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Albin Vega |
Price Guide |
£7,000 to
£10,000 |
Builder |
Albin Marin AB, Sweden |
LOA |
27' 1" |
Sail area |
341 sq ft
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Brief details |
LWL |
23' 2" |
Rig |
sloop |
The Albin Vega
is a solidly built 27-footer with an excellent reputation
for sailing performance and seaworthiness. There is a very
strong owners
association giving a lot of information about the history
of the class, what to look for in secondhand yachts, and even
supplies some custom spare parts |
Beam |
8' 1" |
Cabins |
2 |
Draught |
3' 10" |
Berths |
4 |
Displacement |
5,070 lbs |
Engine |
originally Albin petrol, later Volvo diesels |
Ballast |
2,020 lbs |
BHP |
5 - 12 |
Keel type |
Long fin keel, lead and iron encapsulated
ballast |
The Albin Vega was designed by Per Brohall
in 1964, for Larrson Trade AB, builders of Albin marine
petrol engines, who were looking for a way to increase
sales of their engines. A wooden prototype was built
in 1965 and extensively sea-trialled, and from this
prototype the moulds were made for the Albin Vega. |
The company soon became
Albin Marine, and concentrated on boat building, by
1971 replacing their own Albin engines with Volvo Penta
diesels in the by then very popular Vega. Nearly three
and a half thousand Vegas were built, until production
stopped in 1979, and they have a remarkable reputation
for seaworthiness. At least three have circumnavigated,
and one has even explored Antarctica (some
interesting pictures, though the text is in German). |
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