NORDIC FOLKBOAT
Fractional Sloop • Long keel w/trans. hung rudder • Built 1942
Dimensions
- LOA
- 25.2 ft
- LWL
- 19.68 ft
- Beam
- 7.22 ft
- Max Draft
- 3.92 ft
- Displacement
- 4,255 lbs
- Ballast
- 2,205 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 1.78 (offshore safe)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 13.4
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 249
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 51.8%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 220 sq ft
- I
- 18.04 ft
- J
- 6.72 ft
- P
- 28.71 ft
- E
- 11.1 ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Long keel w/trans. hung rudder
- Rig Type
- Fractional Sloop
- Hull Material
- Wood/FG
- Ballast Type
- Iron
Production
- First Built
- 1942
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- 4000
Notes:
Though related, the NORDIC FOLKBOAT, unlike the later INTERNATIONAL FOLKBOAT, has the traditional clinker built hull (preserved in a fiberglass version).
Most recent builder: (2009)
Folkebådcentralen A/S
Grønlandsgade 10
DK-5300 Kerteminde, Denmark
Tel. +45 65 32 32 32
Fax. +45 65 32 32 26, CVR 80497318
e-mail: folkboat@folkboat.dk
Designer
- Tord Sundén (1909–1999)
Related Boats
| Name | LOA (ft) | Year | Rig |
|---|---|---|---|
| INTERNATIONAL FOLKBOAT | 25.75 | 1967 | Fractional Sloop |