SUI-118
Brief info
Originally named Octanova and numbered S118, Courage was designed by Pelle Petterson and built by Batbyggarna Ab, Ronning in 1988.
It is one of four boats built to Pelle's plans that year. In 1991, renamed Sexanova and owned by Johansson of GKSS, it finished third in the World Championships in Maarstrand.
In 1993, it was renamed Marstrand 95 and now bears the number SWE118. It belonged to Thomas Haraldson.
In the early 2000s, it was purchased by Dietrich Gruenau, numbered GER118 and renamed Courage IX, one of his long series of boats named Courage.
Under the leadership of Alba Batzill, they won the 2005 World Championships in Sandhamn, the 2006 European Championships in Flensburg, third place at the 2007 World Championships in Cowes and, the following year, the 2008 European Championships in La Trinité.
Since then, the boat has been owned by Rainhard Suhner and sails mainly on Lake Constance and Lake Geneva.