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Nonsuch 40 is a 44 ′ 11 ″ / 13.7 m monohull sailboat designed by Mark Ellis and built by Wiggers Custom Yachts Ltd. starting in 1988.

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The theoretical maximum speed that a displacement hull can move efficiently through the water is determined by it's waterline length and displacement. It may be unable to reach this speed if the boat is underpowered or heavily loaded, though it may exceed this speed given enough power. Read more.

Classic hull speed formula:

Hull Speed = 1.34 x √LWL

Max Speed/Length ratio = 8.26 ÷ Displacement/Length ratio .311 Hull Speed = Max Speed/Length ratio x √LWL

Sail Area / Displacement Ratio

A measure of the power of the sails relative to the weight of the boat. The higher the number, the higher the performance, but the harder the boat will be to handle. This ratio is a "non-dimensional" value that facilitates comparisons between boats of different types and sizes. Read more.

SA/D = SA ÷ (D ÷ 64) 2/3

• SA : Sail area in square feet, derived by adding the mainsail area to 100% of the foretriangle area (the lateral area above the deck between the mast and the forestay).
• D : Displacement in pounds.

Ballast / Displacement Ratio

A measure of the stability of a boat's hull that suggests how well a monohull will stand up to its sails. The ballast displacement ratio indicates how much of the weight of a boat is placed for maximum stability against capsizing and is an indicator of stiffness and resistance to capsize.

Ballast / Displacement * 100

Displacement / Length Ratio

A measure of the weight of the boat relative to it's length at the waterline. The higher a boat’s D/L ratio, the more easily it will carry a load and the more comfortable its motion will be. The lower a boat's ratio is, the less power it takes to drive the boat to its nominal hull speed or beyond. Read more.

D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³

• D: Displacement of the boat in pounds.
• LWL: Waterline length in feet

Comfort Ratio

This ratio assess how quickly and abruptly a boat’s hull reacts to waves in a significant seaway, these being the elements of a boat’s motion most likely to cause seasickness. Read more.

Comfort ratio = D ÷ (.65 x (.7 LWL + .3 LOA) x Beam 1.33 )

• D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
• LOA: Length overall in feet
• Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet

Capsize Screening Formula

This formula attempts to indicate whether a given boat might be too wide and light to readily right itself after being overturned in extreme conditions. Read more.

CSV = Beam ÷ ³√(D / 64)

Built in Taiwan and fitted out by Wiggers Custom Yachts (CAN). Sold as the JOURNEYMAN 40 in the UK and the SEQUIOA 40 in Canada.

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Review of Nonsuch 40

Basic specs..

The hull is made of fibreglass. Generally, a hull made of fibreglass requires only a minimum of maintenance during the sailing season.

The Nonsuch 40 is equipped with a fin keel. The fin keel is the most common keel and provides splendid manoeuvrability. The downside is that it has less directional stability than a long keel.

The keel is made of lead. Compared with iron, lead has the advantage of being 44% heavier, which allows a smaller keel and hence less water resistance and higher speed.

The boat can only enter major marinas as the draft is about 2.00 - 2.10 meter (6.56 - 6.86 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.

Sailing characteristics

This section covers widely used rules of thumb to describe the sailing characteristics. Please note that even though the calculations are correct, the interpretation of the results might not be valid for extreme boats.

What is Capsize Screening Formula (CSF)?

The capsize screening value for Nonsuch 40 is 1.88, indicating that this boat could - if evaluated by this formula alone - be accepted to participate in ocean races.

What is Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed?

The theoretical maximal speed of a displacement boat of this length is 8.5 knots. The term "Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed" is widely used even though a boat can sail faster. The term shall be interpreted as above the theoretical speed a great additional power is necessary for a small gain in speed.

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Nonsuch 40 is about 351 kg/cm, alternatively 1968 lbs/inch. Meaning: if you load 351 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 1968 lbs cargo on the boat it will sink 1 inch.

Sailing statistics

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What is Motion Comfort Ratio (MCR)?

What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?

What is Displacement Length Ratio?

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The Nonsuch 40 is a 44.95ft cat (unstayed) designed by Mark Ellis and built in fiberglass by Wiggers Custom Yachts Ltd. since 1988.

5 units have been built..

The Nonsuch 40 is a light sailboat which is under powered. It is reasonably stable / stiff and has a good righting capability if capsized. It is best suited as a coastal cruiser.

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Posted by Robert Neches | Boat Reviews , Monohull , Reviews

A fast, Big Catboat Whose Watchword is Simplicity.

