| Albin Express | |
| Insignia: | Albin Express emblem.svg |
| Insignia Size: | 100px |
| Image Boat: | File:Albin Express sailboat.jpg |
| Designer: | Peter Norlin |
| Location: | Sweden |
| Year: | 1978 |
| No Built: | about 1,400 |
| Builder: | Albin Marine |
| Role: | Cruiser-Racer |
| Draft: | 4.75feet |
| Displacement: | 39680NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | monohull |
| Construction: | fibreglass |
| Loa: | 25.5feet |
| Lwl: | 21.58feet |
| Beam: | 8.2feet |
| Engine: | Outboard motor |
| Keel Type: | fin keel |
| Ballast: | 17640NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | transom-mounted rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 29.2feet |
| J: | 10.01feet |
| P: | 31.17feet |
| E: | 10.99feet |
| Sailplan: | Fractional rigged sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 188square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 111square feet |
| Sailarea Spin: | 484square feet |
| Sails Other: | Solent 156square feet |
| Sailarea Upwind: | 344square feet |
| Sailarea Downwind: | 673square feet |
The Albin Express is a Swedish trailerable sailboat that was designed by Peter Norlin as a cruiser-racer and first built in 1978.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The design was intended as a competitor to the J/24.
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.[1] [2] [5] [6]
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 39680NaN0 and carries 17640NaN0 of ballast.[1] [2]
The boat has a draft of 4.75feet with the standard keel. The boat is normally fitted with a small outboard motor for docking and manoeuvring.[1] [2]
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.[1] [2]
For sailing the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker of 484square feet. It has a hull speed of 6.24kn.[2]
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).[7]