OHLSON 8.8
Masthead Sloop • Fin w/bulb & spade rudder • Built 1970–1982
Dimensions
- LOA
- 28.87 ft
- LWL
- 23.95 ft
- Beam
- 9.35 ft
- Max Draft
- 5.12 ft
- Displacement
- 7,937 lbs
- Ballast
- 2,646 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 1.88 (offshore safe)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 14.2
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 258
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 33.3%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 354 sq ft
- I
- 36.09 ft
- J
- 11.48 ft
- P
- 30.84 ft
- E
- 9.51 ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Fin w/bulb & spade rudder
- Rig Type
- Masthead Sloop
- Hull Material
- FG
- Ballast Type
- Lead
Production
- First Built
- 1970
- Last Built
- 1982
- Number Built
- 325
Engine & Accommodations
- Engine Make
- Farymann
- Power
- 12 hp
- Engine Type
- Diesel
- Fuel
- 12 gal
- Headroom
- 5.84 ft
Notes: The first 10 were built at a yard in Karlskronavarvet. Production then moved to the Malö Yard in Kungsviken where 55 were built. By 1975, production was moved to a shipyard in Svineviken on Orust.\nThe first 50 boats had the Farymann engine. After that boats were delivered with a Volvo Penta MD7A 13 hp engine.\nDraft was increased to 1.72 m / 5.64 ft around 1975. Ballast: 1300kg / 2,866 lbs\n \nNot the same as the OHLSON 29/WINGA 29.
Designer
- Einar Ohlson (1918–2004)