NICHOLSON 58
Staysail Ketch • Keel/Cbrd. • Built 1984
Dimensions
- LOA
- 57.58 ft
- LWL
- 46.87 ft
- Beam
- 15.58 ft
- Max Draft
- 13 ft
- Min Draft
- 6 ft
- Displacement
- 53,025 lbs
- Ballast
- 20,000 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 1.66 (offshore safe)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 16.6
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 230
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 37.7%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 1467 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Keel/Cbrd.
- Rig Type
- Staysail Ketch
- Hull Material
- FG
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1984
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- —
Engine & Accommodations
- Engine Make
- Perkins
- Engine Type
- Diesel
Notes:
Some of these (Nicholson 58/60)were cutter rigged and some ketches. Camper & Nicholson sold the builders tooling to Colvic Craft.
Also sold as the BLUEWATER 58.
Sir Robin Knox-Johnson chose this hull (with a few modifications) for his fleet (8) of adventure yachts to race around the world. (Known as the CLIPPER 60).
Draft for fixed keel version: 8.50'/2.59m.
Designer
- David Pedrick (1948)
Builders
- Camper & Nicholsons (1855–2005)
- Colvic Craft (1964–2000)