Albin Express
{{Short description|Sailboat class}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox sailboat specifications
|name = Albin Express
|insignia = Albin Express emblem.svg
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|designer = Peter Norlin
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|location = Sweden
|year = 1978
|no built = about 1,400
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|builder = Albin Marine
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|draft = {{convert|4.75|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|displacement = {{convert|3968|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
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|hull type = monohull
|construction = fibreglass
|loa = {{convert|25.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|lwl = {{convert|21.58|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|beam = {{convert|8.20|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|engine = Outboard motor
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|keel type = fin keel
|ballast = {{convert|1764|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|rudder type = transom-mounted rudder
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|rig type = Bermuda rig
|I = {{convert|29.20|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|J = {{convert|10.01|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|P = {{convert|31.17|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|E = {{convert|10.99|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|sailplan = Fractional rigged sloop
|sailarea main = {{convert|188|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea headsail = {{convert|111|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea spin = {{convert|484|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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|sails other = Solent: {{convert|156|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea upwind = {{convert|344|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea downwind = {{convert|673|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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The Albin Express is a Swedish trailerable sailboat that was designed by Peter Norlin as a cruiser-racer and first built in 1978.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/albin-express|title= Albin Express sailboat |access-date= 9 December 2020|last= McArthur| first= Bruce |work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201209180255/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/albin-express|archive-date= 9 December 2020 |url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/sailboats/albin-marine/albin-express|title = Albin Express|access-date = 9 December 2020|work = Boat-Specs.com|year=2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201209180225/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/sailboats/albin-marine/albin-express|archive-date= 9 December 2020 |url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/norlin-peter|title= Peter Norlin|access-date = 3 December 2020|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201203150005/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/norlin-peter|archive-date= 3 December 2020 |url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/designers/norlin-peter|title = Peter Norlin |access-date = 3 December 2020|work = Boat-Specs.com|year=2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201203145841/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/designers/norlin-peter|archive-date= 3 December 2020 |url-status= live}}{{citation |last=Gelin |first=Curt |title=500 segelbåtar i test: bakgrund, egenskaper, omdömen |year=2005 |publisher=Nautiska förlaget |location=Stockholm |language=sv |isbn=91-89564-19-7 |page=63 }}
The design was intended as a competitor to the J/24.
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.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/albin-marine|title = Albin Marine 1899 - |access-date = 7 December 2020|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201202001145/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/albin-marine|archive-date= 2 December 2020 |url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/builders/albin-marine|title = Albin Marine|access-date = 7 December 2020|work = Boat-Specs.com|year=2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201202005949/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/builders/albin-marine|archive-date= 2 December 2020 |url-status= live}}
Design
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 {{convert|3968|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|1764|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast.
The boat has a draft of {{convert|4.75|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel. The boat is normally fitted with a small outboard motor for docking and manoeuvring.
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.
For sailing the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker of {{convert|484|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}. It has a hull speed of {{convert|6.24|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}.
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).{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/association/express-26-albin|title= Express 26 (Albin)|access-date = 9 December 2020|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201209180421/https://sailboatdata.com/association/express-26-albin|archive-date= 9 December 2020 |url-status= live}}
See also
References
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External links
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{{Albin Marine}}
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Category:1970s sailboat type designs