Ballad Albin Ballad 50th Anniversary & UK National Ballad Championship Fowey
Friday 10th – Monday 13th June 2022
Current and past Ballad owners and crew have been invited to celebrate 50 years of our beautiful yachts with celebrations and racing in Fowey. From the evening of Friday, June 10th until the morning of Monday, June 13th, Royal Fowey Yacht Club assisted by Fowey Gallants Sailing Club will be hosting racing, cruising and social events.
Programme
Friday 10th June at RFYC Club House
Registration- 14:00 – 19:00 Parade of Sail - 17:00 Skippers’ briefing -19:30 Saturday 11th June Race 1 -Warning signal 10:55 - Outside Harbour Race 2 - Warning signal 14:55 - Outside Harbour Sunday 12th June Race 1 -Warning signal 10:55 - Outside Harbour Race 2 - Warning signal 14:55 - Outside Harbour Monday 13th June - 10:00 approx Coastal pursuit race 16:30 - Judging Concours d’Elegance 19:30 - Dinner & Prize Giving at RFYC |
Fowey Ballads
Over the years Fowey has had a strong fleet of Ballads and we have 3 local boats competing, so look out for – Outlaw – 47 with Richard Kittow, Capella – 987 with Brian Runnalls, Kotuku – 1478 with Pat Cooke. |
A Short History – courtesy of the Ballad Association
In the late sixties and early seventies, yacht designs underwent a rapid evolution, the result of numerous experiments. The interest in sailing yachts was immense. These were the days when the predecessor of the Ballad, namely Joker, was designed. Rolf Magnusson the famous sailor and sailmaker designed the Joker in the late sixties. In 1968 Rolf launched the Joker S30. In 1971 Joker experienced a breakthrough after some improvements and it was renamed “Ballad”, a name that can be used and understood in many a language. At this time it was Albin Marin in Kristinehamn, mass-produced the Ballad. The Ballad became one of the most sought-after one-design racing yachts of the seventies. Albin Marin went on to produce 1500 Ballads before filing for bankruptcy in 1982. The yacht was then built to order by a number of Danish wharves until 1987. Approximately 25 yachts were built during this time, The last set of moulds was scrapped in 1998. Ballad – the ocean cruiser – has now more than 40 years experience of the wet element and is still going strong, and growing in popularity. It is still to be determined what age a Ballad may reach. |