W endy and Frank Glanznig were beating up Lake Huron’s Georgian Bay in a CS30 sloop, tacking hard upwind with rails under, when they saw another boat driving to weather behind them and easily gaining. It was a Nonsuch 30, and as it passed them, they saw “a little old lady by herself in the cockpit,” tucked within a full enclosure. “She was holding a china teacup,” Wendy says, “looking nice and warm, tacking, tacking, tacking, and kicking our behind! Right then, I said, ‘We gotta get one of those!’ ”

And so they did, though they went bigger and purchased hull #1 of the Nonsuch 36, the iteration of this popular, innovative design that many deem the queen of the fleet. Conceived by Mark Ellis as a boat whose essence is simplicity, making it easy for people to get out there and go sailing, the Nonsuch’s signature feature— its unstayed, wishbone rig carrying a single, huge sail —appeals to those willing to experiment and learn, and those with sufficient experience to recognize its advantages.

Designed by Ellis, and mostly built by Hinterhoeller Yachts of Ontario, Canada, these boats’ hallmark characteristics are the towering, unstayed mast in the bow, a windsurfer-like wishbone boom, a traditional New England-looking topsides, and a modern and efficient underbody. Nearly 1,000 of the boats between 22 to 36 feet have hit the water since the early 1980s.

Roughly 70 Nonsuch 36s were built from 1983 to 1990. Express Yachts built the first two and called them Nighthawks; when Express Yachts went bankrupt, Hinterhoeller built the rest. The late George Hinterhoeller, a master builder from Austria who emigrated to Canada in 1952, was a founding partner in C&C Yachts in 1969. He left C&C in 1975 and began building under the name Hinterhoeller Yachts in 1977, introducing the first Nonsuch, a 30, in 1978. The 36 followed in 1983.

One reason these boats remain so popular is the strength and support of the owners’ group, the International Nonsuch Association. Although the last boats were built three decades ago and the factory is long gone, about two-thirds of current owners are members of the association. Their discussion forum is exceptionally helpful and above average in civility. The Nonsuch.org website also has digitized copies of owner’s manuals, brochures, factory and owner-contributed maintenance recommendations, and sailing guidance.

Design and Construction

The factory brochure described Nonsuches as, “Greyhounds masquerading as catboats.” To get a sense of what this means, look at a Catalina 36 of the same era. The Nonsuch 36 has 8 inches more beam, 3 feet 6 inches more waterline length, 188 square feet more sail area, a full ton more displacement, and a mast a dozen feet taller. Its theoretical hull speed, 7.78 knots, is .4 knots faster than the Catalina. On the outside, it’s easy to mistake for a 40-footer. On the inside, it’s easy to mistake for a 42-footer.

The Nonsuch concept was a collaboration between Ellis, Hinterhoeller, and the boat’s first customer, Gordon Fisher, who wanted a shorthanded one-design racer for himself and fellow Toronto sailors. Ellis says his design inspirations were the Laser, Finn, and International 14 racing dinghies that he sailed extensively on the St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes. His approach for each of the Nonsuch models was to treat it as a racing dinghy but add enough buoyancy above the waterline in the bow to keep it from burying its nose. Next, he refined the design to add balance and avoid weather helm through a combination of hull shape, keel structure, and rudder design. The wishbone rig to manage sail shape was inspired by the rigs of windsurfing boards (Ellis was an avid boardsailor) but proven for big boats by Garry Hoyt’s Freedom line as well as 19th-century Herreshoff designs.

People don’t expect the boat to perform well upwind. This surprises Ellis. Lasers and Finns do extremely well upwind, he points out; there’s no reason a larger boat inspired by them wouldn’t.

The boats were heavily built and generally well constructed. Deck and hull are fiberglass over balsa core, with reinforcements as needed in the deck. The keel is an external lead casting.

Chocks are incorporated in the deck bulwarks running all the way around. These are bolted to the hull through a stainless steel cap rail with a vinyl insert. This is one source of deck leaks in some boats, although the boats are generally regarded as tight.

The most expensive risk factors lie in and around the unstayed, keel-stepped mast in the bow. The mast drops through a large hole in the deck. Surrounded by an aluminum collar, it is wedged in place with a set of chocks and covered with a mast boot. Below, it sits on a heavily reinforced aluminum base that is firmly attached to the keel. This usually works well, but these are key areas to check for water intrusion damage. Several factory notices discuss mast attachment, reinforcement, and crack avoidance. Potential buyers should carefully check the mast and its supporting system. Also, drilling holes in the mast can lead to cracking and should be avoided.

The original engines were 52-horsepower Westerbeke diesels. Owners consider OEM replacement parts spectacularly overpriced. Phil LeVine co-owns Nonsuch 36 hull #3, MeSays , with his wife, Sheri Ross. He recently repowered with what Westerbeke advertises as a drop-in replacement; he reports that this was nowhere near the case.

