H-boat

The H-Boat is a strict one-design keelboat designed by Finn Hans Groop in 1967, with some minor modifications by Paul Elvstrøm in 1971. The boat gained international status in 1977. Since 1967 over 5000 hulls have been made,[1] making it one of the most popular yacht classes in the world. The boat is mostly sailed and raced in Nordic countries and Central Europe, although there are a few boats in the UK and the US. It is still a popular cruising/racing yacht, with 69 boats participating in 2007 H-boat World Championships.[2]

H-boat
Class symbol
Development
DesignerHans Groop
Year1967
Boat
Crew3–4
Draft1.3 m (4 ft 3 in)
Hull
Hull weight1,450 kg (3,200 lb)
LOA8.28 m (27.2 ft)
LWL6.30 m (20.7 ft)
Beam2.18 m (7 ft 2 in)
Sails
Mainsail area14.8 m2 (159 sq ft)
Jib/genoa area10.2 m2 (110 sq ft)
Spinnaker area36.0 m2 (388 sq ft)
Class is a member of World Sailing
Two H-boats in Ystad guest harbor during the 2015 Ystad Sail Racing Week.

The official race crew consists of three persons. Women and juniors are allowed to have a fourth crew member in competitions. The H-boat has sleeping bunks for up to four persons. As a cruising yacht, the boat is suitable for 2-5 persons.

Used H-boats are fairly inexpensive, so it is popular for people looking for their first yacht. Major manufacturers of H-Boats have been Eagle Marine (Finland), Elvstrøm (Denmark), Scanboat (Åland), Hydrospeed (Finland), Artekno (Finland), Botnia Marin (Finland), O.L. Boats (Denmark), Ott Yacht (Germany) and Frauscher (Austria).

History

The Hans Groop-designed H-boat won a Finnish design competition for a GRP one-design fleet racer with spinnaker in 1967 and production started in 1970 by the Finnish builder Artekno.[3] The H in the name H-boat came from the Greek mythology goddess Hestia.[4] During the first three years, 500 boats were sold.[3] In 1971, Elvstrøm started production of the H-boat with some modifications on rudder and mast and in 1977 Botnia.[3]

Events

World Championships

The H-boat World Championships has been sailed since 1980.[5]

Year
 Gold Silver Bronze
1980 Grömitz  Denmark
Poul Richard Høj Jensen
Henrik Reese
Theis Palm		  Denmark
Henrik Søderlund
Gustav Anker Sørensen
Steen Nielsen		  Germany
Niels Springer
 
 
1981  Denmark
Jens Christensen
Arne Larsen
Morten Nielsen		  Denmark
Poul Richard Høj Jensen
Henrik Reese
Flemming Ibsen		  West Germany
Alexander Hagen
Vincent Hoesch
A. Schweitzer
1982 Goldah  Austria
Harald Fereberger
Hans Frauscher
H. Gehmayer		  West Germany
Horst Nebel
Tripp
Thallmair		  Denmark
Jens Christensen
Arne Larsen
Herluf Jørgensen
1983  Denmark
Poul Richard Høj Jensen
Henrik Reese
Henrik Sørensen		  Denmark
Henrik Søderlund
Gustav Anker Sørensen
Steen Nielsen		  Denmark
Peter Due
Ole Christensen
Sandy Goodall
1984  Denmark
Morten Nielsen
Niels Henrik Borch
Per Kloster Hansen		  Denmark
Peter Due
Niels Kjeldsen
Ole Christensen		  Denmark
Tommi Krog Hansen
Jan Krog
Lars Erting
1985  Denmark
Jens Christensen
Jens Makholm
Josef Resch		  Austria
Farthofer
Holler
Holler		  Denmark
Henrik Søderlund
Arne Larsen
Leo Sørensen
1986  Denmark
Herluf Jørgensen
John N Andersen
Ole Johansen		  West Germany
Gerd Eiermann
Wolfgang Brochardt
Dirk Sundermann		  Denmark
Jesper Bendix
Klavs Bruun
Thomas Søndergaard
1987  Denmark
Tommi Krog Hansen
Jan Krog
Renato Skov		  Denmark
Jesper Bank
Steen Secher
Søren Olsen		  Finland
Matti Rouhiainen
Jari Bremer
G. Tallberg
1988 Vänersborg  Denmark
Jesper Bank
Steen Secher
Søren Olsen		  Denmark
Henrik Søderlund
Leo Sørensen
Finn Nikolajsen		  Finland
Henrik Lundberg
 
