Cutter · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · 1980–1986
A Robert Perry-designed cutter with a skeg-mounted rudder, built for offshore stability and comfortable blue-water cruising
Designed by Robert H. Perry.
See her sail
The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.
Footage from Sailing Learning By Doing
Is it for you?
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
Her moderate displacement on a narrow beam gives 36 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.
1.72 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.
237 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.
16.3 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.
43% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.
A capable offshore cruiser with an easy motion when the sea gets up.
Compared with 2384 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
What the fleet has seen
Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.
The Norseman 447 is a Robert H. Perry-designed cutter built from 1980 to 1986 by Norseman Yachts Inc. and Ta Shing Yacht Building Ltd. This 13.6-meter (44.7-foot) sailboat has a fin keel with a rudder on a skeg, a 4.0-meter beam, and a 1.9-meter draft. It displaces 12,700 kg and was also available in an aft cockpit version.
The living fleet
Where the fleet has filmed this boat.
Seen 2 times across 2 channels of the fleet.
On the water
What broke, what changed
Moments from individual boats of this model that the fleet has filmed — one crew, one piece of kit, one day on the water. Not a review of the class, and not a count of anything.
FailedRaymarine
The boat had 10-year-old Raymarine electronics that were never used and considered obsolete.
aboard Sailing Learning By Doingseen February 20257:56
WorkingYacht World
The speaker uses Yacht World to search for bluewater boats within a specific price range.
aboard Be The Captainseen February 202513:26
Each line is one crew's account of their own boat. Another Norseman 447 may be fitted out entirely differently.
What they go for
Where the fleet has seen this model for sale, and the asking prices that came with it.
For sale
A specific boat previously showcased, currently listed for sale
from Be The Captainseen February 20253:04
Weighed buying
A 46-foot monohull that was looked at for purchase for $200,000
from Sailing Learning By Doingseen February 202510:00
From the fleet's own footage — our observed signal, not broker listings.
The record
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Boats like this, on the water
Comparable boats the fleet has on camera: same type, within a quarter of her length. Open the boat, or watch the video — a timestamp means she only appears in passing.
The family
Nearby designs by size, type, and era — worth a look alongside her.
Keep asking
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