Original tankage was 49 gallons of diesel fuel, 112 gallons of fresh water, and 45 gallons of waste. The owners’ group has negotiated group rates for 3/8-inch-thick, roto-molded replacement water and waste tanks of the same volume. Many owners have upgraded to these over the years, and/or added additional tanks.

It’s perhaps a good thing that the boat needs little crew. The cockpit is relatively small—comfortable for four, maybe six, but increasingly crowded above that. Deep coamings surround it, making seating comfortable and safe.

The cabintop runs over half the length of the boat. It’s highly crowned and stops just short of the mast in the bow. This doesn’t allow for much seating outside the cockpit. The sidedecks are comfortably wide, though, so moving forward is easy (especially with no shrouds to work around). Heavy cleats are at the bow, amidships, and stern on both sides.

Despite the racing pedigree, Ellis had the vision to design the Nonsuch 36 for long-range coastal cruisers and live-aboards, and the boats remain ideal for that purpose.

The companionway drops almost to the cabin sole, with a four-step ladder down to the huge interior. A large engine room behind the ladder runs underneath the cockpit sole almost to the stern. There’s a spacious lazarette, wet locker, and navigation table to port, and a commodious quarter berth to starboard. A standing-headroom head with separate shower area is next to port, with an aft-facing U-shaped galley to starboard. Next comes an open saloon with U-shaped seating around a table for six to port and a long settee to starboard.

The stateroom forward has a double berth to port, counter and sink to starboard, and numerous lockers throughout that include access to the bow (where the anchor chain/rode locker and mast reside). In addition to roomy accommodations, the Nonsuch 36 is notable for huge amounts of storage space and well-thought-out access to maintenance items.

You could easily entertain eight people in the saloon, serving gourmet food from the galley. But I’d want to kick half of them off the boat before sailing.

LeVine adds that, “The boat is fabulously ventilated—10 opening portlights by Atkins and Hoyle and four large hatches. Also, four Dorade vents and two solar fans make the boat very dry and well ventilated when a breeze inside is needed.”

I went for several sails on LeVine’s Nonsuch 36. On a pleasant Southern California February afternoon, midway between San Pedro Harbor and Catalina Island, MeSays made an impressive 5.7 knots upwind in 13 knots apparent at a wind angle under 30 degrees. Returning through the harbor entrance on a close reach in 19 knots apparent, the GPS recorded 7.46 knots. LeVine has hit 9.1 on a beam reach in 17 knots apparent.

Sailing year-round in the ocean channel between mainland Southern California and Catalina Island, LeVine often encounters afternoon winds in the high teens to low 20s. The wind can approach 30 knots before he considers a first reef.

The single, enormous sail provides a great deal of power, making electric winches for the halyard and mainsheet pretty much mandatory. To take the work out of raising and lowering the sail, owners prefer either more slippery bronze sail slides or retrofitting a low-friction sail track system such as those made by Tides Marine.

One advantage of the unstayed mast is that its highly tapered top section flexes to spill air when the wind picks up. This helps make the large sail more manageable than appearances would suggest. That feature combines with 6,500 pounds of lead ballast to control excessive heeling. Consequently, the boats sail remarkably flat. Ellis recommends using rudder feel rather than heel or weather helm to guide reefing. “Reef when you feel the rudder dragging,” he says.

Nonsuch 36s move well, with a seakindly motion. This point was driven home on another sail, from Redondo Beach to San Pedro. A submarine trench comes to a point just off Redondo Harbor, exacerbating the waves formed as ocean depths recede from several thousand feet to less than 60 feet within a few miles. If you want to test how a boat does in steep seas and confused chop, this is a good place to go.

Steering is light. The boat is responsive and will pick up speed quickly when well trimmed. But, being forgiving, it will not draw attention to itself. If you’re admiring the blue skies and watching the dolphins jump, it’s easy to drift 20 to 30 degrees off course before realizing you’ve slowed down and aren’t heading where you thought you were.

The sail controls and rigging are simple, although unusual. The wishbone boom is held up by a topping lift aft, angling upwards at about 20 degrees forward and held up at the mast by a pair of fixed lines. Five jacklines, each hanging from one side of the boom to the other, form a cradle holding the loose-footed sail when dropped. The natural tendency of the boom is to pull down and forward. The downward force eliminates the need for a boom vang. The forward force is counteracted by a single line called a choker that pulls the wishbone aft, flattening the sail.

Gung-ho and racing Nonsuch sailors tweak the topping lift and choker as frequently as other sailors play travelers, adjust vangs, tension halyards, and tweak sheets. However, many Nonsuch owners simply set their sail shape for the general conditions and then just sail for the rest of the day. The only control that requires some attention is the 100-foot mainsheet, which runs through two-part blocks and a turning block to a cockpit winch near the helm.

