H-boat

Notation
Boat dimensions
Length above :	8.28 m
Length WL :	6.30 m
Width above sea level :	2.18 m
Draft :	1.30 m
Weight (ready to sail):	1450 kg
Weight (ballast, keel):	725 kg
Sail area
Sail area close to the wind :	25 m²
Mainsail :	14.8 m²
Jib :	10.2 m²
Spinnaker :	36 m²
Others
Rigging type:	Sloop
Yardstick number :	106
Class :	international

The H-boat is the largest in Europe, the second largest in the world and the largest non-Olympic class of keelboat .

history

The sailing boat has been sold as a one- size-fits-all class by various shipyards (e.g. Artekno OY (FIN), Botnia (FIN), Ott Yacht (GER), Frauscher (AUT), Eagle Marine (FIN), Elvstrøm (DK), Hydrospeed), etc. .) and Saare Yachts OÜ (EST) made of GRP , the designer is the Finn Hans Groop . The letter "H" in the designation H-Boot is derived from the designer's first name.

The German boatyard Ott Yacht, the Austrian boatyard Frauscher and the Finnish shipyard Eagle Marine currently (as of 2016 ) have the license from the ISAF (International Sailing Federation) to build H-boats. On the basis of these license agreements, the shipyards are obliged to comply with the class rules when building and equipping an H-boat. A surveying system controls the shipyards to ensure that an H-boat complies with the class rules when it leaves the respective shipyard.

The maximum crew of the boat is six people. There is space for three to four bunks in the cabin . The cockpit is self-draining . In regattas, the boat is sailed with a crew of three to four men and a maximum crew weight of 300 kg.

The popularity of the boat (over 5,300 H-boats were built worldwide by 2007) is explained on the one hand by its suitability for regattas, on the other hand it is also a safe, good-natured family and touring boat, as demonstrated by a successful crossing of the Atlantic in 2001.

• Pictures of H-boats
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  H-boat (side view)

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  H-boat on the wind

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  H-boat in the foreground

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  H-boats at the pier (Ystad, 2015)

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  H-boats with spinnaker

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  Road transport of an H-boat

Regatta and races

See also

• List of boat classes
• List of ship types

Web links

Commons : H-Boot  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• International H-Boat Association
• German H-boat class association
• Austrian H-Boat Association
• Swiss H-Boat Association
• Website: sailboatdata.com H-Boat: Specifications , English

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 6, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Yardstick numbers of the DSV 2018, accessed on March 5, 2018 
2. ↑ According to Hannes Heinz, President of the International H-Boat Association IHA.
3. ↑ International H-Boat Association: Builders ( Memento of the original from December 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved December 27, 2016 
4. ↑ Seglermagazin (December 30, 2001): Transatlantic with the H-Boat.Retrieved on March 21, 2009
5. ↑ Ricky Hansen: Folkekær H-båd fylder 50 and udstilles i Fredericia. In: Min Baad. February 20, 2017, accessed February 21, 2017 (Danish).