SAILING A GIANT WINDSURF, NONSUCH 30 Cat Boat Ep.18

Take a tour of a stunning and very different boat. A Nonsuch 30 is a cat boat, quite out of the ordinary considering your usual sloop. She has a single huge sail, a bit like a giant Windsurf. The single large slab sail together with wishbone boom and completely unstayed mast makes her rather unique.

NONSUCH are based in Canada made a series of beautiful Cat Boats in 80s and 90s and 'No Rival' is a very fine example. I was lucky enough to spend a sunny August afternoon sailing on her with her owners.

Huge thanks to Mike for the detailed overview of the boat and for Maz for the fantastic below decks tour. Great fun and a great boat!

[chrisknights]

I owned No Rival a few years back and lived on her in London and sailed her and East Coast and to Holland, France then the Med via Spain and Portugal and then back via the french canals and can vouch for her sea keeping in a big blow and big seas. Intention was to sail her to the caribbean but couldn't afford a sat phone in those days to do the ARC. Nice to see she is still being looked after as have many happy memories of the voyages we took.

[wayneo]

It was surprisingly popular in the Long Island Sound area during the 1980's-early '90's. They were all over the place.

[lukedogwalker]

There are so many better options than the typical giant racing dinghy with Bermudan sloop combination. I'm a fan of the modern cambered junk, which jibes very gently, as well, reefs in ten seconds and also single-hands with no trouble. The Nonsuch hull with a junk rig is probably an ideal combination!

[richardhall]

What an unusual but rather lovely yacht. Beautifully filmed.

[kimmosiven]

This is so interesting concept. I'm not familiar with it. Thank you for doing this. It was nice to see how it sails at least a little bit!

[clivestainlesssteelwomble]

Captain Q has just done a your and insight into one of these probably a later version . Great idea apparently they did a ketch rigged version.

[PBphotos]

How pleasantly unusual, I'll have to look out for her next season 📷.

[ArcticSeaCamel]

This was great. There's not that many videos of sailing with wishbones. I wished there would be a little bit more details how they work though. But thanks!

(i'm considering wishbones to my schooner/ketch with two free standing (and rotating!) masts)

[randymcmeekin]

Not surprisingly we have all kinds of Nonsuch sailboats here in Ontario Canada. Great boats. I really like the 26.

[davidbarrett]

Friend of mine owns a NonSuch 30 in the UK, identical on the outside, completely different layout on the inside. Lovely roomy stable boat to sail and be on :-)

[jamesm.]

9:22 Do they have some sort of LED lighting strip tucked away behind the teak to illuminate the cabin? It looks amazing!

[livingstressfree]

Really hoping for some new Sailing Summer Breeze videos. Hope you are having a great summer :)

[alisonbrannen]

Nice introduction to the Nonsuch. Love your video! We sail Katuna out of Toronto and love it.
Check your spelling of tack ( not tax ) and foresail ( not fossil ) I haven’t seen a 30 Classic yet with a bow thruster but it’s possible they added one. The boat can easily turn in her boat length!

[adrianrubi]

80 ft. Yachts should have this Cat Rig sesign. Imagine the living space.

[lauriebloggs]

I really wanted one of these, but day I will get a sail on one!

[hypnocracy]

Nice accommodations below, But, can you mount solar panels or a Bimini over the cockpit? Dinghy appears it would reside on a davit or is there room on deck?

[tedco-Theo]

I'm looking for videos on this type of grements that show the execution of maneuvers, especially in strong winds, for sail reduction. I can't find any. Do you have any? Please!

[tedco-Theo]

Je cherche des videos sur ce type de grements qui montrent l'exécution des manoeuvres, en particulier lors de fort vent, pour la réduction de la voile. Je ne trouve pas. En auriez vous ? s il vous plait !

[charleswalter]

I have Freedom cat ketch by Hinterhauler, moves gloriously.

[Paulmorin-gp]

Where can I see her, what cost, is she been surveyed.