No jib, no jib sheets. Consequently, no complexities coming about. When it’s time to tack, you just give the wheel a quarter turn. No muss, no fuss.

Jibing, however, must be done with full consideration of all the power captured by a 742-square-foot sail. Some owners sheet in and release the sail back out after carefully crossing the wind. Others simply perform a surprisingly effective 270-degree tack. Still others jibe in a hard-to-explain S-curve maneuver. This last looks great when executed well. It’s a different story if mistakes are made and that 100 feet of mainsheet catches the skipper or an innocent bystander while whipping across the cockpit.

At age 79, LeVine says the main reason he asks others to help sail the boat is just to keep them from feeling left out. It’s that easy to sail. This is why they’re so popular with shorthanded sailors, and why so many owners keep going well after others their age have been forced to retire from sailing.

The Nonsuch 36 is exceptionally easy to handle. Although built to enable long-range coastal cruising, the simple rig and good performance make it easy for owners to take them out as daysailers and go in whatever direction provides the best sailing. Racing them is also popular.

The boats may have a reputation as being for geriatric sailors, but the age of the ownership is probably far more due to unwillingness to let go of a great boat than anything else. Easy to handle, yes. Comfortable, yes. Sedate? Not unless you want it to be.

The Nonsuch 36 is what I would call a “serious” boat. They are substantial in size, and one would do well to remember Ferenc Máté’s enjoinder in Shipshape: The Art of Sailboat Maintenance : “If you think your boat’s too small, try doing the bottom yourself.” Likewise, sliding multiple 20-plus-foot-long full battens back into the pockets of a Nonsuch 36 sail is a similarly infrequent but illuminating experience.

The Nonsuch 36 is not hard to maintain, but when you’re getting a lot of boat for its size, you’re also getting a lot of boat to maintain. Nonsuch owners who want reduced maintenance prefer later boats in which stainless steel replaced teak for handrails. Some have made extensive replacements of wood with faux teak products such as Plasteak.

Many are quite well-equipped, with lots of systems to maintain. LeVine’s, for example, has a watermaker, radar, chartplotter, forward-facing sonar, two radios, HVAC, inverter, power windlass, Harken electric winches, and so on. The rig is very sturdy, but unusual enough that riggers who understand and can maintain it are rare and valuable.

As of this writing, there were three 36s for sale at prices ranging from $68,000 to $70,000. Prices usually vary more, depending on condition, equipment, and location. They offer a lot of boat for the money.

As a retired engineer, I see creative ideas as good. Things that work are better. Creatively combining things that work is best. That’s what makes the Nonsuch 36 a best old boat.

Comments from owners

My wife and I purchased hull #6 Nonsuch new in 1983. We raced Random Wind extensively for the first seven years.

In 1984, during a 150-mile upwind beat, we noticed the mast rotating in the direction of the sail each time we tacked. As it turned out, all 24 1/4-20 bolts securing the mast tube to the base casting had sheared off, which allowed the mast to rotate. Mark Ellis was immediately notified, and he arranged for a crew to unstep the mast and install a much more robust system of attachment.

In 1989 we participated in a 360-nautical-mile ocean race from Boston to Halifax, Nova Scotia. We are proud to say we won our class and the IMS division.

In 2007, while conducting a mast inspection, I discovered a horizontal crack roughly 10 inches down from the deck collar radiating out from a hole created for the purpose of exiting the wire from the mast. In checking into this issue, I learned that a Nonsuch 36 had been dismasted in the Caribbean as a result of a crack in the same location. We decided to have a carbon-fiber mast built. This arrived in 2008 and we have enjoyed the extra confidence that comes with a new mast.

— Jim Hartling , Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia

Construction is top notch by 1970s and ’80s standards, very heavily built with good fit and finish. Accommodations are spectacular. We have been summer liveaboards for 36 years and have never felt cramped. This particular boat, 1986, has some spider webbing on radiused curves around the cockpit and cabin sides. That is the only structural deficiency that I notice. A previous Nonsuch, one of my 30s, had some deck delamination, but the 36 is still solid. Sailing characteristics take some getting used to. Foot speed is excellent on all points of sail, but you have to get used to not pinching upwind. In PHRF racing I find that we are about 5 degrees off most sloops upwind, worsening as the wind diminishes. Off the wind these boats are very fast. In a blow the 36 just rolls on like a tank, very stiff. Sailhandling and reefing are a snap. My wife, 73, still takes her friends out sans men. The electric winch is a must.

