2002 Nordhavn 50

Wild Rumpus is easily single-handed and an ideal two-person, owner-operator trawler. With two cabins, two heads, a raised pilothouse and flybridge, she has generous accommodations with an appropriate balance of inside and outdoor space. Nordhavn 50's are venerated by passage making trawler enthusiasts for their performance underway and range, completing successful Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean crossings. Wild Rumpus was delivered in 2002 and has lived much of her life under covered storage when not out at sea, preserving her graceful appeal.

The notoriety through the boating press and acclaim from seasoned cruisers helped propel the immediate acceptance and popularity that the Nordhavn 50 received since first launching in 1996. Only 28 hulls were built before the model was retired in 2004. Wild Rumpus is hull number eighteen in the series, benefitting from the inclusion of improvements to the layout, features and equipment incorporated by sister ships. The original buyer selected the most popular attributes: wide body saloon, two cabin layout, flybridge, dry stack exhaust with fiberglass mast, crane for dinghy, and walk-through into the master, with teak finish in the cabins.

Many die-hard Nordhavn aficionados have argued that the 50 design — tank-tested, modified full displacement hull with maintenance strakes and bulbous bow — is the most efficient Jeff Leishman model through the water. The Nordhavn 50 and her larger sister the 57 are second generation models, conceived simultaneously and sharing the same look and profile. Her current owner signed her up for the Wheelhouse Technologies maintenance subscription, an excellent resource for the eventual buyer.

You can board Wild Rumpus from the starboard side deck or from the center door in the transom that connects to the swim platform. There is a sliding door with a window in the top portion that glides to reveal a direct entry into the main saloon. The living spaces feature a gorgeous hue of teak joinery — impressive joinery and carpentry craftsmanship throughout. The entry level is spacious (due in part to the widebody configuration) and the saloon benefits from large windows. The custom teak table will accommodate up to six.

• Built-in L-shaped settee to port
• Built-in long settee to starboard (slides open to make into a wide berth)
• Both seating areas have cushions covered with Ultraleather
• Middle windows open for air flow (with screens)
• Gloss-varnished teak saloon table with compass rose inlay and protective cover
• (2) ottoman seats/foot rests
• Flat screen television mounted forward in galley counter
• Custom window shades; fans; dimmer for overhead lights; saloon upgraded to LED overhead lights
• Two lamps; stainless overhead handrail; book shelves; multiple lockers
• Carpet flooring over solid stock teak and spruce

For preparing meals, the galley is set up to provide plenty of counter space and quick easy access to appliances as well as food and utensils. Located at the front end of the saloon and outboard to port, the cook has a great view outside and aft. There is an opening window outboard for excellent ventilation and light, with storage lockers overhead and drawers below counter height. The granite countertop incorporates a double basin undermounted sink.

• Force 10 three-burner propane oven and stove with safety rails and pot catchers; removable wood cutting block top
• (2) SubZero refrigerators (teak panels)
• (2) SubZero freezer drawers (teak panels)
• GE Profile sensor convection/microwave oven
• Broan trash compactor (teak panel); garbage disposal
• Granite countertops and backsplash; polished stainless-steel cooktop back shield
• Lonseal nonslip flooring
• Opening window outboard with fan above for extra air circulation
• Double basin stainless steel sink
• Vertical teak column conceals the main engine dry stack exhaust run

The layout on Wild Rumpus provides two convenient entries into the owner stateroom — quick easy access from the entry level saloon/galley (closed door for privacy) and a separate door at the forward landing from the pilothouse stairs. The wide bed is positioned athwartship in an island arrangement, making it convenient to get in and out from either side. There are multiple hanging lockers and drawers for clothing. Being aft, this stateroom is private, quiet and less prone to motion when underway.

