Review of Nordwest 24

Nordwest 24 anno 1981.

Basic specs.

The Nordwest 24 is a small sailboat designed in the late seventies. The Nordwest 24 is built by the Danish yard GEFA.

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Interior

The boat is equipped with 4 berths.
Note: the boat has also been sold to be self-made/-interiored, which means that the quality of each boat may vary.

Keel

The Nordwest 24 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.

Nordwest 24 can enter even shallow marinas as the draft is just about 1.25 - 1.35 meter (4.10 - 4.40 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.

Stability and Safety

What is Capsize Screening Formula (CSF)?

The capsize screening value for Nordwest 24 is 2.19, indicating that this boat would not be accepted to participate in ocean races.

Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Nordwest 24 is about 122 kg/cm, alternatively 684 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 122 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 684 lbs cargo on the boat it will sink 1 inch.

Sailing statistics

This section is statistical comparison with similar boats of the same category. The basis of the following statistical computations is our unique database with more than 26,000 different boat types and 350,000 data points.

L/B (Length Beam Ratio)

What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?

The l/b ratio for Nordwest 24 is 2.92.

Compared with other similar sailboats it is more spacy than 54% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a slightly more spacy hull design.

Ballast Ratio

What is a Ballast Ratio?

The ballast ratio for Nordwest 24 is 50%.

This ballast ratio shows a righting moment that is higher than 88% of all similar sailboat designs. A righting moment (ability to resist heeling) significantly above average.

RSP (Relative Speed Performance)

What is Relative Speed Performance?

The Relative Speed Performance for Nordwest 24 is 73

The relative speed performance is 73 which means that a it is faster than 73% of all similar sailboat designs.

Maintenance

Rig

If you need to renew parts of your running rig and is not quite sure of the dimensions, you may find the estimates computed below useful.

**Guiding dimensions of running rig**
Usage	Length		Diameter
Jib sheet	7.3 m	(24.0 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Genoa sheet	7.3 m	(24.0 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Mainsheet	18.2 m	(59.9 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Spinnaker sheet	16.1 m	(52.7 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)

Boat owner's ideas

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References

[Ref 1]: ISO 8666 Small craft — Principal data.
[Ref 3]: ISO 12215-5 Small craft — Hull construction and scantlings.