— Jay Burke, Barrington, Rhode Island

My wife loved the lack of anything around the mast she could trip on or get tangled in. She also loved the ease of sailing it. I looked at a 36 owned by a man and his wife who had lived on it for years and were accomplished sailors. He said to me, “Do you want to spend all of your time changing sails or just enjoying sailing?” The only downside I have found to sailing it is that one has to be very careful jibing or avoid that entirely and do a 270-degree tack.

— John Waldhauser , Port Madison, Bainbridge Island, Washington

I advise that the mast be thoroughly inspected inch by inch, including behind the mast boot and down on the keel. Boats that come out of the water annually have those inspections, but if the boat is in the water all year, an annual inspection is warranted by a rigger. My insurance with Geico depreciated the very expensive mast ($30,000 plus) 20 percent per year after 20 years and then 20 percent payout. A rider for $60 per year insures the mast for its full value. A good idea.

— Phil LeVine , San Pedro Harbor, California

About The Author

Robert Neches

Robert Neches is a retired R&D manager. Sailing year-round in Southern California, he has owned and maintained one boat or another continuously since 1984. His personal motto is, "Sailing boats, plus working on them—two hobbies for the price of three."

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Chartering a Sailboat Cruising Yachts 30' to 35' The Nonsuch 30 Sailboat The Nonsuch 30, a Catboat with a wishbone rig and unstayed mast, was designed by Mark Ellis and built in Canada by Hinterhoeller Yachts Ltd. Published Specification for the Nonsuch 30 Underwater Profile:  Fin keel and spade rudder Hull Material:  GRP (fiberglass) Length Overall:  30'4" / 9.2m Waterline Length:  28'9" / 8.8m Beam:  11'11" / 3.6m Draft:  5'0" / 1.5m Rig Type:  Wishbone (unstayed mast) Displacement:  10,500lb / 4,763kg  Designer:  Mark Ellis Builder:  Hinterhoeller Yachts Ltd (Canada) Year First Built:  1978 Year Last Built:  1989 Number Built:  1,080 Owners Association:  International Nonsuch Association Published Design Ratios for the Nonsuch 30 1. Sail Area/Displacement Ratio:  18.1 2. Ballast/Displacement Ratio:  42.9 3. Displacement/Length Ratio:  197 4. Comfort Ratio:  20.5 5. Capsize Screening Formula:   2.2 read more about these all-revealing numbers... Summary Analysis of the Design Ratios for the  Nonsuch 30 1. A Sail Area/Displacement Ratio of 18.1 suggests that the Nonsuch 30 will, in the right conditions, approach her maximum hull speed readily and satisfy the sailing performance expectations of most cruising sailors. 2. A Ballast/Displacement Ratio of 42.9 means that the Nonsuch 30 will stand up well to her canvas in a blow, helping her to power through the waves. 3. A Displacement/Length Ratio of 197, tells us the Nonsuch 30 is clearly a light displacement sailboat. If she's loaded with too much heavy cruising gear her performance will suffer dramatically. 4. Ted Brewer's Comfort Ratio of 20.5 suggests that crew comfort of a Nonsuch 30 in a seaway is similar to what you would associate with the motion of a coastal cruiser with moderate stability, which is not encouraging news for anyone prone to seasickness.  5. The Capsize Screening Formula of 2.2 tells us that a Nonsuch 30 would not be a good choice of sailboat for ocean passage-making, owing to the increased risk of capsize in strong winds and heavy seas when compared to a sailboat with a CSF of less than 2.0. Any Questions? What other versions of the Nonsuch 30 were built? The Nonsuch 30 hull design was used to create the 1994 Nonsuch 324, which features a carbon fibre wishbone boom, more sail area and a wing keel. Nova. What is the accommodation like in the Nonsuch 30? The Nonsuch 30 has a spacious and comfortable interior, with a large open salon that can accommodate up to eight people. The boat has a galley with a stove, oven, sink and refrigerator, a head with a shower and sink, and a navigation station with a chart table and instruments. The boat has two sleeping cabins, one forward and one aft, each with a double berth and storage space. The boat also has ample ventilation and lighting, with several opening ports and hatches. What, if any, alternative accommodation layout versions are available for the Nonsuch 30? The boat was built with three different interior floor plans, the Classic, Ultra and Nova. The Classic layout has the galley along the port side of the salon, the head forward of the mast, and the navigation station aft of the mast on the starboard side. The Ultra layout has the galley aft of the mast on the port side, the head aft of the mast on the starboard side, and the navigation station forward of the mast on the starboard side. The Nova layout has the galley along the starboard side of the salon, the head forward of the mast on the port side, and the navigation station aft of the mast on the port side. What sail plan and rigging options are available for the Nonsuch 30? The Nonsuch 30 has a cat rig, an unstayed mast with a wishbone boom that carries a single large mainsail. The sail is controlled by two lines, one for hoisting and lowering it, and one for adjusting its shape. The boat does not have any headsails or spinnakers. The boat has an aluminium mast that is stepped on deck and supported by four shrouds that attach to chainplates on each side of the hull. The boat also