• Queen-sized bed, island configuration with access from three sides
• Two cabin doors — from entry level and forward stairway
• Reading lights; bed stand
• Forward counter-height locker with opening shelves/fiddles
• Opening portlights outboard
• Television locker with tambour doors (no television)
• Hanging lockers with aromatic wood lining
• Mirror on forward bulkhead; drawers; fans; carpeting
• Sealed, quiet engine room access door

The private head to starboard is convenient with a granite counter and sink, stand-up stall shower with curtain, and fresh water toilet. A medicine cabinet with mirror plus lockers and drawers stow all of your personal hygiene supplies.

• Vacuflush fresh water toilet
• Stand-up shower with built-in seat and tempered glass shower door
• Medicine cabinet with mirror
• Opening portlight
• Sink inset in granite countertop
• Lonseal vinyl flooring with carpet mat
• Drawers and lockers for storage
• Holding tank gauge — Tank Tender

The guest stateroom is under the foredeck and entered by coming down the forward stairs at the front of the pilothouse. There is a wide double bed to port and a desk with swing stool to starboard — an ideal office space and storage location when you don't have visitors. The entire finish is teak. The forward head is concealed by a privacy door and contains a stand-up shower, freshwater toilet and granite counter with sink, medicine locker and drawers.

• Double bed to port with drawers and storage under
• Night stand
• Opening hatches above; opening portlights outboard on each side
• Hanging locker; storage lockers; book shelves
• Desk to starboard with swivel chair
• Carpeted flooring
• Head with overhead hatch, Vacuflush freshwater toilet, granite counter with inset sink, medicine locker, lockers and drawers, stand-up shower with curtain, Lonseal flooring

The pilothouse is a comfortable command post on Wild Rumpus. The visibility is excellent on both sides and forward. There are two sliding doors outboard that lead to the Portuguese bridge. The forward console and dash is well laid out with the navigation and communication priorities, and there is a Stidd helm chair for the skipper. Main engine, wing engine and generator controls are all mounted for ease of operation. Aft is a comfortable L-shaped settee with storage, fronted by a fixed teak table, with a hatch behind for passing through to the flybridge. A top-load freezer is underneath the port shelf area, and a wet hanging locker is aft and inboard. The laundry appliances are outboard in the forward stairway.

• Stidd helm chair; stainless steel destroyer wheel; ABT electric bow thruster
• Lugger main engine control panel with MMC electronic single-lever control
• Yanmar wing engine control panel with Morse dual lever control
• Northern Lights generator panel
• AC 120/240V breaker panel to starboard; DC 12/24V breaker panel to port
• ABT Trac active fin stabilizer control head
• (2) Trace-Xantrex inverter remote panels; Link 10 battery monitor
• Raymarine 4kW open array radar; (3) Raymarine Hybrid touch displays
• Simrad AP-20 autopilot with rudder angle indicator; Simrad IS15 wind display and repeater
• Furuno GPS navigator GP-31; Furuno Class B AIS
• Argonaut display monitor; CCTV split screen display
• Glomex weBBoat 4G coastal internet antenna
• FLIR M232 marine thermal camera (night vision)
• Raymarine augmented reality display
• Icom and Standard Horizon VHF radios; Icom M710 HF SSB radio
• KVH TracVision G-4 (disabled)
• Maxwell windlass control; Ritchie compass; Jabsco spotlight; Kahlenberg air compressor horn
• Wet hanging locker; chart drawers under settee landing; top load freezer behind settee
• Asko clothes washer and dryer

• Cruisair remote compressors, 56,000 BTU heat/air system with SMX controls and reverse cycle warm air with heat strips
• Fans in selected areas for optimum air flow
• Varnished teak paneling with solid teak trim throughout (including staterooms)
• Granite countertops in galley and heads
• Grohe fixtures in heads, showers and galley
• Interior courtesy lights
• Custom window covers for saloon windows; Textilene covers for pilothouse windows
• Carpeted interior
• Nordhavn owner manual; manuals for onboard equipment; cruising guides and charts
• Note: the headliner throughout is due for replacement, factored into the offer price

The primary machinery space is laid out for ease of service and maintenance. You will most often enter from the large door with viewing window in the aft bulkhead of the owner cabin. PAE did an excellent job keeping the Nordhavn 50 engine room quiet. The proprietary maintenance strakes grant you more headroom, and the outboard benches provide a place to sit while doing engine room checks. The Lugger main is over the bilge with dry stack exhaust above; the Yanmar wing engine and Northern Lights generator occupy the aft section. Aft is a door for entry into the lazarette.

