1980 Halman Nordic 20 sailboat, motor, and trailer - ready to sail

[Dude]

1980 Halman Nordic 20 sloop on a new galvanized Trail-N-Sail (by Road King) trailer for sale or trade. Complete with long shaft outboard (might need tune up, hasn't been run in a while) and equipped to go sailing now with the exception of a plastic fuel tank which can be purchased cheap at WalMutt.

Hull is a North Sea design (Nordic) double ender, fiberglass (never had blisters, ever), with stern hung rudder and shallow draft full keel, very stable and easy to sail. Tiller steering, self draining cockpit, built in manual bilge pump and electric (12v) bilge pump, newer sails, all rigging complete. Has double burner stove that pulls out of bulkhead on rollers and stows out of the way when not in use. Has two 12v lights on overhead just aft of V-berth, cold storage (built in ice box), and lots of gear and stowage areas. Sleeps 3 adults (2 in V-berth and one on port side quarter berth) and a small child (starboard side short berth), and all new blue Sunbrella coverings on interior cushions. Has a ss sink... I bought a new marine faucet and 12v pump for pressure water (not installed yet, but quite easy to install), also a Thetford porta-potty and a portable a/c (ice cold!) that fits in the forward hatch. There is more room in the interior of this boat than any other boat of its size, very roomy, you could even live aboard if you wanted to.

I have not been able to sail the boat since I bought it, due to lack of inexpensive dock space and cannot afford to rent a slip at a marina. It's a beauty in need of an avid sailor or would be perfect for a beginner, very, very easy to sail. Romantic olde school Nordic hull design sailboat.

If you have questions or would like more photos, I do have interior photos, so just contact me and I'll provide them to you as soon as I read your request. Or you can arrange to come see the boat on it's trailer in my yard in Titusville, Florida any time.

Selling price: $7000 or best offer, or trade for what have you. I may trade for a good center console river fishing boat complete with good motor and trailer, a vintage Harley, or 50's era Chevy or GMC truck in running condition or real close to it. But if you have anything of value that you think may interest me, let me know. Otherwise I'll take cash, or cash and trade for ?. Transport is the sole responsibility of the buyer.

God bless, green seas, and molten sunsets,

Popeye the sailor dude
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Specs and other info: Draft: 2'-10", Beam: 7'-10", Displacement: 2500 lbs (empty), Sail Area: 200 sq. ft., Vertical Clearance: 30'-0". One piece solid fiberglass hull, balsa-cored deck with molded-in non-skid treads, teak grab rails, self bailing cockpit, lockable lazarette, full length keel with cutaway forefoot and a canoe stern in a good, seaworthy North Sea design. Six sealed ports (windows) and a tinted acrylic forehatch. The half ton of ballast is 40% of the rated displacement which makes the boat easily self-righting, and together with the high bridge deck and drop boards make the boat easily able to survive a knockdown... all you have to do is release the tiller and the boats rounds up and pops upright. The leading edge of the keel is heavily reinforced with a poured resin/steel punchings mix effectively reducing significant structural damage from impact at this point.

The aluminum Cinkle mast and boom (quite deluxe for boats of the type) is a larger and heavier section than usual for a 20 foot boat, and has internal halyards for the mainsail and foresail, clew outhaul, topping lift, and jiffy reefing, and double lower shrouds. The Triton mainsail and 110% working jib have sail numbers and an insignia. A stern pulpit forms the mainsheet traveler and backstay attatchment point (with adjustable end stops for the traveler); there are two cockpit sheet winches, an aluminum-framed acrylic forehatch, clam cleats, mooring cleats, bow chocks, bow eye, running lights, a sliding companionway hatch, genoa track, and sliding blocks.

Interior: Molded liner featuring a V-berth, two quarter berths, and a raised sink area. Access to the cabin is via a solid teak 3-step ladder, which is removeable to gain access to the bilge and under-cockpit storage area. The aft cabin wall, storage area/bilge access board, and the drop boards are teak-faced marine plywood, as is the dish storage shelves and the berth shelf on the starboard side over the sink, and the mini bulkheads that define the V-berth. There is a transverse wood beam with two stainless compression posts under the mast step, and a teak trimmed access door to the under sink storage area. There are access ports under the pilot berths and V-berth revealing significant storage spaces. Two rotating cabin lights with individual switches are mounted under the support beam, and there is a switch panel on the aft port bulkhead.

The Halman Nordic 20 was, and still is one of the best pocket cruisers around. The ballasted, double-ended North Sea design is stiff and stable, and tracks well downwind with it's full keel. The cockpit of the 1980 model was a bit larger than previous year models... the design changed the lazarette access to the cockpits back wall, rather than through a sealed hatch on the stern deck. It can seat 4 people comfortably. We were amazed at the stability of this boat; you could get up and walk around without tipping the boat over or even seriously affecting the trim. Compared to similar boats, the Halman has a good amount of room in the cabin.

