"Brohäll set out to design a boat that was light, fast, roomy, seaworthy, and relatively cheap. This was a seemingly impossible task because sailboat performance is the distilled essence of a series of compromises. What is seaworthy, for example, is not usually fast. What is roomy is not necessarily cheap. But Brohäll succeeded in producing one of those rare designs that exceeds most people's expectations in most areas. The one obvious thing the Vega lacks, in comparison with more modern designs, is space down below." A review in Blue Water Boats concluded, "By all accounts the Vega under sail handles easily and is a well balanced creature with no weather helm. Despite her shallow draft she is reported to point well to windward and while tender initially up to around 10 to 15 degrees of heel she carries full sail easily up to 20 knots. She's a fast boat downwind but offshore cruisers would do well to carry a large spinnaker or drifter for light airs." See also List of sailing boat types Related development Singoalla 34 References Further reading Log of the Mahina by John Neal. A book following the voyages of Neal aboard the Albin Vega Mahina Berserk: My Voyage to the Antarctic in a Twenty-Seven-Foot Sailboat by David Mercy External links Keelboats Dinghies 1960s sailboat type designs Sailing yachts Sailboat type designs by Per Brohäll Sailboat types built by Albin Marine