1999 Nordhavn 50

Twins is a 1999 Nordhavn 50 that was purchased by her second owner in Washington and has spent the majority of her "second wind" cruising in Mexico. After four years of wonderful ownership she has been put on the market so that her sellers can attend to other interests. This is the space-efficient three-stateroom layout, and she is a very well equipped boat that is set up to cross oceans and venture on long range cruises. With only 29 Nordhavn 50's built, Twins represents an excellent opportunity.

Twins is hull number 10. The Nordhavn 50 was designed to look like a contemporary motor yacht — low and sleek — with a few obvious trawler features, like her Portuguese bridge and bulbous bow, which announce the fact that she is a ruggedly constructed long range full displacement cruiser. She was originally ordered by an experienced yachtsman who had previously owned many different vessels, including a Nordhavn 46. Her current owner lavishes attention on her weekly and enjoys keeping her polished and in show room condition.

Twins is a low-profile, three-stateroom-layout, wide-body saloon design with a port side dining table, FRP dry stack exhaust, Nick Jackson crane, and varnished teak interior throughout complemented with white laminate bulkheads in the master and heads. Offshore necessities include a Yanmar wing engine, Naiad active fin stabilizers, survival raft and EPIRB. She is a 12V boat with a Xantrex Mariner 2500-watt inverter/charger, powered by 50-amp shore power or the 12 kW Northern Lights generator.

You board Twins from either the transom swim platform door or the molded-in starboard side deck hull door. A large molded fiberglass sliding door permits entry into the saloon. The saloon and galley merge into a convivial and functional single-level area where you can relax, dine and converse. The teak joinery is beautiful and is well complemented by the Surrell countertops in the galley. There are custom cloth curtains in the saloon for privacy, and immediately to starboard is a tall hanging wet locker with drain.

To starboard are two Ekornes chairs for lounging and reading, separated by a comfortable locker stand that houses a television. To port is a large L-shaped settee with storage beneath and a beautiful Pompanette high-low varnished teak dining table with folding leaves that converts to a coffee table. Forward of the settee is a wine bottle storage rack locker. The teak and spruce sole is covered by wall-to-wall carpet, and the saloon, galley and master head have been upgraded to LED overhead lights. The dry stack exhaust column is concealed as part of the galley bulkhead.

The galley is forward to port and benefits with more counter space due to the preferred wide-body layout. There is a Sub Zero refrigerator forward and a second Sub Zero aft (fridge top/freezer bottom with ice maker), supplemented by a top-load freezer in the wheelhouse. The Force 10 propane three-burner stove and oven is forward, protected by a touch-pad propane solenoid controller and fume detectors. The double basin corner stainless steel sink maximizes space, with a Grohe pull-out faucet and a separate Aqua Pure tap for purified drinking water. There is a GE Profile microwave up high and a Broan trash compactor below the counter. Twins was built with the stairway option down to the master stateroom rather than a pantry locker.

The command center of the Nordhavn 50 is the elevated pilothouse where you are afforded a spectacular view of your surroundings. This is a pilothouse-forward design, great for looking ahead. The windows are all commercial strength with beautiful teak frames, and the forward dash cabinetry is teak with charcoal-colored laminate instrument panels. There are two sliding doors (port and starboard) that lead outside to the Portuguese bridge. Just behind the helm chair is a settee bench fronted by a fixed table, with stowage underneath and a chart drawer under the foot landing. Behind the bench is a watch berth that covers the top-load freezer.

You can take command steering with the impressive stainless steel destroyer wheel. On the flat horizontal dash the main engine dual lever controls and wing engine lever shift controls are easy to reach, as is the bow thruster joystick and windlass toggle. The pilothouse is air conditioned with reverse cycle heating. There is a practical electronics island that extends aft from the starboard side of the dash and houses the AC breakers; to port is a DC panel. A wet hanging locker is aft in close proximity to the sliding door.

The wheelhouse has a smoothly curved nine-step staircase forward that leads to the staterooms. This stairwell is beautifully varnished teak with a stainless steel handrail and grooved steps for sure footing. The stairwell includes lockers and binder storage outboard to starboard — the large one midway down the steps houses the Asko clothes dryer. The Asko clothes washer is concealed behind teak louvered doors in the master cabin/head dividing bulkhead.

