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 and carries of ballast.
The boat has a draft of with the standard wing keel.
The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar diesel engine of . The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of .
The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 175 and a hull speed of .
See also List of sailing boat types
Related development Nonsuch 30
Similar sailboats Aloha 32 Bayfield 30/32 Beneteau 31 Beneteau 323 C&C 32 Columbia 32 Contest 32 CS Douglas 32 Hunter 32 Vision Hunter 326 Mirage 32 Morgan 32 Ontario 32 Ranger 32 Watkins 32
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