue of the little mermaid, unveiled a decade and a half before is here. Another attraction, the now twenty year old Gefion Fountain is still drawing people. Promenading along the Langeline is always a pleasure. And there's always the column to Ivar Huitfeldt and the crew of the Dannebrog. Mansions. A flourishing Free Port. Shipyards. A marina. Even an ocean going pier.
The new waterfront is thriving.
And there's the pavilion.
Pavilions were quite a thing at the time. And this pavilion was no exception.
It's Second Langelinie Pavilion to be exact.
The first one built in 1844 had been demolished in 1901 to make way for a larger, bigger and better one. The new ground floor had a restaurant that could seat 300 people and had enough room for the entire Royal Danish Yacht Club as well.
Vilhelm Dahlerup designed the original pavilion number one.
He also designed the Free Port next door. Not to mention the handsome footbridge connecting the Gefien Fountain to the promenade.
Defeating Sweden's Baltic Empire had put Denmark on the map. Germany was building the Kiel Canal. The city realized it's harbour was too small and they were going to have to go big or go home. Industrialization was changing everything. And they had a King. They weren't going to be left behind.
A new harbour was dug and a modern Free Port established. One that could host the worlds biggest ships and by 1894 it was done. Copenhagen had a completely new waterfront and there was much to celebrate. Things are going well
..So we're standing in a massive harbour redevelopment scheme that has proved to be very successful. Lot's of important things going on here. Including the birth of our little boat.
The original ' Danish Yachting Association ' had been formed in 1866.
In 1888 they moved into the four year old First Langeline Pavilion. And three years later, Christian IX was able to transform them into the Royal Danish Yacht Club. Just in time for the completion of all the work.
By the late 1920's the new Kongelig Dansk Yachtklub was well established, firmly installed in the Second Pavilion and looking for a new boat..