Albin 78
Albin · Peter Norlin · 1978
Updated
The Albin 78 is a 7.80 m heavy displacement racing yacht designed by Peter Norlin and built by Albin, first launched in 1978. It races in Class C.
Length
7.80 m
25′ 7″
Beam
2.76 m
Draft
1.47 m
Displacement
2.4 t
Sail area
34 m²
On the podium
Where a Albin 78 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
9
Starts
Not enough races yet for a percentage — these are the counts so far. We keep collecting results, so this will fill in.
Read from 9 starts by 1 boat between 2021, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a Albin 78 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
A.Le Coq 64. Muhu Vaina Regatt / Moonsund Regatta 2021 - offshore2021- A.Le Coq 64. Muhu Vaina Regatt - Parnu lyhirada / inshore2021
Raced one we are missing?
Report a regattaRound the buoys, or offshore
A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat. Here is how this one does in each.
Round the buoys
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Not enough data yet: no races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: 5 races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a Albin 78 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Some of the boats it races against
How the Albin 78 has fared against each of them, boat against boat on corrected time. Ordered by how often the two meet, not by who wins.
Speed at every angle
The shape of this design's speed, drawn from the measured fleet. Pick a wind and watch it stretch.
Upwind VMG
4.22
39°
Beam reach
6.67
90°
Broad reach
7.14
135°
Downwind VMG
6.41
170°
Speed in knots at 20 knots of true wind. Green marks the angles that pay: the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Where it wins and where it pays
Every boat is judged against its own measurements — length, weight, sail area. The quicker those say it should be, the more it has to deliver just to break even. Going fast is not enough: it has to go faster than its own numbers promised.
It is an upwind boat first. Windward-leeward courses give it more of what it is good at than a coastal race does.
Where it gains
Its best ground is on the beat in a strong breeze, where it does more than its size and sail area promise, and by a margin worth having.
Where it pays
It falls short on a broad reach in a strong breeze, giving away time it never gets back. That is weight that has to be driven rather than released.
Above the line it delivers more than promised and gains on the fleet. Below, it falls short. 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 this design makes back more than its rating asks on the upwind.
How fast is a Albin 78
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 2.75 | 3.71 | 4.14 | 4.22 |
| 52° | 4.17 | 5.41 | 5.82 | 5.97 |
| 60° | 4.38 | 5.56 | 5.96 | 6.16 |
| 75° | 4.50 | 5.69 | 6.12 | 6.47 |
| 90° | 4.49 | 5.85 | 6.29 | 6.67 |
| 110° | 4.54 | 5.88 | 6.47 | 7.10 |
| 120° | 4.38 | 5.80 | 6.42 | 7.23 |
| 135° | 3.95 | 5.54 | 6.25 | 7.14 |
| 150° | 3.43 | 5.11 | 6.00 | 6.84 |
| Run VMG | 2.96 | 4.47 | 5.54 | 6.41 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. Crew weight is declared around 390 kg.
Rigging
Albin 78 rig and sail dimensions
A Albin 78 carries 9.30 m of mainsail hoist on a 2.71 m boom, a forestay 9.38 m above the deck. Typical figures across the 2 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails