2005 Nordhavn 47

Bluewater is a truly exceptional vessel that is in wonderful condition. She changed hands in 2021 and her new owners took an accomplished work horse and refreshed her with improvements to cosmetics and mechanicals. Hull 32 in the series, she looks like a boat half her age. Her interior layout features the coveted two-stateroom, two-head layout. When it comes to Bluewater, the first word that comes to mind is "prepared" — her systems and abundant spare parts on board make her a very capable ocean crossing vessel.

The original owners were experienced cruisers who studied the Nordhavn line extensively during the NAR Atlantic crossing in 2004. They selected the Nordhavn 47 as the ideal size and asked for one major concession: a conventional wet exhaust for the Lugger main engine instead of the standard keel-cooled dry stack configuration. With many redundant systems and numerous upgrades, Bluewater has thrived offshore — Caribbean cruising, an Atlantic crossing, the Mediterranean, then the summer waters of Maine and the Canadian Maritimes. After 16 years she transitioned to the second owners, who cruised the eastern seaboard, the Bahamas and the Chesapeake while finalizing plans to cross the Atlantic; personal matters have since changed those priorities.

Bluewater shines with a high-end HK Research gelcoat — one of only three famous Nordhavns (46 Egret, 47 Bluewater and 52 Dirona) molded with this special gelcoat. The luster was enhanced in 2022 with latitude 26 nano ceramic coating. In 2023 the saloon cushions and upholstery were replaced with tapioca Ultrasuede; the pilothouse upholstery was redone with black ultra-leather in 2022. She had shipyard work in 2022 to refresh bottom paint and replace anodes, and a new Aquamet 22 stainless steel shaft (2.5") and Spurs line cutter were installed. The many redundant systems, comprehensive navigation and communication gear, excellent equipment and numerous conveniences make her a very special vessel, ready for coastal cruising or ocean crossing.

Boarding Bluewater from the swim platform, you enter her cockpit through a transom boarding gate. Bluewater's cockpit features a fresh water and sea water washdown hookup and a remote docking station. This protected deck has a door opening to the foredeck and wraps around the front of the pilothouse before turning aft for a swift flight of steps up to the spacious boat deck. To starboard, the covered side deck leads forward to a set of steps ascending to the Portuguese bridge.

From the aft cockpit and through a weather-tight Dutch door, you find yourself entering a spacious and cozy saloon with galley forward to port. Forward and to starboard, side steps bring you up to her raised pilothouse, which includes a Stidd helm chair and watch berth. Starboard of the pilothouse, a semi-spiral staircase leads down into the forward accommodations. The guest stateroom is forward with a double bed, pipe berth, desk, shower and head. The owner cabin is aft and features a queen island berth, with the private owner head attached to starboard. The door aft in the owner stateroom provides the easiest access to the engine room.

The cockpit is a versatile dock space that can be used for outdoor lounging, fishing or docking. You can enter aft from the swim deck or along the starboard side mid lower deck. The swim deck is slightly lower than the cockpit deck to provide easier access in and out of the water; it features a large hinged swim ladder with two U-rails aft and two L-rails outboard for boarding support. The large built-in transom door securely divides the swim deck from the cockpit. The cockpit is a long and wide, mostly covered outdoor area with room for lounging chairs and a cocktail table. There is a large hatch access to the lazarette below, and a sea water/freshwater cockpit shower. To starboard is a covered remote docking station featuring engine, thruster and rudder controls.

• Cockpit docking station with engine, rudder and thruster controls
• (2) L-shaped handrails on transom; (2) U-shaped removable stanchions on swim step
• Sea water/freshwater rinse
• (2) propane tanks in locker with propane gas sensing system
• Hawse pipes with cleat horns; diesel fuel fills and vents
• Stainless steel swim ladder mounted on swim step
• Cockpit transom door; starboard side boarding door
• 4 outdoor marine chairs and marine table (stowed)

The saloon has comfortable bench seating to starboard with a fixed teak table ideal for dining. To port, a pair of Ekornes chairs complete the interior hosting area. An upgraded flat screen television is hidden forward into the starboard settee and raised via an electric motor. A separate clothes washer and clothes dryer is concealed behind a louvered door forward to starboard, just outboard of the stairway to the pilothouse. The interior has beautifully matched teak joinery with teak and spruce floors, protected for much of Bluewater's life by wool carpet.

