She is a Northern Comfort 44 too!

  •  She is a Northern Comfort 44 too!

    She is a Northern Comfort 44 too!

    This time a classic under water body without frills!

9 April 2015 ,

This time a classic under water body without frills!

Basically still the same Northern Comfort 44 as the lifting keel model, but otherwise thoroughly customized to suit the owners wishes.

Soon the building will start at the Koopmans yard in Sneek of this aluminium cutter rigged cruising yacht.

Several years ago we proved that a Scheel type keel under the Northern Comfort 43 performed nearly as well as the standard keel which gave the yacht 30cm more draft, and for limited draft it still seems the best solution nowadays.

The owner preferred to have a skeg hung rudder, for which we have also the modern answer.

Its is the under rated ‘flapped’ system,  which not only has superior steering manoeuvring qualities but is very light to handle which makes it possible to have the autopilot consuming much less battery power.

Without the casing of the lifting keel the interior is totally different from the earlier model.

But more in a next notice!