H-boat

H-boat
	Class symbol
Development
Designer	Hans Groop
Year	1967
Boat
Crew	3–4
Draft	1.3 m (4 ft 3 in)
Hull
Hull weight	1,450 kg (3,200 lb)
LOA	8.28 m (27.2 ft)
LWL	6.30 m (20.7 ft)
Beam	2.18 m (7 ft 2 in)
Sails
Mainsail area	14.8 m2 (159 sq ft)
Jib/genoa area	10.2 m2 (110 sq ft)
Spinnaker area	36.0 m2 (388 sq ft)
Class is a member of World Sailing

Two H-boats in Ystad guest harbor during the 2015 Ystad Sail Racing Week.

The H-Boat is a one-design keelboat designed by Finnish Hans Groop in 1967, with some minor modifications by Paul Elvstrøm in 1971. The boat gained international status in 1977. Since 1967 over 5000 hulls have been made,^[1] making it one of the most popular yacht classes in the world. The boat is mostly sailed and raced in Nordic countries and Central Europe, although there are a few boats in the UK and the US. It is still a popular cruising/racing yacht, with 69 boats participating in 2007 H-boat World Championships.^[2]

The official race crew consists of three persons. Women and juniors are allowed to have a fourth crew member in competitions. The H-boat has sleeping bunks for up to four persons. As a cruising yacht, the boat is suitable for 2-5 persons.

Used H-boats are fairly inexpensive, so it is popular for people looking for their first yacht. Major manufacturers of H-Boats have been Eagle Marine (Finland), Elvstrøm (Denmark), Scanboat (Åland), Hydrospeed (Finland), Artekno (Finland), Botnia Marin (Finland), O.L. Boats (Denmark), Ott Yacht (Germany) and Frauscher (Austria).

History

The Hans Groop-designed H-boat won a Finnish design competition for a GRP one-design fleet racer with spinnaker in 1967 and production started in 1970 by the Finnish builder Artekno.^[3] The H in the name H-boat" came from the Greek mythology goddess Hestia.^[4]During the first three years, 500 boats were sold.^[3] In 1971, Elvstrøm started production of the H-boat with some modifications on rudder and mast and in 1977 Botnia.^[3]

Events

World Championships

The H-boat World Championships has been sailed since 1980.^[5]

