BALLAD 30 (ALBIN)

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Sailboat Specifications

Definitions
Hull Type: Fin with rudder on skeg
Rigging Type: Masthead Sloop
LOA: 29.92 ft / 9.12 m
LWL: 22.58 ft / 6.88 m
S.A. (reported): 376.00 ft² / 34.93 m²
Beam: 9.67 ft / 2.95 m
Displacement: 7,276.00 lb / 3,300 kg
Ballast: 3,417.00 lb / 1,550 kg
Max Draft: 5.10 ft / 1.55 m
Construction: FG
Ballast Type: Lead
First Built: 1971
Last Built: 1982
# Built: 1500
Builder: Albin Marine/Shipman Marine (SWE)
Designer: Rolf Magnusson

Auxiliary Power/Tanks (orig. equip.)

Make: Volvo
Model: MD 6A
Type: Diesel
HP: 10
Fuel: 8 gals / 30 L

Accomodations

Water: 16 gals / 61 L

Sailboat Calculations

Definitions
S.A. / Displ.: 16.07
Bal. / Displ.: 46.96
Disp: / Len: 282.15
Comfort Ratio: 22.09
Capsize Screening Formula: 2.00
S#: 1.81
Hull Speed: 6.37 kn
Pounds/Inch Immersion: 780.18 pounds/inch

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Rig and Sail Particulars

HELP
I: 37.08 ft / 11.30 m
J: 12.25 ft / 3.73 m
P: 32.00 ft / 9.75 m
E: 9.33 ft / 2.84 m
S.A. Fore: 227.12 ft² / 21.10 m²
S.A. Main: 149.28 ft² / 13.87 m²
S.A. Total (100% Fore + Main Triangles): 376.40 ft² / 34.97 m²
S.A./Displ. (calc.): 16.09
Est. Forestay Length: 39.05 ft / 11.90 m
Mast Height from DWL: 40.68 ft / 12.40 m

Sailboat Links

Designers: Rolf Magnusson
Builders: Albin Marine
Associations: Half Ton Class
Products: M&B SHIPCANVAS CO.
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Notes

One of the most popular sailing yachts of this size ever built in Scandinavia. An evolution of the JOKER S30(1968). (IOR 1/2 ton)
After Albin Marine went out of business in 1982, the molds were acquired by the Ballad One-Design Association and leased to a number of different yards in Sweden that built a few more boats until 1998.

OE Auxiliary Power (Volvo Penta):
Boats built / Model / HP
1971-75 / MD 6A / 10
1976-77 / MD 6B / 10
1977-78 / MD 7A / 13
1978-84 / MD 7B / 17
1984- / VP 2002 / 18

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