Nonsuch 36

The Nonsuch 36 is a Canadian sailboat, that was designed by Mark Ellis Design and first built in 1983. The Nonsuch 36 is a development of the Nonsuch 30, which was the first design in the series of Nonsuch sailboats.

Production
The design was built by Hinterhoeller Yachts in Canada. A total of 70 examples of the design were completed before production ended.

Design
The Nonsuch 36 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a cat rig, an unstayed mast with a wishbone boom, a plumb stem, a vertical transom, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 17000 lb and carries 6500 lb of ballast.

The boat has a draft of 5.50 ft with the standard keel and 4.42 ft with the optional shoal draft keel.

The boat is fitted with a Westerbeke diesel engine of 52 hp. The fuel tank holds 100 u.s.gal and the fresh water tank has a capacity of 152 u.s.gal.

The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 156 and a hull speed of 7.78 kn.