Albin Express

The Albin Express is a Swedish trailerable sailboat that was designed by Peter Norlin as a cruiser-racer and first built in 1978.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Albin Express

Development
Designer	Peter Norlin
Location	Sweden
Year	1978
No. built	about 1,400
Builder(s)	Albin Marine
Role	Cruiser-Racer
Name	Albin Express
Boat
Displacement	3,968 lb (1,800 kg)
Draft	4.75 ft (1.45 m)
Hull
Type	monohull
Construction	fibreglass
LOA	25.50 ft (7.77 m)
LWL	21.58 ft (6.58 m)
Beam	8.20 ft (2.50 m)
Engine type	Outboard motor
Hull appendages
Keel/board type	fin keel
Ballast	1,764 lb (800 kg)
Rudder(s)	transom-mounted rudder
Rig
Rig type	Bermuda rig
I foretriangle height	29.20 ft (8.90 m)
J foretriangle base	10.01 ft (3.05 m)
P mainsail luff	31.17 ft (9.50 m)
E mainsail foot	10.99 ft (3.35 m)
Sails
Sailplan	Fractional rigged sloop
Mainsail area	188 sq ft (17.5 m2)
Jib/genoa area	111 sq ft (10.3 m2)
Spinnaker area	484 sq ft (45.0 m2)
Other sails	Solent: 156 sq ft (14.5 m2)
Upwind sail area	344 sq ft (32.0 m2)
Downwind sail area	673 sq ft (62.5 m2)

The design was intended as a competitor to the J/24.^[5]

Production

The design was built by Albin Marine in Sweden between 1978 and 1985, with about 1,400 boats completed, but it is now out of production.^[1][2][6][7]

Design

An Albin Express

The Albin Express is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with wood trim. It has a 7/8 fractional sloop rig with aluminum spars, a deck-stepped mast, wire standing rigging and a single set of swept spreaders. The hull has a raked stem, a reverse transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 3,968 lb (1,800 kg) and carries 1,764 lb (800 kg) of ballast.^[1][2]

The boat has a draft of 4.75 ft (1.45 m) with the standard keel. The boat is normally fitted with a small outboard motor for docking and manoeuvring.^[1][2]

The design has sleeping accommodation for four people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, a straight settee on the port side of the main cabin and an aft cabin with a quarter berth on the port side. The galley is located on the starboard side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is equipped with a two-burner stove and a sink and can be slid aft to stow out of the way. The boat layout shows no provisions for a head.^[1][2]

For sailing the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker of 484 sq ft (45.0 m²). It has a hull speed of 6.24 kn (11.56 km/h).^[2]

Operational history

The boat is supported by an active class club based in Germany that organizes racing events, the Deutsche Express Klassenvereinigung (English: German Express Class Association).^[8]

See also

• List of sailing boat types