17' length, weight 625 pounds Sail Area 174 sq. ft.
Lightly used and very well cared for, excellent working order and excellent cosmetic condition, ready to sail loaded with modern performance and design features with family friendly storage space. fast, and easy to sail.
Sails are high performance,
BRAND NEW North Sail Mylar sails with a main, roller furling jib and asymmetric spinnaker.
Stern main sheeting and inverted hard vang make an uncluttered cockpit The Nomad is beamy (8’ wide) and stable. The cockpit is broad and uncluttered, and has a high-aspect rudder and centerboard.
The seats are very comfortable with internal storage and can easily accommodate for four adults or two adults and a bunch of kids. Convenient storage in four lockers in the cockpit which is perfect for extra gear, an anchor, cooler or whatever your needs are.
Easily sailed singlehanded.
The tapered mast can be raised and the boat rigged by one person and is easy to de-power, and rolling a jib is quicker and easier than reefing a main.
The whole package can be rigged in 30 minutes or less and is easy to tow with the family sedan.
The Nomad will float off the trailer in just 2 feet of water so it's a breeze to launch.
Registered, Clear CA Title in Hand
Asking $6,200
BRAND NEW North Sails Dacron Main and Jib (Receipt for $2,800.00 included)
Large, open, self bailing cockpit
Asymmetrical spinnaker
Retracting bow sprit
Comfortable seating with angled backs
Enclosed centerboard
Motor Mount
Easily rigged in 15 minutes. Mast can be raised by 1 person
Clean halyards, sheets, and sail controls:
1.) Mainsheet is led away from passengers for less clutter in the cockpit
2.) Compression vang creates more space under the boom
3.) Mesh pocket located at the base of the tapered mast for all halyard tails.
Includes:
Nice trailer
Forward mast support
Bow cradle
Winch
Here is a bit from a review by Sailing World:
"The Nomad was designed by Vanguard 15 and Vector designer Bob Ames, with input from Vanguard chairman Steve Clark. Both of them have speed on the brain, which is obvious in the Nomad. In his designer's comments, Clark says, Day sailing should equal pleasure sailing, and that demands an even better boat than a racing boat. We wholeheartedly agree.
Ames' answer was a hull and rig combination that’s all about performance--a boat with a fine entry, long waterline, super-wide beam (8-feet max at the deck), high-aspect rudder and centerboard, tapered mast, asymmetric spinnaker, and a 175-square-foot North 3DLrm sail inventory with roller-furling jib.
Ironically, each of these race-boat attributes also make a great day sailing boat as well--the fine entry cuts through chop, the wide beam provides stability at the dock and when sailing, the deep blades enhance control, the tapered mast is easier to step and de-power, and rolling a jib is much quicker and easier than reefing a main."
The Nomad is a day sailor, and day sailing is what it is and has been for centuries--raising a sail and messing about on the water with the singular motive of having fun. For those in no hurry, grandpa's hand-me down catboat will always do the trick, but for those of us who amp everything we do, the Nomad definitely keeps it real."
