15' Nordica-16 Class Double-Ended Sloop (1976) - TUFFY

Tuffy is the 304th, of about 400, Nordica 16s built. I bought her from George Essin in the fall of 2019. I fell in love with her hull shape when George found her in Washington and brought her to our local sailing lake several years ago. When I heard he had her for sale I had to buy her.

The Nordica 16 is based on a production boat built in Europe that was based on the Linaes dinghy, built by Danish boatbuilder Ole Jensen as early as the 1820s. The Nordica 16s hull is pretty much a Linaes dinghy with a full, molded in, ballast keel added.