Sven Yrvind


Sven Yrvind is a Swedish sailor, boat builder, and writer. He is famous for sailing alone across oceans in tiny boats of his own design.

Sailing

Yrvind has made several ocean crossings in his tiny boats. In 1980, Yrvind rounded Cape Horn in 'Bris II', a 20'/5.90m boat of his own design, alone and in the middle of winter, a record for the smallest boat ever to round the Cape. This achievement won Yrvind the 1980 Royal Cruising Club medal for seamanship. In the Roaring Forties he allegedly collided with a whale.

Boat Design

Yrvind designs and builds the boats he sails.
Yrvind's three books, "With Bris round Cape Horn"
, "Bris" and "The Constructor", are currently in the process of being translated into English.

Inventions

Yrvind is the inventor of the Bris sextant, a small, angle-measuring instrument used in navigation.