 
1989  Denmark
Jesper Bank
Søren Olsen
Steen Secher		  West Germany
Vincent Hoesch
Dirk Stadler
Andreas Huber		  Finland
Marrku Karjalainen
Jukka Karjalainen
H. Keituri
1990  East Germany
Helmar Nauck
Michael Zacharias
Josef Resch		  Denmark
Morten Nielsen
Niels Henrik Borch
Jan Krog		  West Germany
Wolfgang Döring
Janne De Jong
Gerd Wichmann
1991  Germany
Vincent Hoesch
Wolfgang Nothegger
Spiker Janka		  Sweden
Henrik Edman
J. Holst
Peder Edman		  Germany
Dirk Stadler
F. Piotrowski
Thomas Munk
1992  Germany
Vincent Hoesch
Wolfgang Nothegger
Markus Daniel		  Germany
Werner Fritz
Charly Zipfer
Thomas Auracher		  Denmark
Theis Palm
Niels Rasmussen
Thomas Kristensen
1993  Denmark
Christian Rasmussen
Torjus Gylstroff
Kasper Harnsberg		  Germany
Vincent Hoesch
Wolfgang Nothegger
Markus Daniel		  Denmark
Theis Palm
Henrik Vildenfeldt
Thomas Kristensen
1994  Germany
Vincent Hoesch
Wolfgang Nothegger
Stefan Abel		  Denmark
Theis Palm
Henrik Vildenfeldt
Thomas Kristensen		  Denmark
Sten Lindberg
Henrik Sørensen
Kim Buhl
1995  Germany
Stefan Meister
Ingo Borkowsky
Jonas Busch		  Germany
Wolfgang Döring
Karsten Bredt
Sönke Busch		  Switzerland
Kurt Frei
Nils Frei
Peter Rüfli
1996  Denmark
Herluf Jørgensen
Christian Pasbjerg
Søren Nielsen		  Sweden
Lars Bergenzaun
Anders lofqvist
Mirek Stanczuk		  Sweden
Jan Gustafson
Per Liljenberg
Hakon Olsson
1997  Sweden
Jan Gustafson
Per Liljenberg
Håkan Ollson		  Denmark
Herluf Jørgensen
Christian Pasbjerg
Søren Nielsen		  Germany
Vincent Hoesch
Stefan Abel
Florian Fendt
1998  Denmark
Bo Selko
Jonas Pedersen
Niels Sørensen		  Sweden
Jan Gustafson
Per Liljenberg
Håkan Olsson		  Denmark
Morten Nielsen
Jan Krog
Per Kloster Hansen
1999 Thun  Denmark
Bo Selko
Jonas Pedersen
Niels Sørensen		  Denmark
Herluf Jørgensen
Christian Pasbjerg
Carsten Pedersen		  Germany
Vincent Hoesch
Fendt
Müller
2000  Denmark
Theis Palm
Finn Nikolajsen
Lars Christiansen		  Denmark
Bo Selko
Jonas Pedersen
Kenneth Bøggild		  Sweden
Anders Olsson
Håkan Olsson
Peter Jønsson
2001 Hankö  Sweden
Jan Gustafson
Mats Dahlander
Olof Lundquist		  Denmark
Bo Selko
Kenneth Bøggild
Michael Empacher		  Norway
Ralph Wikstrøm
Svein Andreassen
John Hatch
2002 Ebensee  Austria
Stefan Frauscher
Peter Heininger
Thomas Linortner		  Germany
Dirk Stadler
Nils Ubert
Patrik Purin		  Austria
Christian Spießberger
Thomas Lackerbauer
Manfred Schinck
2003 Ammersee  Germany
Vincent Hoesch
Willi Gerlinger
Michael Lipp		  Germany
Dirk Stadler
Patric Purin
Markus Funke		  Germany
Wolfgang Döring
Thomas Kausen
Norbert Kausen