• Fiberglass fuel tanks with sight glasses
• Bench seats outboard of the main with storage inside
• Lugger L6108A main engine with MMC control box
• Keel cooler hoses; dual Racor 75-1000 with selection valve for main
• Yanmar 3JH3ME wing engine with V-drive transmission, independent stuffing box, shaft and folding propeller
• Walbro fuel transfer pump and timer
• Northern Lights 12 kW generator in sound shield
• Reverso oil change pump
• High water bilge pump, electric deep bilge pump, Edson manual bilge pump
• Air intake fans and blowers to evacuate hot air
• CCTV camera aft facing forward
• Fireboy fire suppression with manual pull cable
• Access to inspect active fin stabilizer rams and actuators

This aft machinery space is below the aft deck and has access from the cockpit hatch above and through a door from the engine room. The overhead hatch has sliding barrel bolts to secure the lid when you are off the vessel. The steering table with rudder stuffing box and autopilot controls is beefy and the hydraulic hoses are cleanly routed. There are air conditioning compressors, batteries and the two inverters (plus bypass). The 600-gallon-per-day watermaker is installed aft, with an emergency tiller ready in the overhead.

• Large fiberglass hatch with gaskets and slide bolt locks; nonskid fiberglass flooring
• (2) Trace Xantrex inverters with inverter bypass switch; Charles C battery charger
• Fireboy fire suppression
• House battery bank
• Rudder stuffing box and steering table with hydraulic hose runs and bypass; emergency tiller
• Cruisair air conditioning compressors and pump
• Sea Recovery Aqua Whisper 600 GPD watermaker

The swim platform is an ideal location to center your dinghy operations, with U-rail staples and a swim ladder. Entering the stern gate brings you to the cockpit; you can also arrive from the starboard midship gate. There is a ladder forward to starboard for a quick climb to the boat deck. Beneath is the lazarette, accessed through the large hinged fiberglass hatch. The cockpit is partially covered by the boat deck.

• Swim platform with U rails; boarding gate from swim platform to cockpit
• Varnished teak cap rail
• Propane locker aft; storage locker aft
• Cockpit "docking station" with thrusters and engine shift
• Emergency tiller deck plate access
• Barbecue mounts
• Built-in fiberglass storage console with sink and drawers to port
• Freeing ports for shipping blue water in large seas
• Built-in stainless ladder for access to the boat deck
• Lifesling canister; folding teak table with cover
• Hawse pipes with cleat horns for line handling
• Large fiberglass hatch for access to the lazarette
• Wide covered walking side deck to starboard from the cockpit forward to steps up to the Portuguese bridge

Forward of the pilothouse is the protective Portuguese bridge, which includes a hinged gate door that provides egress to the foredeck. There is a double door locker on the inboard side of the Portuguese bridge. The foredeck is above the guest stateroom and has a hatch in the center. The ground tackle is controlled by the Maxwell windlass, guided through a stainless anchor platform and rollers to feed into the chain locker below.

• Stainless steel bow pulpit; stainless breast plate below anchor platform
• Tall railing with stainless tube top and two rows of lifelines
• Stainless anchor platform; recessed anchor well with overboard drains
• Maxwell windlass with (2) foot button controls
• Chain locker below deck; hawse pipes with horns for cleating dock lines
• Molded-in fiberglass deck box
• (2) Dorade scoops vented to the staterooms, with cover plates
• 50-amp house and 50-amp air conditioning shore power connections; hose bib

You arrive at the boat deck from the port side of the pilothouse, or by climbing the built-in ladder from the cockpit. This is a large area with stainless steel railing outlining the perimeter. The 10' Bullfrog aluminum tender is mounted athwartships and deployed using the stainless steel Aritex crane. You can head forward, on the same level, to the flybridge, passing the vented fiberglass dry stack exhaust tower.