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1980 Grömitz	Denmark Poul Richard Høj Jensen Henrik Reese Theis Palm	Denmark Henrik Søderlund Gustav Anker Sørensen Steen Nielsen	Germany Niels Springer
1981	Denmark Jens Christensen Arne Larsen Morten Nielsen	Denmark Poul Richard Høj Jensen Henrik Reese Flemming Ibsen	West Germany Alexander Hagen Vincent Hoesch A. Schweitzer
1982 Goldah	Austria Harald Fereberger Hans Frauscher H. Gehmayer	West Germany Horst Nebel Tripp Thallmair	Denmark Jens Christensen Arne Larsen Herluf Jørgensen
1983	Denmark Poul Richard Høj Jensen Henrik Reese Henrik Sørensen	Denmark Henrik Søderlund Gustav Anker Sørensen Steen Nielsen	Denmark Peter Due Ole Christensen Sandy Goodall
1984	Denmark Morten Nielsen Niels Henrik Borch Per Kloster Hansen	Denmark Peter Due Niels Kjeldsen Ole Christensen	Denmark Tommi Krog Hansen Jan Krog Lars Erting
1985	Denmark Jens Christensen Jens Makholm Josef Resch	Austria Farthofer Holler Holler	Denmark Henrik Søderlund Arne Larsen Leo Sørensen
1986	Denmark Herluf Jørgensen John N Andersen Ole Johansen	West Germany Gerd Eiermann Wolfgang Brochardt Dirk Sundermann	Denmark Jesper Bendix Klavs Bruun Thomas Søndergaard
1987	Denmark Tommi Krog Hansen Jan Krog Renato Skov	Denmark Jesper Bank Steen Secher Søren Olsen	Finland Matti Rouhiainen Jari Bremer G. Tallberg
1988	Denmark Jesper Bank Steen Secher Søren Olsen	Denmark Henrik Søderlund Leo Sørensen Finn Nikolajsen	Finland Henrik Lundberg
1989	Denmark Jesper Bank Søren Olsen Steen Secher	West Germany Vincent Hoesch Dirk Stadler Andreas Huber	Finland Marrku Karjalainen Jukka Karjalainen H. Keituri
1990	East Germany Helmar Nauck Michael Zacharias Josef Resch	Denmark Morten Nielsen Niels Henrik Borch Jan Krog	West Germany Wolfgang Döring Janne De Jong Gerd Wichmann
1991	Germany Vincent Hoesch Wolfgang Nothegger Spiker Janka	Sweden Henrik Edman J. Holst Peder Edman	Germany Dirk Stadler F. Piotrowski Thomas Munk
1992	Germany Vincent Hoesch Wolfgang Nothegger Markus Daniel	Germany Werner Fritz Charly Zipfer Thomas Auracher	Denmark Theis Palm Niels Rasmussen Thomas Kristensen
1993	Denmark Christian Rasmussen Torjus Gylstroff Kasper Harnsberg	Germany Vincent Hoesch Wolfgang Nothegger Markus Daniel	Denmark Theis Palm Henrik Vildenfeldt Thomas Kristensen
1994	Germany Vincent Hoesch Wolfgang Nothegger Stefan Abel	Denmark Theis Palm Henrik Vildenfeldt Thomas Kristensen	Denmark Sten Lindberg Henrik Sørensen Kim Buhl
1995	Germany Stefan Meister Ingo Borkowsky Jonas Busch	Germany Wolfgang Döring Karsten Bredt Sönke Busch	Switzerland Kurt Frei Nils Frei Peter Rüfli
1996	Denmark Herluf Jørgensen Christian Pasbjerg Søren Nielsen	Sweden Lars Bergenzaun Anders lofqvist Mirek Stanczuk	Sweden Jan Gustafson Per Liljenberg Hakon Olsson
1997	Sweden Jan Gustafson Per Liljenberg Håkan Ollson	Denmark Herluf Jørgensen Christian Pasbjerg Søren Nielsen	Germany Vincent Hoesch Stefan Abel Florian Fendt
1998	Denmark Bo Selko Jonas Pedersen Niels Sørensen	Sweden Jan Gustafson Per Liljenberg Håkan Olsson	Denmark Morten Nielsen Jan Krog Per Kloster Hansen
1999 Thun	Denmark Bo Selko Jonas Pedersen Niels Sørensen	Denmark Herluf Jørgensen Christian Pasbjerg Carsten Pedersen	Germany Vincent Hoesch Fendt Müller
2000	Denmark Theis Palm Finn Nikolajsen Lars Christiansen	Denmark Bo Selko Jonas Pedersen Kenneth Bøggild	Sweden Anders Olsson Håkan Olsson Peter Jønsson
2001 Hankö	Sweden Jan Gustafson Mats Dahlander Olof Lundquist	Denmark Bo Selko Kenneth Bøggild Michael Empacher	Norway Ralph Wikstrøm Svein Andreassen John Hatch
2002 Ebensee	Austria Stefan Frauscher Peter Heininger Thomas Linortner	Germany Dirk Stadler Nils Ubert Patrik Purin	Austria Christian Spießberger Thomas Lackerbauer Manfred Schinck
2003 Ammersee	Germany Vincent Hoesch Willi Gerlinger Michael Lipp	Germany Dirk Stadler Patric Purin Markus Funke	Germany Wolfgang Döring Thomas Kausen Norbert Kausen
2004 Køge	Denmark Morten Nielsen Niels Borch Per K. Hansen	Denmark Bo Selko Claus Høj Jensen Claus Rossing	Sweden Jan Gustafson Karl Kristensen Lars Kristensen
2005 Malcesine	Sweden Lars Idmyr Peter Andersson Sebastian Christenson	Denmark Herluf Jørgensen Christian Pasbjerg Lars Wegner	Denmark Morten Nielsen Per Kloster Niels Henrik Borch
2006 Marstrand	Denmark Herluf Jørgensen Christian Pasbjerg Lars Wegner	Netherlands Hans Peulen Patrik Vrancken René Heijnen	Sweden Lars Idmyr Peter Andersson Sebastian Christenson
2007 Vierwaldstätter See	Netherlands Hans Peulen Patrik Vrancken René Heijnen	Denmark Steffen Stegger Lars Christiansen Carsten Pedersen	Denmark Herluf Jørgensen Christian Pasbjerg Lars Wegner
2008 Hanko	Denmark Claus Høj Jensen Henrik Olsen Jacob Guhle	Denmark Steffen Stegger Lars Christiansen Carsten Pedersen	Sweden Jan Gustafson Karl Kristensen Richard Ivarsson
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017 Brunnen^[6]	Denmark Claus Høj Jensen Frederik Dahl Hansen Rasmus Jørgen Andresen	Denmark Morten Nielsen Niels Henrik Borch Claus Rossing	Finland Jan Forsbom Timo Lankinen Iiro Törnström Jukka Nikulainen

References

↑ http://www.h-boat-class.org/html/feature.htm
↑ http://www.h-boat-class.org./en/championships/world-championships/results.html
1 2 3 Gelin, Curt (2005), 500 segelbåtar i test: bakgrund, egenskaper, omdömen (in Swedish), Stockholm: Nautiska förlaget, p. 99, ISBN 91-89564-19-7
↑ "H som i H-båt", Båtnytt, no. 1, 2000
↑ http://www.h-boat.se/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=136:varberg-ss-arrangerar-h-bats-vm-2014&catid=11:nyhetsarkiv&Itemid=11
↑ https://www.manage2sail.com/en-US/event/hboatworlds2017#!/results?classId=a9ec2dc7-6796-42ea-9494-bea39af69262

External links

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[1] ttp://www.h-boat-class.org/html/feature.htm

[2] ttp://www.h-boat-class.org./en/championships/world-championships/results.html

[Gelin2005-3] 1 2 3 Gelin, Curt (2005), 500 segelbåtar i test: bakgrund, egenskaper, omdömen (in Swedish), Stockholm: Nautiska förlaget, p. 99, ISBN 91-89564-19-7

[4] "H som i H-båt", Båtnytt, no. 1, 2000

[5] ttp://www.h-boat.se/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=136:varberg-ss-arrangerar-h-bats-vm-2014&catid=11:nyhetsarkiv&Itemid=11

[6] ttps://www.manage2sail.com/en-US/event/hboatworlds2017#!/results?classId=a9ec2dc7-6796-42ea-9494-bea39af69262

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Development
Class symbol

Designer	Hans Groop
Year	1967
Boat
Crew	3–4
Draft	1.3 m (4 ft 3 in)
Hull
Hull weight	1,450 kg (3,200 lb)
LOA	8.28 m (27.2 ft)
LWL	6.30 m (20.7 ft)
Beam	2.18 m (7 ft 2 in)
Sails
Mainsail area	14.8 m² (159 sq ft)
Jib/genoa area	10.2 m² (110 sq ft)
Spinnaker area	36.0 m² (388 sq ft)
Class is a member of World Sailing