Shipyard's Day at Mårtensons' at Östar Hästholmen

On the island of Östra Hästholmen in Karlskrona's eastern archipelago, the three brothers Hugo, Karl and Göte Mårtensson ran a boatbuilding business between 1934 and 1985. They built more than 1,000 wooden boats. The smallest were 13-foot hunting canoes and the largest were wreckers over 30 feet long. Most of the buildings were spars rigged Blekingsekor to be used for local small-scale fishing in the shallow archipelago. In addition, hunting canoes, wrecking cows and, over time, so-called motor canoes were also built. They were all clinker-built wooden boats, a typical Nordic building technique that was recently included on UNESCO's list of intangible cultural heritage to be preserved for the future. The Mårtensson brothers' boatbuilding company was declared a listed building in 1997.

During the day, squadron rowing with traditional hunting canoes will be organized, local craftsmen with a marine connection will be on site, and fried herring and home-baked goods will be on sale. The Blekingsekorna Klaura and Däkan will be moored at the jetty, along with other traditional sailing and rowing boats and perhaps a motorized sloop. The day is organized by the Mårtensson Boatbuilding Foundation, the Association of Allmogebåtar in Blekinge, FABB, which has its boatbuilding experts on site, and Hästholmen Ytteröns Samhällsförening.