Editing Knarr (keelboat) (section)

==Operational history==
The boat is supported by three active class clubs that organize racing events, the ''Norsk Knarrklubb'' founded in 1951 in [[Norway]], the ''Dansk Knarr Klub'' formed in 1955 in [[Denmark]] and the ''Knarr Class of San Francisco Bay'' in the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/association/knarr-class-den|title= Knarr Class (DEN)|access-date = 30 November 2020|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201130152145/https://sailboatdata.com/association/knarr-class-den|archive-date= 30 November 2020 |url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/association/knarr-class-norway|title= Knarr Class Norway|access-date = 30 November 2020|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201130152026/https://sailboatdata.com/association/knarr-class-norway|archive-date= 30 November 2020 |url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/association/knarr-class-of-san-francisco-bay|title= Knarr Class of San Francisco Bay|access-date = 1 December 2020|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201201141707/https://sailboatdata.com/association/knarr-class-of-san-francisco-bay|archive-date= 1 December 2020 |url-status= live}}</ref>

{{As of|2011}} there were racing fleets in Norway, Denmark and San Francisco Bay, with some boats also located in Germany and France. In 1968, the national clubs created an International Knarr Championship, which is held sequentially in [[Oslo]] and [[Bergen, Norway]], [[San Francisco]] and Denmark.<ref name="Knarr"/>
[[File:Knarr-Regatta.jpg|thumb|A Knarr Regatta on San Francisco Bay in 2009|alt=A photograph of several boats under sail]]
The design was introduced to [[San Francisco]] in 1953 by Einar Iversen's son, Bjørn Iversen, who was attending [[Stanford University]]. The design proved well-suited to the windy conditions and the chop of [[San Francisco Bay]] and gained a following there.<ref name="Hist"/>

In 1966, the Knarr ''Irina'' was sailed by Georg V. Erpecom Jr. from Bergen to the Centenary Regatta in [[Copenhagen]] and then to [[Oslo]], the longest voyage that had been sailed by a Knarr up until that time. Erpecom was awarded the [[Royal Norwegian Yacht Club]]'s ''Cruise Racing Trophy'' for the trip.<ref name="Hist"/>

In 1967 the [[Royal Danish Yacht Club]] presented [[Margrethe II of Denmark]] and [[Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark|Prince Henrik]] a Knarr as a wedding gift.<ref name="Hist"/>