The tiller is large and the boat steers well, in fact steering isn't difficult, even with a considerable press of sail. Three sets of reefing points on the mainsail and one on the working jib permit the boat to work to weather even in strong winds. The outboard itself is mounted on a muli-position bracket that will raise or lower the motor to be tipped up completely clear of the water. This improves sailing speeds, especially in light airs. The bracket is set far enough off-center that the motor can be safely rotated to aid in turning tight corners in either direction when proceeding forward without the propeller striking the rudder.

In 1980 the standard formula for marine fiberglass construction was changed so that blistering became virtually non-existant in most boats hull and deck construction, dramatically improving the integrity of the hull, deck, and cabin top and sides. This boat was built using the new improved formula, and the entire boat has never had any blistering or delamintaion whatsoever, eliminating the concern of costly repairs and maintenance to the fiberglass components of the boat. These boats have been documented as being capable of ocean crossings and are found throughout the world.

[capt.roger]

Hi, Dude,
      Please reply with type of motor, condition of sails, and some interior photos. Thank you for your time and efforts,
                    Calm seas,
                       Capt.Roger

[Dude]

Good morning, Cap'n. Thanks for your interest, but I just sold the boat recently. I forgot I even posted an ad for it here, so I apologize for not removing it, or noting that it had been sold.

So I guess this is an official update: The girl of my dreams has left port, never to return. She's sold.

God bless.

[Pancho and Lefty]

Hey Joris,

How you been doing? Haven't heard from you in a while. Hope things are going well for you these days.

Keep the Faith,

Max

[Dude]

Hi Max, thanks for asking. I'm okay, just trying to keep up. Life got real busy all of a sudden. I sold my boat and bought my son a van. Now the van is in the shop getting Stage 1 of an a/c job. Stage one is installing a new a/c compressor, and a new serpentine belt. Stage two is completion of that job, new dryer and evaporator and all the other parts, and connecting hoses and charging the system. I can't afford to do it in one task, so I asked the garage folks if they would mind doing it in 2 parts. I asked if it could be done that way, and they hemmed and hawed around it a while, and then admitted it could. Then I asked if they would, and I guess business is slim these days, so they agreed to take the job and break it into two parts. As it is it'll cost me over $700, and another $350 to complete the task.

Got the bike in the shop, too, getting 2 new Metzler tires, and a new front rim, wider than the one that was on there. It's a wide glide, might as well get wide. I like the idea of more tread on the road. I had a skinny Avon on there before, now I'm going Metzler, I heard they're real good tires, and I like the additional assurance of tractional expansion. My old Avon had a slow leak anyway. And the rear tire was toast, with a strip of steel belt showing about halfway around the wheel. Insane.

As the world would have it, after the money faded, my van started acting like it was crankin' out of it's mind, wobbling down the road like a wheel was about to leave. I had to limp home and park it. Now I only have my bicycle left if I need to go anywhere, and it'll have to be closeby. I have been out of Synthroid for over a week, and I can't get to the VA clinic to refill. My diabetes is getting rough, and some days I think this is it. But then I have the occasional good day, so I look forward to those, and deal with the bad days as required, or at least as close to as required as I can be. I went to get my drivers license renewed since I've had a new address for over a year, and I was so whacked from my blood sugar being askew that I was cussing at the people behind the counter. Loudly. They wanted me to leave, but after I told them my blood sugar was out of whack, they accepted me there. I think maybe "put up with me" is closer to what actually transpired.

Jesse's looking for a job again, living here at my place. Harley comes over some days, and lives at his mommys mom's (his grandma) place. He's really starting to sprout! Sweet little feller. I can't wait until he's a little older, and walking and talking, so I can take him places and go fishin' and campin' and all that dude stuff that dudes do. I can't wait! But of course I have no choice. I'm blessed to even be his grandpa. Thats good enough for me, the rest is just memories waiting to be made. I am a patient man, really.

I'm a little high right now, so if I make mistakes I won't bother to correct them. The garden is cranking but the sun has really been harsh this year and they're all struggling along. I got a bunch of really nice exotic fruit trees and some cashew seeds and a couple of cashew tree starts. It was a guy who is a friend of my brother, he heard I was into gardening so he drove up from south Florida and brought me a bunch of really cool plants! Most of them are fruit or nut producing, which is exactly what I aim for. So I'm real busy lately in the yard.

There's a lot more, but I'm getting neck pain, so I need to go lay down. Good to see you're still kickin', brother. Hang tough.

God bless.