Nord West 370 Sportstop

The SportsTop was the fourth version of the 370, launched in January 2009 according to PowerYacht Blog, three months after the open Sport. The yard spec page gives the production years as 2009 to 2013. Both Motor Boats Monthly and PowerYacht say the only difference from the Sport is the top: a hardtop with a canvas roof section that folds back electrically. Motor Boats Monthly measured 6 ft 2 in of headroom under it and a sunbathing opening about 6 ft long. The top made the SportsTop about GBP 18,000 dearer than the Sport.

The 370 hull was designed by Benny Martinsson, Nord West's owner and designer, and credited on the designer's own spec pages as 'Benny Martinsson, 2008'. PowerYacht Blog describes it as a variable-deadrise vee with a fine entry, drawn to work with both sterndrives and Volvo Penta IPS pods, and used unchanged under all four 370 versions: Flybridge, Coupe, Sport and SportsTop. All four share the yard's figures of 11.8 m length, 3.5 m beam, 1.2 m draft, about 9 tonnes, 800 l of fuel and 435 l of water, and the yard spec pages give 2008 or 2009 to 2013 as the production years.

The cockpit, two-thirds covered by the hardtop, has a C-shaped settee to port, a wet bar with a grill opposite and a two-seat helm to starboard. Below, the interior matches the Sport's: an owner's double forward, a guest double aft with a settee, an L-shaped galley and a dinette that converts to a further double, and one heads, all finished in mahogany. Air draught is 3.8 m, or 3.2 m with the radar arch lowered, and the RCD category is B.

PowerYacht Blog lists D4-260, D4-300 and D6-370 sterndrives and IPS400 with D4-300 engines. It gives top speeds of 40 knots with the D6-370, 36 knots with the D4-300 sterndrives and 31 knots with IPS400, and a best range of 309 nautical miles with D4-300 sterndrives at about 28 knots. It preferred the sterndrives for speed and handling. Motor Boats Monthly found the SportsTop slightly slower to accelerate than the Sport but more measured at the helm.