has an aluminium boom that is attached to the mast by a gooseneck fitting and supported by two vangs that connect to pad eyes on each side of the hull. The boat has an electric winch for raising and lowering the sail, and two self-tailing winches for trimming it. The boat also has a traveller that runs across the transom for adjusting the boom angle. What keel options are available for the Nonsuch 30? The Nonsuch 30 has two keel options: a standard keel that has a draft of 5'0" (1.52 m) and a shoal keel that has a draft of 4'0" (1.21 m). Both keels are made of lead and bolted to the hull with stainless steel bolts. The keels have a fin shape that provides good lift and stability. What is the Nonsuch 30 like to sail? The Nonsuch 30 is an easy and fun boat to sail, especially for single-handed or short-handed sailing. The boat has a simple rig that requires minimal adjustments and maintenance. The boat has good performance in light to moderate winds, reaching speeds up to 7 knots. The boat also handles well in heavy winds, reefing easily by lowering the sail along its luff track. The boat has good manoeuvrability and responsiveness, tacking quickly by turning the wheel. The boat has a balanced helm that does not require much effort to steer. The boat also has good stability and comfort, with a wide beam and a low centre of gravity. The boat does not heel much and has a smooth motion in waves. What is the average cost of a secondhand Nonsuch 30? The average cost of a secondhand Nonsuch 30 varies depending on the year, condition, equipment and location of the boat. According to some online listings, the price range for a used Nonsuch 30 is between $30,000 and $60,000 USD. 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Copyright © 2024  Dick McClary  Sailboat-Cruising.com The 5 tragic minutes that sank a superyacht PORTICELLO, Italy — Survivors of a storm that sank a superyacht off Sicily recounted their ordeal to one of the doctors who rushed to their aid, with some saying it took mere minutes for the 180-foot ship to go down.  Dr. Fabio Genco, head of the Palermo Emergency Medical Services, told NBC News on the phone Thursday that he arrived in the seaside village of Porticello before dawn Monday, about an hour after the $40 million Bayesian sank in the violent and sudden storm.    Of the 22 people onboard, 15 survived despite storm conditions and darkness, climbing onto a lifeboat before being rescued by a nearby sailboat. The crew members have made no public statements so far, though some have been interviewed by investigators. “They told me that it was all dark, that the yacht hoisted itself up and then went down,” Genco said, recounting what the survivors told him. “All the objects were falling on them. That’s why I immediately made sure, by asking them questions, if they had any internal injuries,” he said.  It appears they had just minutes to abandon the sinking ship, Genco said.  “They told me that suddenly they found themselves catapulted into the water without even understanding how they had got there,” he said, “And that the whole thing seems to have lasted from 3 to 5 minutes.” Giovanni Costantino, CEO of The Italian Sea Group, which owns Perini Navi, the Bayesian's shipbuilder, told Sky News that there were no flaws with the design or construction of the yacht. He said their structure and keel made boats like that “unsinkable bodies.” In an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, he disavowed responsibility, blaming instead the actions of the crew. “Mistakes were made,” he said.  Genco said one of his colleagues who arrived at the scene before him initially thought that only three people survived, but the coast guard reported there were other survivors and more emergency services were called in.  When Genco arrived, he found scenes of panic and despair.  “Unfortunately, we are used to such panic scenes because we are used to the shipwrecks that happen on Lampedusa ,” Genco said, referring to the island southwest of Sicily, where the wreckage of boats carrying migrants on the sea journey from North Africa to Italy are often found .  Six of the passengers were declared missing Monday, and by Thursday, the bodies of five had been recovered from the wreck , some 160 feet underwater. Among those who survived is Angela Bacares, wife of the British tech mogul Mike Lynch , whose body was recovered Thursday.  Another survivor has been identified as Charlotte Emsley, 35. She told the Italian news agency ANSA that she had momentarily lost hold of her year-old daughter, Sofia, in the water but managed to retrieve her and hold her over the waves until a lifeboat inflated and they were pulled into safety. Dr. Domenico Cipolla at the Di Cristina Children’s Hospital in Palermo is also part of a team of medical professionals treating the shipwreck survivors. He told the BBC on Wednesday that Emsley and her daughter, as well as the father of the child, who Cipolla said also survived, are continuing to receive psychological help.  “Psychological support was constant and is constant even today, because basically it is the wounds of the soul that are the most in need of healing in these cases,” Cipolla said. Genco also told NBC News that he was especially concerned about the child. “She did not understand anything. She was soaking wet and cold,” he said.  