GERD — NOR 173
Model: Express
With the same sail number: NIPA · 11 Metre · 2016
Updated
GERD (NOR 173) is a Express designed by Peter Norlin and built by Albin. She has been racing since 2026. She sails close to a typical Express at every angle.
Racing record
32
Race Edge
Express: 30
648.2s/mile
Rating 2026
Race Edge by wind strength: how much she delivers beyond her rating, compared with the other boats in her class.
Length
7.79 m
25′ 7″
Beam
2.52 m
Draft
1.44 m
Displacement
1.8 t
Sail area
34 m²
On the podium
Where GERD 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.
Regattas
Every regatta we found with GERD on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Hvaler rundt-Union raceOne-design2026222
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Report a regattaHow GERD compares with a typical Express
Her main 2026 measurements against the middle of the fleet: one boat per sail number, the latest full-crew configuration with spinnaker, Expresss measured since 2025.
Above the line she is quicker than a typical Express; below, slower. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.
Full width is 0.4 kn either way.
At 10 knots she sails level with a typical Express across the course.
Speed at every angle
GERD in blue, a typical Express dashed.
GERD in blue, a typical Express dashed; green marks the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Other Expresss racing
Every sister ship with results on TackRegatta, the most recently raced first.
More about the Express
Speed at every angle, Race Edge, the race record of the whole fleet and how the boats are set up.
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