Marco Polo with one panel reefed.
The Boat Barn Web Page
"Type: North Atlantic-29 Rig: Hasler
Designer: Angus Primrose & H.G.(Blondie) Hasler 1970
Launched: 1988 Lying: Armdale Yacht Club, Halifax, N.S.
Builder/Owner: Jim Creighton, Dartmouth N.S.
LOA: 29'3" LWL: 23' Beam: 9'7" Draft: 5'6"
Displacement: 9300 lb. Ballast: cast iron 4200 lb.
Sail Area: main 429, ghoster 220
Power: 8 HP Sabb diesel, variable pitch prop.
Material: Wood epoxy, cold molded hull & cabin, western red cedar.
Port of Registry: Halifax, Canada
Marco Polo with one panel reefed.
Reaching under full sail.
One of the first NA-29s built. This one by Bounty Enterprises in California.
The North Atlantic-29 is a scaled-up JESTER, designed in response to
requests for a boat like JESTER that could accommodate two persons cruising
in comfort.
(From a review by Hal Roth in MOTOR BOATING AND SAILING.)
Note the steering station in the insert. This arrangement works very well under way. The boat can be managed from the hatches without going on deck and the swinging seats make for a comfortable ride.
Gerald K. Limber
Asheboro, NC
gklimber@atomic.net