• Bullfrog 10' yacht tender with aluminum hull and roto-molded sponsons, seating and steering console (2020)
• Stainless rails for tender storage; cover for tender
• Tohatsu 20 HP outboard
• Aritex hydraulic and electric crane with canvas cover
• Fender boards for pilings
• Switlik 6-person life raft in canister with canvas cover
• Fiberglass mast tower for dry stack exhaust with forward and wing antenna mounts; folding steps for tower access
• Courtesy flag halyards and spreader lights on wings
• VHF hailer facing aft; TracVision dome; FLIR night vision; lightning dissipater; Raymarine open array radar
• Stainless steel ladder access from starboard side of cockpit

The flybridge on Wild Rumpus is a very popular location. There is a Todd helm chair for the skipper and bench seating to port for the crew to relax. The overhead is covered with a framed Bimini top. The instrument console features two Raymarine Hybrid touch displays as well as a Simrad autopilot and repeater. The Lugger main is controlled via the electric MMC control, and you can also keep your eye on the stabilizers and operate the windlass from this bridge.

• Aluminum-framed Bimini cover overhead; venturi wind screen
• Stainless steel vertical destroyer wheel
• Todd helm chair; bench seating to port
• Lugger main engine control panel with MMC electronic control
• Built-in instrument console
• (2) Raymarine Hybrid touch displays — radar, chart plotter with split screens
• Simrad AP-20 autopilot; Simrad repeater (depth, speed); Furuno GP-31 GPS
• M502 VHF radio; Ritchie compass
• ABT Trac stabilizer panel; ABT bow thruster toggle
• Jabsco search light control; Maxwell windlass control; Kahlenberg horn button
• Stereo speakers; GFCI covered outlet; opening hatch to pilothouse; teak decking
• The pilothouse roof, forward of the venturi, has the augmented reality camera, search light and dual trumpet horns mounted atop

• Switlik 6-person life raft in canister
• EPIRBs — one in pilothouse and one in ditch bag
• Ditch bag with EPIRB, VHF radio, portable water maker and flares
• Life jackets and all USCG safety equipment, flares, fire extinguishers
• Fireboy fire suppression system in engine room and in lazarette
• Jabsco electric bilge pump; electric high-water bilge pump; Edson manual bilge pump
• Lifesling mounted in cockpit
• Storm plates for saloon windows (stowed off vessel)
• Emergency tiller

Primary upgrades showing pride of ownership include: October 2018 — generator service (muffler, exhaust, coolant, starter, flywheel, mounts, valves), Yanmar wing engine service, Lugger main engine service. January 2019 — inverters removed/inspected and bypass system installed, water maker annual service. February 2019 — main engine block heater installed, general service list (multiple minor repairs), all toilet discharge sanitation hoses replaced, winterizing valves installed, wing engine shaft stuffing box replaced, generator underwater exhaust seacock replaced, both FireBoy systems serviced, life raft serviced/re-certified with two EPIRBs, new bottom paint/zincs/wax with Prop Speed, LED lighting upgrade in engine room and lazarette. Summer 2019 — major nav/com electronics upgrade (2 VHFs, new antenna, 5 Raymarine MFD screens, sonar, 4kW radar, augmented reality camera, FLIR M232 thermal camera, Airmar weather station). July 2019 — new canvas. August 2019 — new 50-amp house shore power receptacle, TRAC active fin hydraulic hoses/impeller/zinc, bilge pump switch, master door veneer repair. November 2019 — Wheelhouse Technologies vessel management software, Glomex WiFi gateway. March 2020 — head pump repair, water maker service, annual bottom paint with Prop Speed/zincs/wax, both FireBoy systems serviced, crane base re-bedded, new 2020 Bullfrog Yacht Tender with 20 HP Tohatsu. April 2020 — Maxwell windlass service. July 2020 — hydraulic pump replaced and heat exchanger cleaned. September 2020 — main bilge pump repair. November/December 2020 — annual oil and filter changes, yard haul out and annual service.