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More pictures of the Nord Koster can be seen on my
Photo Gallery page.
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This canoe yawl, designed by Phil Bolger, is in the spirit of Albert Strange and the
Humber Yawl Club cruising boats. It has a strong Scandinavian influence. The buoyant
flaring sides all around makes her a powerful and dry sailor with fine enough lines
at the waterline to row respectably. She's intended to be sailed in an unstrenuous
fashion with a minimum of scrambling.
The large cockpit will comfortably accommodate four adults day sailing, and with the
seats folded away, there will be sufficient clear floor space for two sleeping bags.
The addition of a boom tent over the cockpit will make this boat a more than adequate
camp cruiser for two.
The centerboard trunk has been redesigned from the study plans to be lower and to
support a proper rowing seat.
Construction is glued-lap plywood using 6mm high-quality marine mahogany plywood. All
surfaces are epoxy coated and finished to client specifications.
The Nord Koster can sail under either a yawl or a sloop configuration, as illustrated below:
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Statistics:
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Length Overall:
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16' |
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Beam:
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6' 6" |
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Draft:
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12" (board up), 36" (board down)
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Displacement at L.W.L.:
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1450 lbs. |
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Est. Trailer Weight:
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850 lbs. |
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Yawl Rig Sail Area:
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141 sq. ft. |
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Sloop Rig Sail Area:
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124 sq. ft. |
Specifications:
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Hull:
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6mm Marine Mahogany Plywood
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Frames and bulkheads:
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12mm Marine Mahogany Plywood
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Deck:
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2 layers, 3mm Marine Mahogany Plywood
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Coaming, deck beams, etc.:
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White Oak
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Stems:
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Laminated from solid Mahogany
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Centerboard:
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Fiberglass covered marine plywood with lead weights
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Rudder:
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Fabricated bronze stock
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Spars:
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Hollow spruce
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Hardware:
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Bronze blocks by J.M. Reineck & Son
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Standard Features:
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Deck Covering:
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Painted canvas.
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Seats:
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Two folding seats per side of pine, either painted or oiled.
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Floor boards:
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Pine, either painted or oiled.
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Sails:
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Dacron balanced lug main and standing lug mizzen.
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Oars:
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91/2' spruce with ring oar locks.
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Finish:
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All hull surfaces epoxy coated before final finishing. Interior painted. Exterior: sheer strake and coaming varnished, the remainder painted.
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The Nord Koster costs
No longer available
See the price list for payment information.
There are many variations possible on this theme. I will be happy to work
out the details to meet your desires.
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Comments from the Designer
"From my point of view, the most significant feature is
the end-plate rudder which allows the blade to be as shallow as
it is without loss of effectiveness. The tiller is brought
amidships without the usual ugly and unsatisfactory linkages.
This is well proven in use, by no means experimental. A related
feature is enough salient keel to allow her to sail on all
points in 12" of water with the board completely up. The
wide-on-deck, soft-bilged shape somewhat obviates both fixed
ballast and very active live ballast.
"The folding seats leave close to five feet of sleeping
flat. The wide beam is to get some deck outboard of the coaming.
It won't make her much harder to plank, or stop her much in a
chop, since the ends are sharp. The diagonals are a fair
sweep.
"This strikes me as having the makings of an extremely
pretty and otherwise nice boat."
- Philip Bolger
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