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Subject: [Leica] All about Nordhavn
From: simon.apekop at gmail.com (simon jessurun)
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:06:13 +0200
References: <6a7544a60909181215w1473be08w9bb8b083b4748aae@mail.gmail.com>

Exactly the sort of reply I was hoping for!after spending a lifetime
crossing oceans at 550 kts on average, doing it at 7 has a strong appeal.
Thx,simon
amsterdam

On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 9:15 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin op 
gmail.com>wrote:

> *Simon,*
>
> * Nordhavn is a brand of a company formed in the 70s, Pacific Asian
> Enterprises, to design and market ocean going trawlers and motorsailers.
> The
> boats are constructed in Taiwan. The smallest boat in the Nordhavn lineup
> is
> a 35 ft. coastal cruiser. The ocean going trawlers start at 40 ft. and then
> increase in size in approximately three foot intervals up to 73 feet. They
> feature heavily constructed, full displacement hulls, moderately powered
> with industrial grade diesel engines. A Nordhavn 40 was the first
> production
> powerboat boat to circumnavigate the globe, although the trip had been made
> many times before by sailboats as small as 19 feet. The biggest problem the
> Nordhavn encountered was assuring an adequate fuel supply, almost running
> out of fuel on the leg from California to Hawaii. The power source for
> sailboats, the wind, is free and in infinite supply. Nordhavns have the
> reputation of the "pocket battleships" of recreational trawlerdom. Most
> boaters will find the boat an inadequate "summer cottage" since
> construction
> to withstand the full fury of the elements makes the boats heavy and limits
> interior accommodation. Not many of us care to cross oceans at 7 miles an
> hour.*
>
> * I've sailed on several Nordhavns. Once as far as Bermuda from the US east
> coast. I have great respect for the integrity of the boats, sort of like
> Leica cameras, but they are overkill for the type of boating I do now. I'm
> sure that's more than you want to know but if you need more information,
> check out the web site at:www.nordhavn.com/*
>
> * Larry Z*
>
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