Karsten Borner, the Dutch captain of the Sir Robert Baden Powell, a yacht that was anchored near the Bayesian, said by phone Wednesday that he saw a thunderstorm come in at around 4 a.m. local time (10 p.m. ET) Monday, followed by what looked like a waterspout, a type of tornado that forms over water.  The International Centre for Waterspout Research noted on X that there was a “waterspout outbreak” off Italy on Monday, the day the Bayesian sank.  “I turned on the engine and made maneuvers so that we wouldn’t collide with the Bayesian, which was anchored about 100 meters from us,” Borner said. “Then all of a sudden it disappeared. Then the wind calmed down, we looked around and saw a red flare.” Borner said he got into his boat’s tender and saw a life raft with 15 people on it. Members of the crew were administering first aid.  “I don’t know why it sank so quickly, but it may have something to do with the mast which was incredibly long,” he said. Questions have been raised about whether the mast was to blame for the accident as tall masts, even with the sails down, have more surface area exposed to the wind, which can contribute to tipping a vessel in a storm. The CCTV footage that emerged Tuesday showed the yacht’s 250-foot mast, believed to be one of the tallest aluminum sailing masts in the world, lashed by the storm as it appears to tilt to one side before disappearing. Claudia Rizzo is an Italy based journalist. Claudio Lavanga is Rome-based foreign correspondent for NBC News. Yuliya Talmazan is a reporter for NBC News Digital, based in London. Advertisement Supported by Lynch Yacht Sinking Off Sicily Proves as Baffling as It Is Tragic As bodies were recovered, the authorities and experts wondered how a $40 million, stable and secure vessel could have sunk so quickly. Share full article By Emma Bubola and Michael J. de la Merced Emma Bubola reported from Porticello, Italy, and Michael J. de la Merced from London. Two months after being cleared in a bruising legal battle over fraud charges, the British tech mogul Mike Lynch celebrated his freedom with a cruise. He invited his family, friends and part of his legal team on board his luxury sailing yacht, a majestic 180-foot vessel named Bayesian after the mathematical theorem around which he had built his empire. On Sunday night, after a tour of the Gulf of Naples, including Capri, and volcanic islands in the Eolian archipelago, the boat anchored half a mile off the Sicilian coast in Porticello, Italy. It chose a stretch of water favored by the Phoenicians thousands of years ago for its protection from the mistral wind and, in more recent times, by the yachts of tech billionaires. The boat was lit “like a Christmas tree,” local residents said, standing out against the full moon. But about 4 a.m., calamity unfolded. A violent and fast storm hit the area with some of the strongest winds locals said they had ever felt. Fabio Cefalù, a fisherman, said he saw a flare pierce the darkness shortly after 4. Minutes later, the yacht was underwater. Only dozens of cushions from the boat’s deck and a gigantic radar from its mast floated on the surface of the sea, fishermen said. In all, 22 people were on board, 15 of whom were rescued. Six bodies — five passengers and the ship’s cook — had been recovered by Thursday afternoon, including that of Mr. Lynch, an Italian government official said, adding that the search was continuing for his daughter. It was a tragic and mystifying turn of events for Mr. Lynch, 59, who had spent years seeking to clear his name and was finally inaugurating a new chapter in his life. Experts wondered how a $40 million yacht, so robust and stable could have been sunk by a storm near a port within minutes. “It drives me insane,” said Giovanni Costantino, the chief executive of the Italian Sea Group, which in 2022 bought the company, Perini, that made the Bayesian. “Following all the proper procedures, that boat is unsinkable.” The aura of misfortune only deepened when it emerged that Stephen Chamberlain, 52, a former vice president of finance for Mr. Lynch’s former company and a co-defendant in the fraud case, was killed two days earlier, when he was hit by a car while jogging near his house in England. Since June, the two men had been in a jubilant mood. A jury in San Francisco had acquitted both on fraud charges that could have sent them to prison for two decades. There were hugs and tears, and they and their legal teams went for a celebratory dinner party at a restaurant in the city, said Gary S. Lincenberg, a lawyer for Mr. Chamberlain. The sea excursion was meant as a thank-you by Mr. Lynch to those who had helped him in his legal travails. Among the guests was Christopher J. Morvillo, 59, a scion of a prominent New York family of lawyers who had represented Mr. Lynch for 12 years. He and his wife, Neda, 57, were among the missing. So, too, was Jonathan Bloomer, 70, a veteran British insurance executive who chaired Morgan Stanley International and the insurer Hiscox. The body of the ship’s cook, Recaldo Thomas, was recovered. All the other crew members survived. Among them was Leo Eppel, 19, of South Africa, who was on his first yacht voyage working as a deck steward, said a friend, who asked not to be identified. Since the sinking, the recovery effort and investigation have turned the tiny port town of Porticello, a quiet enclave where older men sit bare-chested on balconies, into what feels like the set of a movie. Helicopters have flown overhead. Ambulances have sped by with the sirens