THUNDERCHICKEN — NOR 971
Model: Express
Updated
THUNDERCHICKEN (NOR 971) is a Express designed by Peter Norlin and built by Albin. She has been racing since 2026 and has won two races. She sails close to a typical Express at every angle.
Racing record
Races with at least six boats16
Race starts
2
Wins
50%
Podiums
32
Race Edge
Express: 30
648.1s/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 THUNDERCHICKEN finishes when she goes racing.
On the podium
50%
of 16 starts · Express fleet: 38%
Wins
13%
In one-design racing: 0 podiums in 6 starts, counted apart: against identical boats a podium means something else.
Regattas
Every regatta we found with THUNDERCHICKEN on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Bundefjorden Onsdagsseilaser2026641522311358311063- Norgesmesterskap ExpressOne-design2026212624232624
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Report a regattaWho she races against
The boats THUNDERCHICKEN meets most often on the start line. The bar shows how those meetings ended, on corrected time.
Show more rivals (13)
Other competitors (19)
Met too few times for a figure.
JUST 4 FUN (Salona 34, 7 meetings), ARGO VIII (Sun Fast 3300, 7 meetings), FIFTY FIFTY (XR 41, 7 meetings), SY SPRAY (First 40.7, 7 meetings), SAGITTA V (Elan 310, 6 meetings), SHENLONG (Fareast 28, 6 meetings), WOODY (Humphreys 30, 6 meetings), SIMSALABIM (Express, 6 meetings), MAX X (Express, 6 meetings), NENA (Aphrodite 101, 5 meetings), HOTSHOT (Melges 32, 4 meetings), JAKOBINE (J/92, 4 meetings), MYSTIQUE (First 40, 4 meetings), BIANCA (Grand Soleil 37 (Carkeek), 3 meetings), ALBINCHEN (Cumulus, 3 meetings), WATERGATE (11 Metre, 2 meetings), BRUNHILDUR (X-79, 2 meetings), HELENE (J/80, 2 meetings), DAGNY (Hr 24, 1 meeting)
How THUNDERCHICKEN 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
THUNDERCHICKEN in blue, a typical Express dashed.
THUNDERCHICKEN 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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