Sverige (yacht)

Sverige
Yacht club  Royal Gothenburg Yacht Club
Nation  Sweden
Class 12-metre
Sail no S–3
Designer(s) Pelle Pettersson
Builder Enoch & Elfstedt
Launched 1977
Racing career
Skippers Pelle Pettersson
AC Challenger
Selection Series
1977 Herbert Pell Cup
1980 Herbert Pell Cup
Specifications
Length 19.5 metres (64 ft) (LOA)
13.95 metres (45.8 ft) (LWL)
Beam 3.72 metres (12.2 ft)
Draft 2.72 metres (8 ft 11 in)
Sail area 174 square metres (1,870 sq ft)

Sverige is a Swedish 12 metre class yacht. It was by designed by Pelle Pettersson and built by Enoch & Elfstedt.[1]

Sverige competed in the 1977 Herbert Pell Cup and the 1980 Herbert Pell Cup, helmed by Pelle Pettersson. Both times it was beaten by Australia.

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