2004 Køge  Denmark
Morten Nielsen
Niels Borch
Per K. Hansen		  Denmark
Bo Selko
Claus Høj Jensen
Claus Rossing		  Sweden
Jan Gustafson
Karl Kristensen
Lars Kristensen
2005 Malcesine  Sweden
Lars Idmyr
Peter Andersson
Sebastian Christenson		  Denmark
Herluf Jørgensen
Christian Pasbjerg
Lars Wegner		  Denmark
Morten Nielsen
Per Kloster
Niels Henrik Borch
2006 Marstrand  Denmark
Herluf Jørgensen
Christian Pasbjerg
Lars Wegner		  Netherlands
Hans Peulen
Patrik Vrancken
René Heijnen		  Sweden
Lars Idmyr
Peter Andersson
Sebastian Christenson
2007 Vierwaldstätter See  Netherlands
Hans Peulen
Patrik Vrancken
René Heijnen		  Denmark
Steffen Stegger
Lars Christiansen
Carsten Pedersen		  Denmark
Herluf Jørgensen
Christian Pasbjerg
Lars Wegner
2008 Hanko  Denmark
Claus Høj Jensen
Henrik Olsen
Jacob Guhle		  Denmark
Steffen Stegger
Lars Christiansen
Carsten Pedersen		  Sweden
Jan Gustafson
Karl Kristensen
Richard Ivarsson
2009 Medemblik
2010 Larvik
2011 Neustadt[6]
2012 Traunsee (AUT) [7][8]
2013 Thisted
2014 Varberg
2015 Malcesine
2016 Helsinki
2017 Brunnen[9]  Denmark
Claus Høj Jensen
Frederik Dahl Hansen
Rasmus Jørgen Andresen		  Denmark
Morten Nielsen
Niels Henrik Borch
Claus Rossing		  Finland
Jan Forsbom
Timo Lankinen
Iiro Törnström
Jukka Nikulainen
2018 Sandefjord (NOR)
2019 Medemblik (NED)[10][11]  Denmark
Claus HØJ JENSEN
Frederik DAHL HANSEN
Rasmus Jørgen ANDRESEN		  Sweden
Michael COLLBERG
Per ÅHLBY
Klas ANDERSSON		  Finland
Jan FORSBOM
Iiro TÖRNSTRÖM
Timo LANKINEN
Jukka Nikulainen
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See also
  • H-35
  • H-323

References
  1. http://www.h-boat-class.org/html/feature.htm
  2. http://www.h-boat-class.org./en/championships/world-championships/results.html
  3. Gelin, Curt (2005), 500 segelbåtar i test: bakgrund, egenskaper, omdömen (in Swedish), Stockholm: Nautiska förlaget, p. 99, ISBN 91-89564-19-7
  4. "H som i H-båt", Båtnytt, no. 1, 2000
  5. http://www.h-boat.se/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=136:varberg-ss-arrangerar-h-bats-vm-2014&catid=11:nyhetsarkiv&Itemid=11
  6. Stürmische H-Boot-WM 2011 in Neustadt
  7. ISAF, 2012 H-Boat World Championship
  8. 19-25 May 2012, H-Boat World Championship, ISAF results
  9. https://www.manage2sail.com/en-US/event/hboatworlds2017#!/results?classId=a9ec2dc7-6796-42ea-9494-bea39af69262
  10. Sailing Today H-Boot Worlds 2019 Results after 8 races and 1 discard
  11. 05/08/2019 - 09/08/2019 H-Boat World Championship 2019, manage2sail.com


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