Albin Vega
Albin Vega is a 8.25-metre (27.1 ft) sailboat class designed by Per Brohäll[1] and built in about 3,500 copies by Kristinehamn-based Albin Marin during 1966–80.[2]
Class symbol | |
Albin Vega | |
Development | |
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Designer | Per Brohäll |
Year | 1965 |
Boat | |
Draft | 1.17 m (3 ft 10 in) |
Hull | |
Hull weight | 2,300 kg (5,100 lb) |
LOA | 8.25 m (27 ft 1 in) |
LWL | 7.00 m (23 ft 0 in) |
Beam | 2.46 m (8 ft 1 in) |
Sails | |
Upwind sail area | 31.7 m2 (341 sq ft) |
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[3] and to the north of Spitsbergen[4] 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 .[5]
See also
References
- "Review and history of the Albin Vega 27 on bluewaterboats.org"
- Gelin, Curt (2005), 500 segelbåtar i test: bakgrund, egenskaper, omdömen (in Swedish), Stockholm: Nautiska förlaget, p. 89, ISBN 91-89564-19-7
- David Mercy, "Berserk in the Antarctic", Summersdale Publishers, ISBN 978-1-84024-479-3
- Jarle Andhøy and Alex Rosén, "Berserk til Valhall", Flyt forlag. ISBN 978-82-92465-29-5
- 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.
External links
- http://www.bluemoment.com/boatreviews/vegareview.html
- https://sailboat.guide/albin/vega-27
- Albin Vega Worldwide Page
- American Vega Association
- British Albin Vega Association