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There was a lot going on in 1957: Lennon met McCartney, Russia launched Sputnik 1 and Britain switched on the Jodrell Bank space observatory, presumably to keep an eye on Sputnik 1. Meanwhile, over in a quiet corner of provincial France, boat enthusiast Henry Jeanneau founded a small boatbuilding company called Jeanneau. Starting with speedboats – with which he found considerable success in endurance races such as the 6 Heures de Paris – Jeanneau expanded his portfolio in the early 1960s to include sailboats. In the years that followed the Jeanneau brand grew and grew to the point that it now forms a major part of the world’s largest boatbuilding conglomerate: Groupe Beneteau. In that time it has launched over 160 different models of power and sailboats, including the subject of this report, the NC9.
Launched in 2012, this 31ft wheelhouse cruiser was only the second model in the newly created NC range, following in the footsteps of the original NC11. With its practical walkaround design, enclosed main deck and clean Scandinavian styling, the NC9 can be used all-year-round and provides a halfway house between
