| Albin 79 | |
| Insignia: | Albin 79 sail badge.png |
| Insignia Size: | 100px |
| Designer: | Rolf Magnusson |
| Location: | Sweden |
| Year: | 1974 |
| No Built: | about 250 |
| Builder: | Albin Marine |
| Role: | Cruiser-Racer |
| Draft: | 4.58feet |
| Displacement: | 42000NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | monohull |
| Construction: | fibreglass |
| Loa: | 25.92feet |
| Lwl: | 20feet |
| Beam: | 8.75feet |
| Engine: | Volvo Penta MD5 100NaN0 diesel engine |
| Keel Type: | fin keel |
| Ballast: | 16530NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | skeg-mounted rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 30.78feet |
| J: | 10.17feet |
| P: | 26.63feet |
| E: | 7.83feet |
| Sailplan: | masthead sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 121square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 138square feet |
| Sailarea Spin: | 517square feet |
| Sailarea Gen: | 258square feet |
| Sails Other: | Solent 194square feet |
| Sailarea Upwind: | 379square feet |
| Sailarea Downwind: | 637square feet |
The Albin 79 is a Swedish sailboat that was designed by Rolf Magnusson as an International Offshore Rule Quarter Ton class cruiser-racer and first built in 1974.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The Albin 79 designation indicates its length overall in decimetres.[1] [2]
The design was built by Albin Marine in Sweden from 1974 to 1977, with about 250 boats completed, but it is now out of production.[1] [2] [5] [6]
The Albin 79 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig with aluminum spars, a deck-stepped mast, wire standing rigging and a single set of unswept spreaders. The hull has a raked stem; a raised counter, reverse transom; a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 42000NaN0 and carries 16530NaN0 of lead ballast.[1] [2]
The boat has a draft of 4.58feet with the standard keel.[1] [2]
The boat is fitted with a Swedish Volvo Penta MD5 diesel engine of 100NaN0 for docking and manoeuvring.[1] [2]
The design has sleeping accommodation for four to six people, with one cabin and one head.[2]
For sailing the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker of 517square feet. It has a hull speed of 5.99kn.[2]