The Delta 31, also called the Albin Delta, is a
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sailboat that was designed by
Peter Norlin as a
cruiser
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racer and first built in 1983.
The Delta 31 was designed as a replacement for the
Ballad 30
The Ballad 30, also called the Albin Ballad, is a Swedish sailboat that was designed by Rolf Magnusson as an International Offshore Rule (IOR) Half Ton class cruiser- racer and first built in 1971.
The design is a development of the Joker S3 ...
in the company's product line.
Production
The design was built by
Albin Marine in
Sweden
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from 1983 to 1986, with 300 boats completed, but it is now out of production.
Design
The Delta 31 is a recreational
keelboat, built predominantly of
fibreglass, with wood trim. It has a
fractional sloop
A sloop is a sailboat with a single mast typically having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail aft of (behind) the mast. Such an arrangement is called a fore-and-aft rig, and can be rigged as a Bermuda rig with triangular sa ...
rig, a
raked stem, a
reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type
rudder controlled by a
tiller and a fixed fin
keel. It displaces and carries of ballast.
The boat has a draft of with the standard keel and is fitted with a Japanese
Yanmar 1GM
diesel engine of for docking and manoeuvring.
The design has sleeping accommodation for six people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, an "U"-shaped settee and a quarter berth in the main cabin and an aft cabin with a double berth on the starboard side. The
galley
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is located on the port side just forward of the
companionway ladder. The galley is equipped with a two-burner stove and a round sink. A navigation station is aft of the galley, on the port side. The
head
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is located just aft of the bow cabin on the starboard side.
Operational history
In a 2009 review ''Yachting Monthly'' described the design as, "a sleek, powerful, fractionally rigged cruiser-racer".
See also
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List of sailing boat types
The following is a partial list of sailboat types and sailing classes, including keelboats, dinghies and multihull ( catamarans and trimarans).
Olympic classes
World Sailing Classes
Historically known as the IYRU (International Yacht Racing ...
References
External links
Photo of a Delta 31Sailing the Delta 31 video
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Keelboats
1980s sailboat type designs
Sailing yachts
Sailboat type designs by Peter Norlin
Sailboat types built by Albin Marine