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Northsea 127
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Builder |
Northsea Craft, Essex |
Brief details |
LOA |
41' 9"
(LOD 37' 3") |
Sail area |
784 sq ft working sail |
Designed by David
Cannell - who owns one of these yachts - the Northsea 127 is a modern
interpretation of the heavy-displacement double-ender. Designed
for comfortable long-distance cruisng with a small crew, she has
an en-suite owners cabin aft, with another two-berth cabin forward,
with a second heads compartment. On deck she has a deep centre cockpit
and substantial bulwarks and high guardwires around the deck area. |
LWL |
31' 2" |
Rig |
Ketch |
Beam |
12' 3" |
Cabins |
2 plus saloon |
Draught |
6' 0" |
Berths |
up to 8 |
Displacement |
12.8 tonnes |
Engine |
inboard diesel |
Ballast |
4.5 tonnes |
BHP |
45-60 |
Keel type |
Long keel with encapsulated ballast |
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The design concept and general hull form clearly
owes much to the Colin Archer Redningskoites, sailing lifeboats
which worked only in the arctic winter off the Norwegian coast
and had to be able beat to windward towing another smaller
vessel, and sometimes more than one, in full winter storm
conditions.
Many of the original redningskoites from the 1890s to the
1920s are still sailing, but their design is very much geared
towards survival in extreme conditions, and the limitations
of traditional wooden contruction and gaff rig. Although extremely
seaworthy, the original 'Colin Archers' do not make especially
good yachts, being under-rigged for normal sailing, and having
most of their ballast inside, with fairly slack bilges.
The design of the Northsea 127 is however a very much updated
double-ender, as it can be with modern materials, giving her
a bigger yet much more easily handled rig for better light
wind performance, higher ballast ratio and firmer bilges to
make more interior volume, and of course far lower maintenance.
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