The master stateroom is below the wheelhouse and features a large queen-sized island berth running athwartships for maximum comfort while underway. You can enter the master from the saloon descending five steps, or by coming forward through the pilothouse and entering from the forward stairwell landing. This stateroom was purposely finished with white laminate bulkheads to provide a lighter and more spacious feel, with teak ceilings along the hull side at the head of the bed and teak trim throughout. There are full-length camphor-lined and lighted hanging lockers to port and starboard, plenty of drawer storage under and beside the bed, and a large dressing mirror on the forward bulkhead. The master berth has a specially ordered custom memory foam mattress, and the headroom is 6'5". There are two hot water heaters neatly concealed beneath the bed.

The master connects to a large head outboard to starboard, which includes a Jabsco electric fresh water toilet, a Surrell counter with flush sink and a separate shower stall with Grohe fixtures, built-in seat and floor pan with sump pump drain. The engine room door on the aft bulkhead features a viewing window and is a double gasketed, double dogged seal.

The guest staterooms are forward and this area of the boat is divided with a centerline bulkhead. Pocket doors open each cabin, and they are essentially a mirrored reflection of one another with two built-in single berths (one on top of the other), some drawer and locker space including bed stands, and each room has its own access door up two steps to the shared head and shower forward. There are opening port lights in each cabin and fans for nice air circulation. Both guest staterooms include mirrors and are finished with beautiful teak joinery plus teak and spruce soles.

Forward is a raised section that includes a generous head and a large shower with curtain. The sink has a generous surface area and there are plenty of storage lockers. The flooring of the head incorporates a lift-up hatch giving access to the forward bilge area, including a way to service the bow thruster. There is a large opening hatch above the shower with a screen.

The engine room is located below the main saloon and is primarily accessed through the door in the aft end of the master stateroom — it is extremely well laid out and easy to move around in. You can also enter via the aft door connecting the lazarette with the engine room, or through the removable section of the saloon floor. You will be impressed with the 5'-plus headroom around the engine, created by Nordhavn's signature maintenance strakes. The dry stack exhaust is cleanly routed up and away using mummy-wrapped blanket insulation, and the powerful Lugger main engine is installed on centerline. The entire engine room is insulated with lead sound dampening and shrouded with perforated aluminum sheeting.

All of the valves for fuel lines are prominently mounted on the starboard transverse fuel tank bulkhead, arranged to be neatly mirrored between supply and return manifolds. Forward and outboard, the Naiad stabilizer fin actuators and rams are accessible, with the Naiad hydraulic oil reservoir installed forward to port. The aft section is equipped with a Yanmar wing engine to port and a 12 kW Northern Lights generator to starboard. Twins has a plumbed-in oil change system for the main and generator, and a Fireboy built-in extinguisher. Two fresh water Paragon pumps are mounted forward to starboard.

Located beneath the aft deck cockpit, the lazarette is accessed via a massive fiberglass deck hatch or from the door at the aft end of the engine room. The hydraulic steering is located aft and there is also an emergency tiller available in a pinch. There are several through hulls, all easy to get to. Twins has an extremely reliable 55-gallon-per-hour HRO water maker, and the Trace Mariner 2500-watt inverter/battery charger is located forward. The lazarette has plenty of available space for storing oil, spare parts and other gear.

The two-tone deck with contrasting gel coat colors between the smooth and diamond-pattern non-skid is very easy on your eyes, particularly on a bright sunny day. The foredeck and boat deck feature stainless steel stanchions and lifelines. The protection offered by the Portuguese bridge forward of the wheelhouse is an incredibly secure area for scanning the horizon while underway. The cockpit is high-walled to keep the seas out and the waterline deck level has built-in freeing ports to quickly shed any boarding seas. The dinghy and outboard are mounted on the boat deck, accessed up the port side, securely hemmed in by protective stainless steel railing.