blaring. The Coast Guard has patrolled the waters off shore, within sight of a cordoned-off dock that had been turned into an emergency headquarters. On Wednesday afternoon, a church bell tolled after the first body bag was loaded into an ambulance, a crowd watching in silence. The survivors were sheltering in a sprawling resort near Porticello, with a view of the shipwreck spot, and had so far declined to comment. Attilio Di Diodato, director of the Italian Air Force’s Center for Aerospace Meteorology and Climatology, said that the yacht had most likely been hit by a fierce “down burst” — when air generated within a thunderstorm descends rapidly — or by a waterspout , similar to a tornado over water. He added that his agency had put out rough-sea warnings the previous evening, alerting sailors about storms and strong winds. Locals said the winds “felt like an earthquake.” Mr. Costantino, the boat executive, said the yacht had been specifically designed for having a tall mast — the second-tallest aluminum mast in the world. He said the Bayesian was an extremely safe and secure boat that could list even to 75 degrees without capsizing. But he said that if some of the hatches on the side and in the stern, or some of the deck doors, had been open, the boat could have taken on water and sunk. Standard procedure in such storms, he said, is to switch on the engine, lift the anchor and turn the boat into the wind, lowering the keel for extra stability, closing doors and gathering the guests in the main hall inside the deck. 12 guests occupied the yacht’s six cabins. There were also 10 crew members. Open hatches, doors and cabin windows could have let in water during a storm, according to the manufacturer. Open hatches, doors and cabin windows could have let in water during a storm, according to the manufacturer. Source: Superyacht Times, YachtCharterFleet, MarineTraffic By Veronica Penney The New York Times attempted to reach the captain, James Cutfield, who had survived, for comment through social media, his brother and the management company of the yacht (which did not hire the crew), but did not make contact. So far none of the surviving crew members have made a public statement about what happened that night. Fabio Genco, the director of Palermo’s emergency services, who treated some of the survivors, said that the victims had recounted feeling as if the boat was being lifted, then suddenly dropped, with objects from the cabins falling on them. The Italian Coast Guard said it had deployed a remotely operated vehicle that can prowl underwater for up to seven hours at a depth of more than 980 feet and record videos and images that they hoped would help them reconstruct the dynamics of the sinking. Such devices were used during the search and rescue operations of the Titan vessel that is believed to have imploded last summer near the wreckage of the Titanic. After rescuers broke inside the yacht, they struggled to navigate the ropes and many pieces of furniture cluttering the vessel, said Luca Cari, a spokesman for Italy’s national firefighter corps. Finally, as of Thursday morning, they had managed to retrieve all but one of the missing bodies, and hopes of finding the missing person alive were thin. “Can a human being be underwater for two days?” Mr. Cari asked. What was certain was that Mr. Lynch’s death was yet another cruel twist of fate for a man who had spent years seeking to clear his name. He earned a fortune in technology and was nicknamed Britain’s Bill Gates. But for more than a decade, he had been treated as anything but a respected tech leader. He was accused by Hewlett-Packard, the American technological pioneer that had bought his software company, Autonomy, for $11 billion, of misleading it about his company’s worth. (Hewlett-Packard wrote down the value of the transaction by about $8.8 billion, and critics called it one of the worst deals of all time .) He had been increasingly shunned by the British establishment that he sought to break into after growing up working-class outside London. He was extradited to San Francisco to face criminal charges, and confined to house arrest and 24-hour surveillance on his dime. In a townhouse in the Pacific Heights neighborhood — with security people he jokingly told associates were his “roommates” — he spent his mornings talking with researchers whom he funded personally on new applications for artificial intelligence. Afterward, he devoted hours to discussing legal strategy with his team. Despite his persistent claims of innocence, even those close to Mr. Lynch had believed his odds of victory were slim. Autonomy’s chief financial officer, Sushovan Hussain, was convicted in 2018 of similar fraud charges and spent five years in prison. During Mr. Lynch’s house arrest, his brother and mother died. His wife, Angela Bacares, frequently flew over from England, and she became a constant presence in the San Francisco courtroom during the trial. After he was finally acquitted, Mr. Lynch had his eye on the future. “I am looking forward to returning to the U.K. and getting back to what I love most: my family and innovating in my field,” he said. Elisabetta Povoledo contributed reporting from Pallanza, Italy. Emma Bubola is a Times reporter based in Rome. More about Emma Bubola Michael J. de la Merced has covered global business and finance news for The Times since 2006. 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