FLED 2
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FLED 2 — DEN 555

Model: H-boat

BotniaHans Groop

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FLED 2 (DEN 555) is a H-boat designed by Hans Groop and built by Botnia. She has been racing since 2019. Against a typical H-boat she is quicker upwind in light air and downwind, and slower on a beam reach.

FLED 2 DEN 555 - Hans Groop - Botnia

Racing record

29

Race Edge

H-boat: 15

676.2s/mile

Rating 2026

Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.

Under 10 kn61
10–16 kn14
Over 16 kn18
FLED 2A typical H-boatHow Race Edge works
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Length

8.31 m

27′ 3″

Beam

2.19 m

Draft

1.27 m

Displacement

1.5 t

Sail area

26 m²

On the podium

Where FLED 2 finishes when she goes racing.

Not enough data yet for her podiums: we have not found her in a race with six boats or more, measured on handicap.

In one-design racing: 9 podiums in 15 starts, counted apart: against identical boats a podium means something else.

Regattas

Every regatta we found with FLED 2 on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.

  • GermanyIDM H-BootOne-design202031234222
  • World championshipH-Boat World ChampionshipOne-design201917254491

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How FLED 2 compares with a typical H-boat

Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, H-boats measured since 2025.

Above the line she is quicker than a typical H-boat; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.

True wind
Upwind+0.02 kn
Beam reach-0.06 kn
Broad reach+0.03 kn
Downwind+0.11 kn

Full width is 0.4 kn either way.

At 10 knots she is quicker than a typical H-boat on the downwind.

Speed at every angle

FLED 2 in blue, a typical H-boat dashed.

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FLED 2 in blue, a typical H-boat dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.

Other H-boats racing

Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.

More about the H-boat

Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.

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