Loading, Transportation and Launching The new yacht is lifted with the expert assistance of two work colleagues who were kind enough to also bring the lifting gear. A trailer is wheeled underneath. The boat leaves the yard with its new antifouling. Yes, the unusual staying arrangement was extremely effective and stable: supported by physics, not […]

Construction of the appendages was placed in the harder basket and deferred until the hull had been built. This was also good work for the winter, when working with filler is slow and painting is not really possible due the colder temperatures. Keel Construction The keel foil – easy to make – was built as […]

The construction of the interior started as soon as the hull was rolled over and the bilges painted. It was intertwined with the completion of the shell as some of the external paintwork could not be undertaken in winter due to low ambient temperatures and, in all cases, it is good to have more than […]

This page deals with completing the exterior shell and painting. All of the deck hardware had to be fitted before being removed again for painting. Backing plates were added inside as required. The steering vane and stainless railing were fitted. The deck plane was eventually sandblasted, sealed and faired, just like the hull earlier. Epoxy […]

This section covers the construction of the aluminium hull and deck, starting with the fabrication of the frames. The frames were built by welding pre-bent aluminium T extrusions into CNC-cut floors. Each frame was manufactured on top of a full-scale drawing on a table with a precision tolerance better than 1 millimetre. T extrusions were […]

The construction of the hull of the sloop Nordkyn started in June 2004 after erecting a lean-to, 17 metres long and 7 metres wide, alongside an existing building and workshop to house the project. This temporary structure was destroyed in 2007 when the adjacent 120-year old brick building was blown down and totally destroyed by […]

The 13-metre alloy sloop Nordkyn is the outcome a personal design and build project. In short, I wanted a new ocean cruising and voyaging yacht suitable for the type of sailing illustrated by the voyage of the sloop Yarra. The project had a long gestation period and involved development far beyond what would have been […]