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N91109

Northsea 127

Lying

Hampshire

Builder

Northsea Craft, Essex

Year

2007

Price reduced

£197,500

LOA

41' 9"

(LOD 37' 3")

Sail area

784 sq ft working sail

Brief details

LWL

31' 2"

Rig

Ketch

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.

Beam

12' 3"

Cabins

2 plus saloon

Draught

6' 0"

Berths

8

Displacement

12.8 tonnes

Engine

Yanmar diesel

Ballast

4.5 tonnes

BHP

54

Keel type

Long keel with encapsulated ballast
Northsea 127 sailplan

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. Althouh 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.
Nortsea 127 for sale
Hull lines based on Colin Archer designs

The Northsea 127 is one of a few modern GRP examples of the heavy displacement cruising double-ender. She is heavier, narrower and deeper draught than the Bill Crealock designed Westsail 39, and whilst of similar general size and weight to the Alan Pape Saltram Saga 40s, has a centre-cockpit layout with more accommodation. She also has some similarities with the Hans Christian range of yachts, although whilst the Far East built Hans Christians are consciously "retro" in style, the Northsea 127 is a much more modern boat in style of fit-out.
Northsea 127 saloon

Northsea 127 accommodation plan

The forecabin has a
vee-double berth,
washbasin,
and marine WC

Photographs
October 2009

In the walkthrough to the aft cabin from aft of the chart table is a single passage berth,
with the main engine room access opposite

The aft cabin has an en-suite heads compartment

Northsea 127 hull form based on Colin Archer designs

External photos ashore from spring 2009, photos afloat October 2009

 

Equipment List:

Engine details

Yanmar 4JH4E 54 bhp diesel

Fuel tank capacity

300 litres

Propeller

three bladed fixed

Bowthruster

Sliepner SP95TI (114 Kg force) - approx 10 hp

Batteries

3 x services batteries and 1 x engine starting battery, plus dedicated battery for bowthruster

Battery charging

Victron Centaur 12/40A charger/controller with Victron BMV501 battery monitor

Sails and deck equipment

Rig details

Ketch rig, Sailspar alloy spars with S/S standing rigging, rigid vangs on mainmast and mizzen

Mainsail

Gowen, slab reefing with 'packaway' cover

Genoa

Gowen roller genoa

Genoa furling

Harken

Staysail

Gowen roller staysail

Staysail furling

Harken

Mizzen

Gowen, slab reefing with 'packaway' cover

Spinnaker

Gowen with mast-mounted pole and snuffer

Primary winches

2 x Lewmar 40 self-tailing

Secondary winches

2 x Lewmar 16 self-tailing

Halliard winches

3 x Lewmar self-tailing

Bower anchor

20 Kg CQR with 30 metres 9.5mm galvanised chain

Anchor windlass

Lewmar H4 electric windlass

Kedge anchor

CQR with chain and warp

Steering

Whitlock wheel

Autopilot

Raymarine ST6002

Steering compass

on binnacle

Warps & fenders

4 warps and 4 fenders

Miscellaneous

Sprayhood and full cockpit 'camper' cover, cockpit table

Navigation Equipment and instruments

Radar

Raymarine R70

Chartplotter

Raymarine 630 colour

GPS

Furuno GP-32

Log/speed

Tacktick

Depth sounder

Tacktick

Windspeed/direction

Tacktick

VHF radio

Raymarine

Safety/emergency equipment

Liferaft

Seago G-raft 8-man canister type, new 2007, serviced to May 2010

Lifebuoys

2

Danbuoy

1

Radar reflector

SeaMe active radar target enhancer, also Visiball passive reflector

Bilge pumps

electric and manual pumps

Fire extinguishers

3 x plus fire blanket and auto extinguisher in engine compartment

Gas detector

 

Interior

Cabin layout

Forecabin/saloon/passage berth/aft cabin/aft heads

Cabin heating

Eberspacher Airtronic D4 hot-air diesel heating with 5 outlets

Berths

8 (2 forward, 1 single to port in the saloon, a double to starboard in the saloon created by an infill, the pilot berth and the double in the aft cabin)

Water tank capacity

500 litres

Hot water

from 30 litre calorifier, also shorepower immersion heater

Cooker

Plastimo 2500

Refrigeration

Large top-loading fridge

Heads

Jabsco Compact forward, Jabsco Standard aft

Holding tank

 
These particulars are believed to be correct but cannot be guaranteed and are subject to confirmation by the purchaser subject to still being available.

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