Sails On Albin 2 5 - Per Brohall Albin 25 Handbook

ALBIN 25
with sails
The commercial fishermen have been using a steadying sail in all weather for years.
To this end a suitable rig for the Albin 25 has been requested by many owners. The
reasons being to give the boat easier movements in a seaway, to be able to sail with
the engine shut off when the wind is fair and to have a certain degree of safety if the
engine should fail (plastic bags, lines, nets in propeller). The rig that has been de-
signed and tested for the Albin 25 does not make the boat into a real motorsailor
(that is a boat which is as good a sailboat as a motorboat). The boat remains a motor-
boat with sails. This is because the keel area is too small to stop drift when sailing
or beating to windward. Because of this a fairly small sail area has been chosen, but
much more than steading sails and large enough to give fair sailing and increased
safety. The stability of the boat would allow a lot more sail - see the stability curve.
The rig has been dimensioned to take hard weather but the rudder area is too small
to allow a lot of sail in fresh winds and give safe manoeuvring'at the same time. The
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