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Nordship Yachts 420 DS

Fractional Sloop · Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder · First built 2022

A semi-custom deck saloon cruiser featuring a fractional rig and a modern fin keel with bulb for balanced performance

Designed by Lars Buchwald & Arne Borghegen.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder

Is it for you?

Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a moderate beam gives 31 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 31
CoastalBluewater

1.85 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.

Capsize screening 1.85
LightHeavy

232 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 232
EasygoingPowered-up

17.9 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.

Sail area / displacement 17.9
TenderStiff

34% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 34%

A capable cruiser that sits just inside the offshore line — coastal work with real passages in her.

  • Heavier than ~78% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2639 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
34.3%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
17.9
Displacement / length
232.4
Comfort ratio
31.0
Capsize screening
1.85
Hull speed
8.0 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1661
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead Bulb
Production
Years built
First built 2022
Designer
Lars Buchwald, Arne Borghegen
Builder
Nordship Yachts

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