Four US-based marine companies – NorseBoat Ltd, Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding, Hallett Canvas & Sails and Fawcett Designs – have formed a joint venture to market, build and outfit the NorseBoat line of small craft.

The range includes the NorseBoat 12.5 and 17.5 sailing and rowing cruisers and the NorseBoat 21.5 Cabin and Open models.

Through the joint venture, NorseBoat is overseeing product development and handling sales and marketing from their head office in Prince Edward Island, Canada. Lyman-Morse is building composite parts and completing NorseBoats at their facility in Thomaston, Maine.

Hallett Canvas & Sails outfits the boats with carbon rigs, sails, canvas and cushions from their shop in Falmouth, Maine, while Sean Fawcett oversees design considerations from Cape Elizabeth, Maine.

The NorseBoat 12.5 and 17.5 models for the Canadian and European markets are finished off at NorseBoat's facility in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

The company says it intends to develop new models, including a ballasted sailing-only version of the NorseBoat 17.5 similar in concept to the 21.5 Open. Alden Rowing will also be working with NorseBoat to create a line of recreational rowers using NorseBoat 12.5 and 17.5 hulls.

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