BandBNice boat and welcome aboard. You'll be moving her from FL to FL. Actually with our state that can be a long move. Care to disclose from where to where?
Looking forward to life at 9 knt’s.
Toot toot congratulations!
To be a seaworthy fine boat, you will certainly enjoy NT. In my opinion, you can save a lot of fuel if you have enough 7kn speed.
NBs
Good boat. But wished they had railings and wide decks wrapping around the whole boat.
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When you have side doors, they will replace the walk around and make the single hands so easy.
Please explain.
Yes. I am a Florida resident.Where you paying sales tax?
Thanks. She has a 220 HP Cummings 6BT repowered in 2007.Congratulations, good looking boat. I like the top over the cockpit. What motor does she have?
I am looking forward to finding the right RPM/KPH/GPH for me. But you are right about moving from sail to power. At 72 my ocean crossing days are over. Time to sit back and enjoy the ride but I will miss the thrill of the boat healing to a breeze and taking off.I agree there. At 32ft, 9 knots is some way above her hull speed. So although she could do that, fuel consumption would probably be somewhere in the vicinity of double what it is at 7kn, as NBS above points out.
Lovely boat though. You will have a great time with her. As someone who also came from sail to power, while I loved sailing, as one gets older and less subtle, and the family get larger, and even grandchildren come along - power is good - very good.
You have to pick between side decks and interior space. You can’t have both in 32’. Dual pilot house doors give me good access to the fore deck and most importantly, the midship cleats. I rejected a very nice Camano 31 because it didn’t have any pilot house doors. As a single hander access to the rails and foredeck was more important.Good boat. But wished they had railings and wide decks wrapping around the whole boat.
Yes, Groton, CT. I live aboard in the summer and return to my home in Florida for the winter. I have been very lucky in life.Congrats! Nordic was in our top three before we found our AT, love those Nordics and that blue hull is beautiful!
Wait, you're a Florida resident but moving the boat to Groton...?
Mark, I think NBS meant that with pilot doors both sides, walk-around decks are less important, and the positive trade-off is not only increased interior volume, but that volume translates into more buoyancy laterally if the side decks are submerged in foul weather. That is, contributes to a better self-righting moment.
An Aussie translating for a Finnish dude.....I love it!!!!
Mark, I think NBS meant that with pilot doors both sides, walk-around decks are less important, and the positive trade-off is not only increased interior volume, but that volume translates into more buoyancy laterally if the side decks are submerged in foul weather. That is, contributes to a better self-righting moment.
You have to pick between side decks and interior space. You can’t have both in 32’. Dual pilot house doors give me good access to the fore deck and most importantly, the midship cleats. I rejected a very nice Camano 31 because it didn’t have any pilot house doors. As a single hander access to the rails and foredeck was more important.
I lean toward boat handling rather than living space.