Clase Grumete: from a sketch aboard the Graf Zeppelin to a Río de la Plata classic
NOTAS FEATURED  ·  June 17, 2026

Clase Grumete: from a sketch aboard the Graf Zeppelin to a Río de la Plata classic

In 1940 Germán Frers unveiled an affordable sailboat. More than eighty years later, the class still races on the Río de la Plata and brings three generations onto the same course.
Río de la Plata Class: the sloop that arrived buried in coal
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Río de la Plata Class: the sloop that arrived buried in coal

Two sloops by the Scotsman Alfred Mylne reached the country in 1909, hidden in a ship's coal bunker. From that crossing came a class that, a century later, still rules the estuary.