Ylva (keelboat)

Development
Designer Steen Kjølhede
Year 1973
Boat
Draft 1.60 m (5.2 ft)
Hull
LOA 12.68 m (41.6 ft)
LWL 9 m (30 ft)
Beam 2.29 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]

References

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