This cockpit is a great place to barbecue or just relax at anchor. The boat deck overhang only extends part way over the cockpit so that if you are fishing off the transom you have more room to swing back your rod. There is a large centerline hatch for entering the lazarette below. The port transom locker contains two large 20 lb. braced aluminum tanks and is vented overboard. There is a boarding door to starboard along the side deck in the middle of the saloon and one aft to connect with the swim platform. The cockpit has both seawater and freshwater wash down taps, and a water softener tank system with carbon filter in the aft starboard locker. The ladder that leads to the boat deck was custom ordered to have a steeper angle to provide extra room in the cockpit. The swim platform includes a stainless steel swim ladder, U rails, non-skid surfaces and extra hand rails.

You get to the foredeck by going forward via the Portuguese bridge through a hinged molded fiberglass door on the starboard side. Immediately forward of the Portuguese bridge there is a large molded-in deck box along centerline for stowing lines, hoses, shore power cords and fenders. The stout stainless steel double anchor roller is backed by a rugged Maxwell 3500 electric windlass that can be operated by deck foot buttons and/or by a toggle in the pilothouse. The anchor is a 55 kg Rocna attached to 400' of 3/8" high test chain, and the anchor well contains any muddy runoff and directs drainage overboard. There are two wash down spigots forward (fresh and sea water). Shore power connections are located forward to port and include 30-amp house, 50-amp house and 50-amp air conditioning connections.

Leaving the pilothouse and heading aft along the port side you go up four steps to the boat deck. This area is expansive aft and transitions forward into the upgraded fiberglass stack on centerline which houses the dry stack exhaust. On centerline is a versatile Nick Jackson hydraulic dinghy crane, painted white. The boat deck is equipped with the ship's tender, an 11' Avon RIB with a 15 HP Evinrude outboard, mounted on custom stainless steel chocks with quick-release tie downs. The DBC SOLAS 6-man life raft canister is mounted aft to port.

The wheelhouse roof is a large surface area fitted with a well-designed solar panel system to take advantage of free energy and extend quiet time at anchor. The dry stack exhaust exits from a stainless steel exhaust pipe (with a rain cover attached to a retrieval leash). The fiberglass stack is designed for electronics mounting, with both radars secured on the forward face, along with a lightning ground dissipater, wind instruments, SeaTel dome, flag halyards, Firdell blipper, flood lights and various antennas.

• Lugger 6108 main engine, keel cooled with dry stack exhaust
• Four fiberglass fuel tanks with fuel line for supply and transfer manifolds
• Naiad #201 active fin stabilizers
• Yanmar 27 HP wing engine with folding Martec two-blade propeller
• American Bow Thruster 10 HP 24V bow thruster
• Marineair air conditioning, four-zone (saloon, pilothouse, master and guest stateroom) with SMX controls and reverse cycle heating
• Webasto diesel hydronic heating system for saloon, cabins and heads
• Fireboy fire suppression system for engine room
• Spurs line cutter on main engine propeller shaft
• Oil changing pump for main and generator
• Trace Mariner 2500 pure sine wave inverter with battery charger
• Northern Lights 12 kW generator
• (6) Sanyo solar panels with (2) Outback controllers
• Xantrex Pro Link battery monitor
• (1) 50' 50-amp shore power cord, (2) 50' 30-amp shore power cords, (1) 30/50-amp splitter

• Force 10 three-burner propane stove and oven
• Sub Zero refrigerator with shelves; Sub Zero refrigerator top with freezer bottom and ice maker
• Asko 11505 clothes washer; Asko 7005 clothes dryer
• Surrell counters in heads and galley
• Fresh water deck wash down at bow, stern and engine room; cockpit and foredeck sea water wash down
• (1) 11-gallon and (1) 6-gallon Seaward hot water heaters
• Aqua Pure fresh water filter and tap in galley; Fecteau water softener tank with filter
• HRO 55 GPH water maker
• (2) Paragon fresh water pressure pumps plumbed with crossover valves
• (2) Big Blue filters (5m carbon, 5m sediment) plumbed into house fresh water system; Groco accumulator
• Jabsco electric fresh water toilet in master; Jabsco manual sea water toilet in guest head
• Raritan Electro Scan holding tank purifier; Sealand electric holding tank pump (plus spare)
• Edson manual bilge pump, Rule electric bilge pump, high water bilge alarm

