The Albin 79 is a Swedish sailboat that was designed by Rolf Magnusson as an International Offshore Rule Quarter Ton class cruiser-racer and first built in 1974.

[1][2] The design was built by Albin Marine in Sweden from 1974 to 1977, with about 250 boats completed, but it is now out of production.

[1][2][5][6] The Albin 79 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with wood trim.

The hull has a raked stem; a raised counter, reverse transom; a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel.

[1][2] The boat is fitted with a Swedish Volvo Penta MD5 diesel engine of 10 hp (7 kW) for docking and manoeuvring.