Hans Groop, born in 1932 in Vaasa is a Finnish yacht designer based in Helsinki.
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.
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