- Length
- 8.59 m
- Beam
- 2.55 m
- Draft
- 1.37 m
- Sail area
- 29.45 m²
Specifications
Dimensions & displacement6
- Length overall
- 8.59 m
- Waterline length
- 6.71 m
- Beam
- 2.55 m
- Draft
- 1.37 m
- Displacement
- 2,166 kg
- Ballast
- 1,021 kg
Sails & rig9
- Rig type
- Sloop, masthead rig
- Sail area
- 29.45 m²
- Mainsail area
- 13.7 m²
- Foresail area
- 15.75 m²
- Foretriangle height (I)
- 9.85 m
- Foretriangle base (J)
- 3.2 m
- Mainsail luff (P)
- 8.32 m
- Mainsail foot (E)
- 3.29 m
- Forestay length
- 10.35 m
Hull & construction2
- Hull material
- Fibreglass
- Keel type
- Fin keel, spade rudder
Production & design4
- Production started
- 1968
- Production ended
- 1983
- Hulls built
- 147
- Designer
- Cuthbertson & Cassian
Performance ratios6
- Sail area / displacement
- 17.94
- Displacement / length
- 200.2
- Ballast / displacement
- 47.1 %
- Comfort ratio
- 18.25
- Capsize screening
- 1.99
- Hull speed
- 6.29 kn
Yacht photography
Years, generations and variants
Viking 281 generation
01
1968–1983