Review of Nord West 410 Flybridge

Basic specs.

The Nord West 410 Flybridge is a large motorboat designed by the Swedish maritime architect Benny Martinsson in the early nineties. The Nord West 410 Flybridge is built by the Swedish yard Nord West Yachts AB.

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Hull

The hull is made of fibreglass. Generally, a hull made of fibreglass requires only a minimum of maintenance during the sailing season.

Interior

The interior is like many other boats made of mahogany. Mahogany belongs to the hardwood species, known for being water-repellent and resistant to decay. It has an attractive wood grain and holds wood polish and varnish well.
The boat is equipped with 3 cabins, 4-8 berths, a galley, 400.0 liter fresh water capacity, toilet facility and 170.0 liter waste water capacity.

Engine

The Nord West 410 Flybridge has been equipped with different engine alternatives.

Alternative 1:

The boat may be equipped with dual inboard Yanmar 6LY2-Ste diesel engines at 840 hp (625 kW).

The transmission is a shaft drive. A shaft drive will in the long run require less maintenance than other types of drive e.g. a sail drive.

Alternative 2:

Nord West 410 Flybridge may be equipped with dual inboard Volvo Penta KAMD 43 P engines at 460 hp (342 kW).

The fuel tank, which is made of stainless steel, has a capacity of 1000.0 liters (264 US gallons, 219 imperial gallons).

Sailing characteristics

This section covers widely used rules of thumb to describe the sailing characteristics. Please note that even though the calculations are correct, the interpretation of the results might not be valid for extreme boats.

EU classification

Nord West 410 Flybridge holds a CE certification:

The boat is by European Union certified as Class C. INSHORE:

Designed for voyages in coastal waters, large bays, estuaries, lakes and rivers where conditions up to, and including, wind force 6 (Beaufort scale) and significant wave heights up to, and including, 2 m may be experienced.

Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Nord West 410 Flybridge is about 310 kg/cm, alternatively 1739 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 310 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 1739 lbs cargo on the boat it will sink 1 inch.

Sailing statistics

This section is statistical comparison with similar boats of the same category. The basis of the following statistical computations is our unique database with more than 26,000 different boat types and 350,000 data points.

L/B (Length Beam Ratio)

What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?

The l/b ratio for Nord West 410 Flybridge is 3.21.

Compared with other similar motor boats it is more spacy than 54% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a slightly more spacy hull design.

Curiosities

Powerboat?

In Denmark, you are required to have achieved a 'powerboat driving license' in order to sail a powerboat.
In this context a boat is considered a powerboat if:

Danish definition of a powerboat

According to this definition this boat is categorized as a Powerboat.

Maintenance

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References

[Ref 1]: ISO 8666 Small craft — Principal data.
[Ref 3]: ISO 12215-5 Small craft — Hull construction and scantlings.