• Custom-made Televator with 32" Samsung 4K Smart TV
• Teak and spruce floors throughout; carpet covering on floors and steps (stowed)
• (2) Ekornes chairs with ottomans to port; built-in settee seating on starboard side; additional food storage under settees
• Two-zone Denon 800H stereo/TV receiver with REL 6" high-fidelity subwoofer in each zone; XM Radio
• Saloon settees covered with Ultraleather; teak dinette table; custom window shades
• Stainless overhead handrails
• Whirlpool "Thin Twin" clothes washer and dryer
• Dutch door aft; polished stainless opening ports with screens and stainless privacy/storm shields

The galley has been laid out for easy meal preparation with granite counters and a double basin stainless steel sink. Appliances include a trash compactor (inoperable, used as a stowable trash can) and a Sub-Zero refrigerator with freezer drawers. There is overhead storage and sliding-locker and two-door alcove access forward of the stove, plus plenty of drawers for glasses, dishes, utensils and silverware. For preparing meals there is a GE Advantium microwave-convection oven and a Frigidaire propane four-burner cooktop and propane oven.

• Granite countertops with backsplash; vinyl flooring
• Additional galley storage pantry lockers inboard by stairs; two cabinets behind the cooktop for large pots
• Double basin stainless steel sink with tall faucet; galley sinks have a y-valve to discharge to gray water tank or directly overboard
• Sub-Zero 700TC refrigerator with freezer drawers and ice maker; Sub-Zero 249FF extra freezer (companionway stairs)
• Frigidaire FGS379 four-burner LP gas range and oven with pot secure rails and arms
• GE Profile Advantium 120V microwave/convection oven
• GE Profile trash compactor with stainless surface (inoperable)
• Xintex FireBoy S-2A propane control and fume detector
• Sliding-door cabinet aft of the galley stove

The raised pilothouse is surrounded by windows for an impressive view. Front and center, a Stidd helm chair provides comfort and easy access to controls while underway. There is an impressive assortment of navigation and communication electronics within reach and controls for the bow and stern thruster, windlass, watermaker, main engine, wing engine and generators. The electrical breaker panel is installed in a convenient island panel with clearly labeled breakers and digital read-out displays. There is seating aft and up high behind the operations console with a bench seat and teak table, and a large single watch berth across the port aft bulkhead. Two Dutch doors open outboard.

• Stidd helm chair with Ultraleather; black overhead headliners to reduce glare
• Garmin 17" GPSMap 8617 with maps; Garmin 10" GPSMap 8610sv
• Lugger main engine and wing engine displays with double lever Glendinning electrical controls (with manual backup)
• Side-Power bow and stern thruster joystick controls and remote with lanyard
• NAIAD Model 254 hydraulic stabilizer assemblies with oversize 9 sq. ft. fins; NAIAD DATUM electronic stabilizer control system with autolock
• Simrad NFU joystick steering control; destroyer helm wheel; Hynautic marine hydraulic steering system
• Maxwell windlass control
• 12 kW and 6 kW Northern Lights generator displays; Xantrex Trace inverter display
• Guest Beamer Search Light Model 326-5; Buell air horn
• Ritchie Powerdamp Plus SS-2000 compass with Nordhavn card
• High water bilge alarm; Sea Fire fire-suppression alarms (engine room and lazarette); Racor water-in-fuel alarm
• Simrad AP26 autopilots (2)
• Furuno NavNet XV2 and XV1 (15.6" chart plotter with fish finder); Furuno 4 kW radar; Garmin Fantom digital radar; Garmin XM weather/radio; Garmin forward sonar
• Raymarine wind, depth and speed displays
• Speco mini cameras (engine room and aft deck)
• ICOM ICM605 and ICM506 VHF radios; ICOM ICM802 with hailer
• Furuno Class A AIS (full transmit and receive with silent switch)
• Air-conditioning control panel; Village Marine watermaker remote
• Wet hanging locker; chart drawers; USB hubs
• Garmin InReach navigation and iridium text/SOS (subscription)

Going down a curved set of teak steps you pass the built-in freezer and then reach the lower-level landing, where you can go forward to the guest stateroom or aft to the owner's stateroom.

