Nautor 39

Nautor 39

Development
Designer	Sparkman & Stephens
Location	Finland
Year	1977
No. built	4
Builder(s)	Oy Nautor AB
Role	Motorsailer
Name	Nautor 39
Boat
Displacement	28,660 lb (13,000 kg)
Draft	5.58 ft (1.70 m)
Hull
Type	monohull
Construction	glassfibre
LOA	39.21 ft (11.95 m)
LWL	31.00 ft (9.45 m)
Beam	13.16 ft (4.01 m)
Engine type	Perkins Engines 73 hp (54 kW) diesel engine
Hull appendages
Keel/board type	fin keel
Ballast	9,039 lb (4,100 kg)
Rudder(s)	Skeg-mounted rudder
Rig
Rig type	Ketch
I foretriangle height	50.98 ft (15.54 m)
J foretriangle base	14.99 ft (4.57 m)
P mainsail luff	43.24 ft (13.18 m)
E mainsail foot	12.76 ft (3.89 m)
Sails
Sailplan	Masthead ketch
Mainsail area	275.87 sq ft (25.629 m2)
Jib/genoa area	382.10 sq ft (35.498 m2)
Other sails	mizzen: 135.05 sq ft (12.547 m2)
Total sail area	793.00 sq ft (73.672 m2)

The Nautor 39 is a Finnish sailboat that was designed by Sparkman & Stephens as a motorsailer and first built in 1977. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Production

The design was built by Oy Nautor AB in Finland, from 1977 to 1979 with four boats completed, but it is now out of production. ^{[1] [2] [5] [6] [7]}

Design

The Nautor 39 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of glassfibre, with wood trim. It has a masthead ketch rig, a raked stem, an angled transom, a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by two wheels and a fixed fin keel. One wheel is on the port side of wheelhouse and one inside on the port side. The boat displaces 28,660 lb (13,000 kg) and carries 9,039 lb (4,100 kg) of lead ballast. ^{[1] [2] [5]}

The boat has a draft of 5.58 ft (1.70 m) with the standard keel. ^{[1] [2] [5]}

The boat is fitted with a British Perkins Engines diesel engine of 73 hp (54 kW). The fuel tank holds 243 U.S. gallons (920 L; 202 imp gal) and the fresh water tank has a capacity of 297 U.S. gallons (1,120 L; 247 imp gal). ^{[1] [2]}

The design has sleeping accommodation for five people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, an L-shaped settee in the main salon under a raised wheelhouse and two aft cabins, one with a double berth on the port side and one with a single berth on the starboard. The galley is located on the port side just forward of the main salon. The galley is equipped with a three-burner stove, an ice box and a double sink. A navigation and wheel station is in the main salon, on the port side. There are two heads, one just aft of the bow cabin on the starboard side and one on the port side, forward of the aft cabins. ^{[1] [2] [5]}

The design has a hull speed of 7.46 kn (13.82 km/h). ^{[1] [2] [5]}

Operational history

Austrian orchestra conductor Herbert von Karajan was a great sailing enthusiast and at one time owned and sailed a Nautor 39. ^[8]

See also

• List of sailing boat types

References

1. McArthur, Bruce (2023). "Nautor 39". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
2. Sea Time Tech, LLC (2023). "Nautor 39". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 17 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
3. McArthur, Bruce (2023). "Sparkman & Stephens". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 10 August 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
4. Sea Time Tech, LLC (2023). "Sparkman & Stephens". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
5. Ulladulla. "Nautor 39". Sailboat Lab. Archived from the original on 12 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
6. McArthur, Bruce (2023). "Nautor (Swan sailboats)". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
7. Sea Time Tech, LLC (2023). "Nautor (Swan sailboats)". sailboat.guide. Archived from the original on 6 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
8. Slepyan, Norbert (September 1984). "The Maestro's Maxi". Yachting. Retrieved 23 April 2023.