Albin Vega

Albin Vega

Class symbol

Albin Vega
Current specifications
LOA 8.25 m (27 ft 1 in)
LWL 7.00 m (23 ft 0 in)
Beam 2.46 m (8 ft 1 in)
Draft 1.17 m (3 ft 10 in)
Hull weight 2,300 kg (5,100 lb)
Main & jib area 31.7 m2 (341 sq ft)
Development
Year 1965
Designer Per Brohäll
Hull no. 2209 from the rear

Albin Express is a 8.25-metre (27.1 ft) sailboat class designed by Per Brohäll and built in about 3,500 copies by Kristinehamn-based Albin Marin during 1966–80.[1]

The Vega is considered a solid sailboat and it has cruised around the world on many occasions, the more extreme being trips made by Jarle Andhøy and his crews to Antarctica[2] and to the north of Spitsbergen[3] in Berserk.

A 36-year-old Albin Vega sailboat, christened St. Brendan in honor of the 6th-century Irish explorer monk St. Brendan, was used by Matt Rutherford of Annapolis, Maryland in his successful 314 day, 27,077 mile solo circumnavigation of North and South America which was officially completed on 18 April 2012, when Rutherford crossed the start and finish line—the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel outside Norfolk, Virginia .[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Gelin, Curt (2005), 500 segelbåtar i test: bakgrund, egenskaper, omdömen (in Swedish), Nautiska förlaget, p. 89, ISBN 91-89564-19-7
  2. ↑ David Mercy, "Berserk in the Antarctic", Summersdale Publishers, ISBN 978-1-84024-479-3
  3. ↑ Jarle Andhøy and Alex Rosén, "Berserk til Valhall", Flyt forlag. ISBN 978-82-92465-29-5
  4. ↑ Shenin, Dave (21 April 2012). "Sailor Matt Rutherford welcomed home in Annapolis after sailing solo around the Americas". The Washington Post. Retrieved 22 April 2012.

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