• Furuno 72-mile radar with 5' open array antenna; Furuno 36-mile radar with 24" dome antenna
• Furuno GP 32 GPS/WAAS chart plotter; Furuno FCV-582L LCD color fish finder and depth sounder
• Furuno Fax 3D weather fax; Furuno NX 500 navtex receiver
• MaxSea electronic charts; Lenovo PC laptop for navigation on a rotating surface mount
• Simrad Robertson AP20 autopilot with rate compass, interfaced with radar, GPS and chart plotting computer
• Simrad A-B NAIS-300L AIS receiver and transmitter; Northstar 941X GPS
• Interphase twin-scope sonar/depth sounder
• Seawatch television antenna; SeaTel 2498 satellite television dome; Rabbit transmitter and receiver system
• Icom IC-M502 VHF radio; SEA 156 VHF radio; SEAHAIL loudhailer; West Marine submersible handheld VHF
• SEA 2250 HF SSB (control head installed, needs new tuner)
• Rogue Wave WiFi long range antenna; Sirius Starmate satellite radio
• RC 6 inverter panel; Xantrex Linkpro battery monitor
• Naiad Multisea II roll stabilizer control panel
• Tankwatch 4 holding tank monitor; Hart tank tender fresh water monitor
• ABT bow thruster joystick control; Maxwell anchor winch remote control
• Alpine AM/FM stereo with amplifier and speakers; Davis weather station; HRO watermaker remote panel
• Kahlenberg dual trumpet horn; Ritchie Powerdamp compass

• Maxwell 3500 reversing windlass with foredeck and pilothouse controls; 55 kg Rocna anchor with 400' of 3/8" BBB chain; stainless steel breast plate; Bruce 33 lb. secondary anchor with 40' chain and 250' rode
• Forespar at-anchor flopper stopper rigging on port side
• Avon 11' rigid inflatable with cover, stainless steel dinghy chocks, 15 HP Evinrude four-stroke outboard
• Nick Jackson hydraulic crane
• Awlgrip-painted teak caprail on transom and Portuguese bridge
• Staple rails, L-shaped handles and swim ladder on the swim platform
• Magma propane barbecue with mount and cover; storm plate receptacles for port saloon windows
• Custom cloth shades for saloon windows; custom memory foam mattress in master; (8) Hella DC turbo fans; LED overhead lights in saloon, galley and master head; carpeting in saloon and pilothouse
• DBC SOLAS 6-person offshore life raft canister in cradle on boat deck; ACR Satellite 406 EPIRB; Firdell 210-7 blipper radar reflector
• (2) adult survival immersion suits; (4) West Marine inflatable Sospenders; Lifesling in plastic case mounted in cockpit; 1" thick towing line; Coast Guard safety equipment

The current owners purchased Twins in 2011 and have invested over $100,000 in improvements in addition to normal maintenance, including: Awlcraft Royal Blue hull paint; Ekornes Consul black leather chairs and Royalty carpet throughout (2011); LED overhead lights, window tinting, Jabsco electric freshwater toilet in master, all sanitary hoses replaced, Lugger main engine full service with new mounts, Fernstrum keel cooler reseal, fuel tanks drained/cleaned/pressure tested, Fireboy recharged, Yanmar wing engine full service, Marineair and Webasto full service, Hynautic steering serviced, new Rule bilge pump, new Rocna primary anchor, flopper stopper system installed, Trace Mariner inverter, Northern Lights generator full service, all batteries replaced, windlass rebuild (all 2011); main engine Harco stainless silencer, Naiad stabilizers upgraded to center-locking valve with new seals, steering cylinder piston replaced, LED combo anchor/steaming light, (6) Sanyo 225-watt solar panels with two Outback controllers, SeaTel satellite TV dome, HRO watermaker rebuilt (all 2012); HRO new membrane (2013); rebuilt forward Paragon fresh water pump, hull waxed, bottom paint renewed (2014); new intake strainers (2015).