The NICHOLSON 31 replaced the NICHOLSON 32, and proved to be nearly as popular.
The folkboat type design appealed to serious long distance cruisers and single-handers.
Evolution Non-BR
Discount Sails
Boater’s Closet Non-BR
Hull: Long keel w/trans. hung rudder
Folkboat style
Available with a cutter rig.
LOD: 31.0 ft
Designed to RORC Class III rule.
Volvo Penta diesel was offered as an option.
The Vancouver 27 was first built on a semi-production basis by Tradewind Boats in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia,CAN, followed by Philbrooks Shipyard and finally Seair Marine Ltd of British Columbia. In 1988, these molds were destroyed and construction of the boat ceased in North America.
Later, the design was built in England as a collaboration of Pheon Yachts Ltd. and Northshore Yachts Ltd..
Originally designed for Kaiser Gale Force Yachts which sold the molds to Allied Boat Co. After changing the cabin top and port arrangement, the first boat appeared in 1962.
Early builders under contract were Lunn Laminates of Port Washington, NY and F.L. Tripp & Sons, Westport, MA.
(Allied eventually had it’s own large plant in the Catskills, NY.)
The SEAWIND was the first, as well as one of the last, boats built by Allied Boat Company. In 1978 it was brought back into production and actually built simultaneously with the newer SEAWIND II.
Also offered with a sloop rig. (with mast stepped farther aft.)
I: 35.58’/10.84m
J: 13.16’/4.01m
P: 31.83’/9.70m
E: 14.25’/4.34m
Sloop or Ketch.
Some builders of this design, or it’s variants include:
Compass Yachts Ltd. (NZ) 1970-1984 FG (modified by John Lidgard)
Far East Boats Ltd.(Japan)
International Marine (Japan)
Cheoy Lee Shipyard (Hong Kong) BERMUDA 30
Walker Boat Co Ltd.(AUS)
Parkins Marine – Ft. Lauderdale, FL (USA)
Middleton Marine – La Crosse, FL (USA)
Gallart Shipyard (ESP)
Ballast added and sail area increased after first few boats.
Rudder enlarged some time later.
Also offered as a kit in varying stages of completion.
Thanks to ‘markwesti’ for providing a number of corrections.
LOA: 25.0′ without bowsprit and boomkin.
OFFSHORE 26 is a name given to more than one distinct model, built by Cheoy Lee Shipyard. Dimensions and description shown here are for the earlier version, a folkboat variant, with transom hung rudder, built of wood, and similar to what later came to be known as the FRISCO FLYER (of which there were a number of versions). See FRISCO FLYER for what that boat looks like.
Another OFFSHORE 26, built of FG and introduced in 1969 appears to be a different design, possibly based on the NEWELL CADET, (also sold by Cheoy Lee as the OFFSHORE 27.)
Neither boat, under this name, appear to have been built in great numbers.
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