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Artekno H-Boat

Fractional Sloop · Fin keel, spade rudder · First built 1967

An IYRU-international one-design keelboat with a massive racing fleet across Europe and a legacy dating to 1967

Designed by Hans Groop.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/spade Rudder

See her sail

The Artekno H-Boat, on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

Footage from SEILmagasinet

Is it for you?

Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

TrailerableBeam 2.19 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 1,447 kg of hull, so roughly 2,050 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.
LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a narrow beam gives 16 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 16
CoastalBluewater

1.95 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.

Capsize screening 1.95
LightHeavy

161 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 161
EasygoingPowered-up

17.6 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.

Sail area / displacement 17.6
TenderStiff

50% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.

Ballast 50%

Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.

  • Lighter than ~86% of boats her size on file
  • Narrower than ~95% of boats her size on file

Compared with 1987 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Artekno H-Boat, as the fleet has seen it

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The Artekno H-Boat is a Hans Groop-designed fractional sloop with a fin keel and spade rudder, built since 1967. With an 8.3-meter LOA and 1447 kg displacement, it has held IYRU-international one-design status since 1987, making it Europe's largest IYRU-keelboat class and the second largest globally.

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

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What they go for

Market signal

Where the fleet has seen this model come up for sale.

1seen for sale

From the fleet's own footage — our observed signal, not broker listings.

The record

Full specifications

The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.

Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
50.0%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
17.6
Displacement / length
161.3
Comfort ratio
15.8
Capsize screening
1.95
Hull speed
6.1 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
530
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1967
Units built
6000
Designer
Hans Groop
Builder
Artekno, Botnia Marin

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The family

Related models

The designs closest to hers — usually the rest of the builder's range, sometimes the same hull sold under another name.

Artekno H-35A narrow-beamed 35-foot cruiser-racer featuring a skeg-mounted rudder and a displacement-to-ballast ratio of 43%Artina 33A Hans Groop-designed masthead sloop with a high sail area-to-displacement ratio for spirited performanceJakobstads Batvarv Hai/HajA classic Finnish one-design long-keeled sloop from 1930, raced internationally as the Haj or Requin.

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