Northwind 29

The Northwind 29 is a Canadian sailboat that was designed by C&C Design and first built in 1969.

Production
The design was built by Paceship Yachts in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada, who completed 104 examples between 1969 and 1972, but it is now out of production.

Design
The Northwind 29 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a raised reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed stub keel, with a retractable centreboard.

The design displaces 6600 lb and carries 3180 lb of ballast.

The boat has a draft of 6.75 ft with the centreboard extended and 3.08 ft with it retracted.

The production boats were delivered with a factory-fitted Universal Atomic 4 gasoline inboard engine.

The fuel tank holds 15 u.s.gal and the fresh water tank has a capacity of 25 u.s.gal.

The design has a hull speed of 6.29 kn.

Operational history
The boat was at one time supported by an active class club, The Paceship, but the club is currently inactive.