Albin Marine Inc. Nimbus 42
Cutter · Fin with rudder on skeg · 1981–1985
A Kaufman-designed cutter with a skeg-mounted rudder, built for offshore stability and comfortable cruising
Designed by Kaufman, Ladd & F. Michael Kaufman.
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Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.
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