Engineering:Ylva (keelboat)

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Development
DesignerSteen Kjølhede
Year1973
Boat
Draft1.60 m (5.2 ft)
Hull
LOA12.68 m (41.6 ft)
LWL9 m (30 ft)
Beam2.29 m (7.5 ft)

Ylva is a 12.68-metre (41.6 ft) sailboat class designed by Steen Kjølhede and built in about 100 copies.[1]

History

Dinghy builder Steen Kjølhede built the first wooden Ylva in 1973 and won the 1973 Sjælland Rundt, an achievement he repeated three more times in a row with new-built Ylvas.[2]

See also

References

  1. Gelin, Curt (2005) (in sv), 500 segelbåtar i test: bakgrund, egenskaper, omdömen, Stockholm: Nautiska förlaget, p. 461, ISBN 91-89564-19-7 
  2. Gelin, Curt (2005) (in sv), 500 segelbåtar i test: bakgrund, egenskaper, omdömen, Stockholm: Nautiska förlaget, p. 461, ISBN 91-89564-19-7