1934 Custom Northern Michigan NM

$54,900 (£41,334)

Harbor Springs, Michigan

1934 Custom Northern Michigan NM sailboat on a serene lake with lush green shoreline.

1934 Custom Northern Michigan NM wooden boat deck with hatch and hardware.

1934 Custom Northern Michigan NM sailboat stored in a wooden barn.

1934 Custom Northern Michigan NM sailboat stored in a wooden boathouse.

1934 Custom Northern Michigan NM sailboat in storage shed.

1934 Custom Northern Michigan NM boat Rookie in storage.

1934 Custom Northern Michigan NM boat with ROOKIE name on the hull.

1934 Custom Northern Michigan NM sailboat Rookie in storage shed.

1934 Custom Northern Michigan NM boat with registration number MC 5970 KE in a wooden boathouse.

1934 Custom Northern Michigan NM boat hull in storage on stands.

1934 Custom Northern Michigan NM boat hull in dry dock.

1934 Custom Northern Michigan NM sailboats in storage, showcasing hull and keel design.

Close-up of the hull of a 1934 Custom Northern Michigan NM boat in a storage facility.

1934 Custom Northern Michigan NM wooden boat in storage.

1934 Custom Northern Michigan NM wooden boat interior with bench seats.

1934 Custom Northern Michigan NM wooden boat deck in a workshop.

1934 Custom Northern Michigan NM boat interior with wooden floor and safety equipment.

1934 Custom Northern Michigan NM sailboat deck with wooden finish and rigging hardware.

1934 Custom Northern Michigan NM boat with polished wooden deck in storage.

1934 Custom Northern Michigan NM wooden boat deck with hardware.

1934 Custom Northern Michigan NM wooden boat deck with fittings and hardware.

1934 Custom Northern Michigan NM boat winch on wooden deck.

1934 Custom Northern Michigan NM wooden boat interior with vintage fittings.

Close-up of a 1934 Custom Northern Michigan NM wooden boat detail.

1934 Custom Northern Michigan NM boat deck with wooden finish and sailing hardware.

1934 Custom Northern Michigan NM wooden boat interior with tiller and rigging.

Interior of 1934 Custom Northern Michigan NM boat with wooden seats and metal frame.

Interior view of 1934 Custom Northern Michigan NM boat under repair.

Interior view of 1934 Custom Northern Michigan NM boat hull.

1934 Custom Northern Michigan NM | 10m

Name: 1934 Custom Northern Michigan NM
Brand: Custom
Price: 41334.17 GBP
Availability: InStock

Harbor Springs, Michigan

$54,900 (£41,334)

Engine

Total Power

Engine Hours

Class

Racer

Length

9.75m

Year

1934

Model

Northern Michigan NM

Capacity

Irish Boat Shop - Harbor Springs

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Boat Details

Description

Northern Michigan (NM) 32' sloop hull #5 "Rookie". It's difficult to understand why this beautiful and capable keelboat of 32 feet overall has remained unknown to all the yachting world except for a small bay on Lake Michigan's west shore. Here is a chance to own a piece of history and to own a boat that is iconic to Harbor Springs. Only 26 of these delightful sloops have been produced. The yacht was never intended as a national one-design, though it could easily be. The NM is a lean, easily driven hull with fairly firm bilges. In the chop and moderate breeze the NM comes into its own, excelling notably to weather. The NM has fine forward sections that fair into a cut away keel, she has a long rudder attached to the trailing edge. She draws five feet with 313 sq. ft. sail area and carries a spinnaker. The design is fairly stiff with 40% ballast (external) to displacement. The Harbor Springs NM fleet is active with weekly races throughout the summer. This boat has had extensive work over the years, is solid and ready to put in the water and sail...

Contact Information

Please contact Irish Boat Shop at 231-526-6225

Other Details

Accommodations

There is room for the whole family to sail the boat. There is comfortable bench seating, with coamings for back rests. The NM has a 6'6" beam, sufficient for easy headsail setting and sitting out. Large open cockpit with storage under coamings and under the deck fore and aft.

Electrical and Navigation

Battery tray
Compass
Windex
Solar trickle charger

Mechanical Equipment

Wooden tiller with tiller extension
Spinnaker pole
Electric bilge pump
Aluminum Ballinger mast
Standing rigging
Aluminum boom
Carbon fiber spinnaker pole
Boom vang
Mainsheet system on barney post
Boom crutch
Harken traveler system
Cleats, turning blocks and jammers
Running rigging
Two Barient 10 primary winches
Harken halyard winch
Adjustable back stay

Sails

Brand new Quantum main and jib (never used)
Lightly used Quantum main and jib (never raced)
Spinnaker in excellent condition

Deck and Hull

The first Northern Michigans were built of cedar planking over oak frames. The decks on this boat were re-done in Douglas fir with mahogany seats and trim. The hull is covered in fiberglass. Cockpit sole is also Douglas fir and varnished.

The deck was stripped and refinished by Irish Boat Shop in the spring of 2021 to the tune of nearly $20,000. The splash rail was removed and all the existing finish on the deck was removed. Necessary repairs to the joints on the covering boards and butt joints in the deck planking were completed. The deck was finished with Awlgrip's Awlwood System which included their primer and nine additional coats of finish.

Additional

Steel cradle

Disclaimer

The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.