Nicholson 39
Masthead Ketch · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · First built 1975
A Raymond Wall-designed masthead ketch with a skeg-hung rudder, built for offshore stability and comfort
Designed by Camper, Nicholson, Ray Wall & Raymond Wall.
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Ballast
- Hull type
- Fin With Rudder On Skeg
Is it for you?
Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
Her heavy displacement on a narrow beam gives 34 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.
1.76 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.
353 — very heavy for her waterline, a serious load-carrying cruiser.
21.0 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.
39% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.
Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.
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