The Nordica 16 is a Canadian
trailerable sailboat
A sailboat or sailing boat is a boat propelled partly or entirely by sails and is smaller than a sailing ship. Distinctions in what constitutes a sailing boat and ship vary by region and maritime culture.
Types
Although sailboat terminology ...
, based on the
Lynaes 14, a 1820 design by
Swede Ole Jensen.
Production
The boat was built by
Exe Fibercraft in
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
starting in 1975, with 400 examples completed, but it is now out of production.
Design
The Nordica 16 is a small recreational
keelboat
A keelboat is a riverine cargo-capable working boat, or a small- to mid-sized recreational sailing yacht. The boats in the first category have shallow structural keels, and are nearly flat-bottomed and often used leeboards if forced in open wat ...
, built predominantly of
fiberglass
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, with wood trim. It has a
fractional sloop
A sloop is a sailboat with a single mast typically having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail aft of (behind) the mast. Such an arrangement is called a fore-and-aft rig, and can be rigged as a Bermuda rig with triangular sa ...
rig, a transom-hung
rudder
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and a fixed long
keel
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. It displaces and carries of ballast.
The boat has a draft of with the standard full-length keel.
The boat is normally fitted with a small
outboard motor
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for docking and maneuvering.
The boat has a
PHRF
Performance Handicap Racing Fleet (PHRF) is a handicapping system used for yacht racing in North America. It allows dissimilar classes of sailboats to be raced against each other. The aim is to cancel out the inherent advantages and disadvantages ...
racing average handicap of 390. It has a
hull speed
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of .
See also
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List of sailing boat types
The following is a partial list of sailboat types and sailing classes, including keelboats, dinghies and multihull ( catamarans and trimarans).
Olympic classes
World Sailing Classes
Historically known as the IYRU (International Yacht Racing ...
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References
External links
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{{Trailer sailers and Trailer yachts worldwide
Keelboats
1820s sailboat type designs
Sailing yachts
Trailer sailers
Sailboat type designs by Ole Jensen
Sailboat types built by Exe Fibercraft