More Nomad history

On advice from Floyd over at TSP I began looking into the Comet 20. "Ozboatie" put together a bit of info on the Comet, apparently the Comet began life as the Nomad before a split lead to one partner modifying the mold to be the Comet and the other still building the Nomad.

From Ozboatie on TSP:

History
The original design was know as a Nomad trailer sailer and was designed and built in N.S.W .by two partners. They had a disagreement and split up. One came to Melbourne with the mould. He modified it by adding a cabin hatch and raising the cabin height, changing the bow shape and the interior mouldings. He started a boat sales yard under the name of Bardo Sales.

The Comet is a far better looking boat than the Nomad. There were also a small number of 18’s made . There were about 65 or 70 Comets sold.

Comet 20 - the bow and pushpit are obviously different to the Nomad 20 but the cabin top is clearly very similar.

This Comet looks to be on the same trailer as my Nomad.

A Comet interior (I don't know if this was standard). I believe my Nomad originally had a similar starboard galley but this was later cut away.

Comet 20 sales information.

How the numbers stack up based on the sales info for each make

...................................Comet 20..............Nomad 20
Length...........................19'7" ...................19'3"
Beam...............................7'3".....................7'2"
Head Room....................4'6"....................4'6"
Main Sail ...................100 ft sq..........108 ft sq
Jib.................................94 ft sq.............60 ft sq
Displacement..........1600 lb..................1600 lb
Ballast........................500 lb ..................330 lb
Draft plate up...............11" .......................12"
Draft plate down.........4'3"......................4'6"