1973 Hallberg - Rassy 31 Monsun

The Monsun 31 was built from 1973 until 1982 and is the best seller of all time by Hallberg-Rassy with no less than 904 yachts delivered to all over the world. Scandinavia and Germany were the most frequent markets. She is a no-nonsense sturdy long distance sailor that has never been modern and will never go out of fashion.

It is in fact not very surprising that the first GRP boat in a museum was a Hallberg-Rassy Monsun 31. The Swedish sailor Kurt Björklund's Hallberg-Rassy 31 Monsun "Golden Lady" has after three and a half circumnavigations been retired into a museum. The Swedish sailor Kurt Björklund´s Hallberg-Rassy Monsun 31 "Golden Lady" has become an important attraction at a museum in Råå in southern Sweden. We at Hallberg-Rassy are of course very proud of this. Kurt Björklund is the first owner and took delivery of this boat here in Ellös 1974. Kurt knew that he wanted to do some serious sailing, but could never have imagined how far he would travel. In 1983 Kurt retired from work and went on his first solo circumnavigation. The second one included the rounding of Cape Horn.