Fractional Sloop · Fin w/transom Hung Rudder · 1978–1985
A Peter Norlin-designed fractional sloop with a high sail area-to-displacement ratio built for competitive club racing
Designed by Peter Norlin.
See her sail
The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.
Footage from Practical Sailor
Is it for you?
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
Her light displacement on a moderate beam gives 16 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.
2.07 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.
176 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.
20.3 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.
44% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.
Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.
What the fleet has seen
Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.
The Albin Marine EXPRESS is a 7.8-meter fractional sloop designed by Peter Norlin and built by Albin Marine from 1978 to 1985. It features a fin keel with a transom-hung rudder, a 2.5-meter beam, and a 1.4-meter draft. The boat displaces 1799 kg.
The living fleet
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The record
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Boats like this, on the water
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The family
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