After selling my 3 ton Johanna, my hunt for a smaller all-weather keelboat resulted in buying a Marieholm IF 26, a couple of days ago. Although a bit heavier than the 1500kg I aimed for, I still think I will be able to handle her much more easily than Johanna. She will only need a 6hp engine, at26kg(Johanna’s 9.9hp, 50kg), and only 35sqm sail (Johanna’s 48).

Some basic dimensions:

LOA                       7.86m
LWL                       6.05m
Beam                    2.25m

Draught               1.21m
Displacement    2150kg
ballast (iron)      1250kg (58%)

Mainsail (Bm)    16sqm

Genoa 1              19sqm

Working jib        10sqm

This summer (2014) there will be little to tell about her. I will only do some sailing in her with her original Bermuda rig. The plan is to convert her to JR in the spring 2015. The rig may end up looking about like this. It is a downscaled version of one of my master sails (AR=1.90), shown in chapter 4 of “The Cambered Panel Junk Rig”, found on “my JRA page”.

Cheers,
Arne