Hans Groop

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Hans Groop, born 1932 in Vaasa is a Finnish yacht designer based in Helsinki. [1] He has designed more than a hundred yachts and motorboats, the most famous being the H-boat, one of the most popular yacht classes in the world. Hans Groop has been a lifelong member of the HSS - a leading yachtclub for smaller keelboats in the Nordics. The club initiated the H-boat in 1967 in order to replace the popular but by then outmoded Hai-boat.

Some of his other designs are the H-35, H-40, H-star, H-323, Targa 42, Targa 96, Finnsailor 34 and 29, Degerö 33, Joe 17, Joe 34, Netta, IS 400, Artina 29 and Artina 33 as well as a lot of one-off boats. [2]

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References

  1. "H-40 » Hans Groop". Archived from the original on August 11, 2010. Retrieved 2008-06-27.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. SailboatData.com - sailboat designs of Hans Groop by year