The Swiss Army Knife of Small Sailboats...
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NORSEBOAT 21.5
"Absolutely delightful sail...she performs beautifully to weather in chop...no pounding if she’s driven correctly, plenty of momentum to power through waves, surfs on a broad reach with the drifter up!” Dillon Majoros,
NorseBoat 21.5 sea trials
The NorseBoat 21.5
Sailing Cruiser
The new NorseBoat 21.5 Cruiser has distinctly NorseBoat lines and features. The Open version has a large cockpit and a “doghouse” that provides shelter for a double V-berth. The Cabin version has interior accommodations with comfortable double berth for two adults and optional quarter-berths for children.
The sailplan is a high performance, easy to handle cutter rig with fully battened mainsail, signature curved gaff yard, pivoting carbon mast, roller furling jib, and optional roller furling drifter headsail.
The ballasted foil-shaped stub keel provides good stability while maintaining shallow draft, keeps the cabin clear of a centerboard trunk, and allows the centerboard to be modest in size and weight.
The NorseBoat 21.5 Cruiser is strong yet lightweight, and has a seaworthy, innovative hull shape with smooth bottom and lapstrake topsides. The boat has a self-draining cockpit, shallow draft, some rowing capability, and is trailerable and able to be towed with a normal vehicle.
NorseBoat_21.5_Press_Release_Sep_2010.pdf
NorseBoat 21.5 brochure
Models
Sailing Cruiser With Cabin
Sailing Cruiser With Open Cockpit
Motorized Picnic Launch (electric or gas propulsion)
Construction Options
Standard:
Fibreglass hull, modern ply/epoxy interior and deck,
varnished mahogany cockpit coaming trim
All Wood:
Modern glue-lap ply/epoxy hull, interior and deck
with varnished mahogany cockpit coaming trim
Hull Colour:
White hull standard, black hull optional
Specifications
LOA 21’-8” 6.60m
LWL 19’-7” 5.97m
Beam 7’-1” 2.16m
Draft (board up) 1’-6” 0.45m
Draft (board down) 4’-4” 1.32m
Mainsail area 143 sq.ft. 13.28sm
Self-tacking jib area 54 sq.ft. 5.02sm
Optional drifter area 120 sq.ft. 11.15sm
Mast height off WL 22’-0” 6.71m
Mast weight 19lbs, 9kg
Rowing stations 2
Berths 1 V-berth, 2 quarter berths
Cockpit storage compartments 3
Motor hp min/max 4/8hp
CE design category (proposed) B
Positive flotation yes
Max persons 8
Loaded displacement
Lightship displacement 1280lbs, 580kg
Max load (person + gear + outboard) 2458lbs, 1115kg
Standard Features
Deck Hardware
(2) bow chocks
(4) deck cleats
(1) deck hatch (on foredeck, doubles as escape hatch)
(3) watertight cockpit hatches
(1) bow eye
(2) oarlock sockets for two single-oar rowing stations
Cabin Features
• Tray to starboard for optional slide-out Porta-potti
• Tray to port for optional slide-out galley
• Folding table for use in cabin or cockpit
• 12VDC outlet, cabin and running lights
• V-berth and seat cushions (optional for 1/4-berths)
Sailing Kit
• Pivoting carbon mast w/ Harken track, carbon boom
• Fully battened mainsail with 5oz cream
colour Dacron, two sets of reef points
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•Signature curved gaff yard
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•Roller furling jib
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•Optional furling drifter headsail on a bowsprit
• Harken Carbo blocks and camcleats
• High quality dacron running rigging
• Composite centerboard and rudder
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•Handcrafted wood tiller
Options
• Porta-potti with holding tank and pump-out capacity
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•Galley with stove, sink, dish storage, water tank
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•Electrical system
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•Plastimo Mini-Contest bulkhead mount compass
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•Quarter-berth cushion package
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•Options for all NorseBoats, click below
NorseBoat 21.5 “Open” version featuring optional black hull and ballasted foil-shaped stub keel with centerboard
"I’m very interested to learn more about the new NorseBoat 21.5, a boat that shares the same qualities I experienced with my NorseBoat 17.5...elegance, a blend of traditional and modern design, versatility and sparkling performance. I look forward to seeing all that incorporated into a larger design. The fleet of NorseBoats will then be complete!”
Charles de Bouillane, France
NorseBoat Limited RR1 Belfast, Prince Edward Island, Canada info@norseboat.com 902.659.2790
NorseBoat 21.5 “Cabin” version featuring standard white hull and ballasted foil-shaped stub keel with centerboard
NorseBoat 21.5 on a trailer with pivoting carbon mast that weighs only 19 lbs. Set up time from trailer to water is less than 15 minutes. Total tow weight is only 1700 lbs.
"We had our NorseBoat 21.5 out in Buzzard’s Bay today in 3-4 ft swells...whoa, what a great sailing craft.”
J. Taylor,
Rochester, Mass
NorseBoat 21.5 nterior arrangements include a 6’-8” long double berth, two quarter berths, a folding dining table, slide-out porta-potti, slide-out galley with sink, stove and dish storage, three large storage compartments, and a large ventilating deck hatch that also serves as an escape hatch.
