Modern Classic
The Albin Vega is a Per Brohäll design, introduced at boat shows in Hamburg and Paris in 1965. The idea behind the boat was to build a family ship with good racing qualities, and also seaworthy. During the sixties, the Vega was a popular one-design class. During the thirteen years of production, about 3,500 yachts were launched. Speaking about seaworthiness: at least five Vega's have successfully circumnavigated the world, and one even sailed to Antarctica.
Though seaworthy with a 'traditional' deep-sea keel, the Vega is known to perform well in light air. According to the polar diagram, six knots of wind (2Bf) will do for an average speed of three knots. The Vega has its top of about seven knots when broad reaching with more wind. Roughly the first thousand Vega's were equipped with an Albin gasoline engine, before the builders changed to Volvo Penta diesel engines. About three hundred Vega's have their berth in the Netherlands, of which some two hundred and fifty owners are united in the 'Circle of Vega Sailors'. Internationally, more than 1,200 Vega owners have joined.
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Technical data
LOA: 27 feet 1 inch (8.25 metre)
LWL: 23 feet (7.00 metre)
Beam: 8 feet (2.46 metre)
Draft: 3 feet 10 inches (1.17 metre)
Displacement: 5,070 pounds (2.3 tonnes)
Ballast: 2,017 pounds (915 kg)
Main sail: 159 sq ft (14,8 m2)
Light weather genoa: 243 sq ft (22,6 m2)
Genoa: 212 sq ft (19,7 m2)
Jib 1: 145 sq ft (13,5 m2)
Jib 2: 96 sq ft (8,9 m2)
Jib 3: 58 sq ft (5,4 m2)
Spinnaker: 506 sq ft (47 m2)
Auxiliary: Volvo Penta MD6A diesel with variable-pitch propeller.
Designed as: Fast, light, ocean cruiser with berths for four adults.