 Neptunkryssare in 2009. | |
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| Development | |
|---|---|
| Designer | Lage Eklund |
| Year | 1938 |
| No. built | 275 |
| Boat | |
| Displacement | 1,150 kg (2,540 lb) |
| Draft | 1.20 m (3.9 ft) |
| Hull | |
| LOA | 9 m (30 ft) |
| LWL | 5.85 m (19.2 ft) |
| Beam | 1.92 m (6.3 ft) |
| Hull appendages | |
| Keel/board type | fixed keel |
| Ballast | 540 kg (1,190 lb) |
| Rig | |
| Rig type | Fractional rig |
| Mast length | 8.95 m (29.4 ft) |
| Sails | |
| Mainsail area | 12 m (130 sq ft) |
| Jib/genoa area | jib: 7 m (75 sq ft) genoa: 11.5 m (124 sq ft) |
| Spinnaker area | 30 m (320 sq ft) |
| Upwind sail area | 19 m (200 sq ft) |
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Neptunkryssare is a 9-metre (30 ft) sailboat class designed by Lage Eklund and built in about 275 copies.
History
The Neptunkryssare was designed in 1938 for artist Einar Palme and become popular in Swedish cities Gävle and Uppsala. In 1944 it gained Swedish Championship status.
References
- ^ Gelin, Curt (2005), 500 segelbåtar i test: bakgrund, egenskaper, omdömen (in Swedish), Stockholm: Nautiska förlaget, p. 204, ISBN 91-89564-19-7
- The Neptune Cruiser - The tiller in your hand never felt better (PDF), retrieved 2020-10-06