Nonsuch 324

The Nonsuch 324 is a Canadian sailboat, that was designed by Mark Ellis Design and first built in 1994. It was the last of the series of Nonsuch sailboats built.

The Nonsuch 324 is a development of the Nonsuch 30, with the same hull design, but a taller rig, more sail area, a carbon fibre wishbone boom and a shallow-draft wing keel.

Production
The design was built by Hinterhoeller Yachts in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, but only a small number were completed before production ended.

Design
The Nonsuch 324 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a cat rig, an unstayed mast with a carbon fibre wishbone boom, a plumb stem, a vertical transom, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed wing keel. It displaces 11500 lb and carries 4240 lb of ballast.

The boat has a draft of 4.33 ft with the standard wing keel.

The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar diesel engine of 27 hp. The fuel tank holds 25 u.s.gal and the fresh water tank has a capacity of 105 u.s.gal.

The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 175 and a hull speed of 7.18 kn.