Built to race under RORC ratings.
“…the hull was shipped to Camper and Nicholson’s for the interior. An interesting feature of the boat was that the centreboard was lifted by manually-actuated reciprocating hydraulic pumps”. Information courtesy of Tony Hays who has raced on Noryema IV and V (Peter Nicholson designs), Noryema VI and VII (Dick Carter designs), and the eighth Noryema (a stock Sparkman and Stephens design) which is the only non-American boat to win the Bermuda Race.