• Storage locker
• Sub-Zero stairway freezer
• Access for gray water pump outs under steps

For a quiet place to sleep and relax, the spacious owner's stateroom features a queen-sized fore/aft island berth. Being aft it is less prone to motion underway and quieter at anchor. To port there are two hanging lockers and a bank of drawers with a hinged laundry hamper, plus additional drawers under the bed; the bed lifts on a hinge to reveal a huge storage space. Forward is a dresser with drawers and a ventilation hatch above. The owner's stateroom includes a head and shower outboard to starboard and provides immediate access to the engine room aft through a tall commercial door with teak trim and a viewing window.

• Queen sized island berth with mattress topper; bed hinged aft for deep storage access
• Furuno radar and depth sounder repeater above port bed stand
• Counter surfaces on bed stands, forward dresser and outboard hanging locker
• Hanging lockers, multiple drawers, laundry hamper, storage lockers above bed
• Overhead opening hatch to Portuguese bridge; opening portlights outboard to port
• Door to engine room with teak veneer and viewing window
• Head with granite counters and recessed sink, Headhunter Royal Flush marine head, stand-up shower with built-in seat and bi-fold door, opening portlights outboard, tank watch level sensors, tile floor

The guest accommodations are forward, sleeping two on the double berth with an extra convenient pipe berth "cot" above to port. There are hanging lockers forward on both sides and a convenient built-in desk to starboard with a swing-out chair, plus plenty of lockers and storage spaces. The bow section has a private head and shower.

• Double-wide berth to port with drawers under bed; pipe berth cot in concealed shelf to port
• Office layout with desk, swinging seat, drawers and bookshelves
• Opening portlights aft and outboard; overhead hatches with screens
• Hanging lockers, storage lockers, drawers throughout, bookshelves
• Black water pumps under step
• Head with granite counters and recessed sink, Headhunter Royal Flush marine head, stand-up shower with built-in seat and bi-fold door, Grohe fittings, tile floor

Through the robust door and down a few stairs, you will be impressed as soon as you enter. The engine room has standing headroom forward for easy access and convenience surrounding her trademark Lugger main engine, which features a wet exhaust — eliminating the standard dry stack exhaust that takes away valuable space in the galley/saloon area. The two generators, wing engine and fuel manifolds are logically positioned for access, and the engine room has a hinged door to the lazarette. The engine is accessible on all four sides; the main fiberglass fuel tanks are outboard with built-in sight glasses.

• Lugger L668T diesel engine 174 HP with stainless safety rails; wet exhaust; ZF W220 transmission
• Lugger 40 HP wing engine with V-drive transmission, own shaft and Gori folding three-blade propeller
• Northern Lights 12 kW generator and Northern Lights 6 kW generator
• Custom-engineered Delta-T engine room blower installation
• NAIAD Model 254 hydraulic stabilizer assemblies with oversize 9 sq. ft. fins
• Engine room fire suppression system
• Reverso oil change system plumbed to main, main gear, wing and both generators, with oil transfer pump and two 12-gallon oil lube tanks
• Forward to port: fuel valving selection locker with return and transfer manifolds and a large gravity-fed aluminum supply tank for the main and generator

Through the large fiberglass cockpit hatch you can climb down a short ladder to enter the lazarette to inspect the steering, water maker, air conditioning, diesel furnace, batteries, select switches, fuses, battery charger and inverter. Both the engine room and the lazarette are protected with built-in fire suppression. There is a watertight, dogged door that connects the lazarette with the engine room. She has been upgraded with two Simrad autopilots connected to separate hydraulic steering pumps and two steering rams for redundancy, plus a large stainless steel emergency tiller.

• Marine Air reverse cycle air conditioning and heat, separate digital controls for all staterooms, pilothouse, galley and saloon (220V)
• Side-Power 24-volt stern thruster
• Fire suppression system
• Stainless stairs from cockpit with teak treads
• Mastervolt 100-amp and 50-amp battery chargers
• House battery banks; hydraulic ram steering access; battery banks parallel switch panel; emergency tiller

The foredeck, in front of the Portuguese bridge, is all business with a large stainless steel bow pulpit, dual bow rollers for anchors and chain, a Maxwell electric windlass and a Freeman hatch to reach the divided chain locker below. The anchor well is dammed and guttered to keep muddy water off the foredeck. There are two deck-molded fiberglass storage lockers and dorade vents providing fresh air to each stateroom.

• Side Power 24-volt bow thruster
• Freeman hatch to access chain locker with outboard shelves
• Maxwell VWC 3500 windlass with heavy duty chain stopper and custom cover; large double bow rollers
• Rocna 55 KG / 121 lb. anchor with 440' 3/8" G4 high test chain
• Fortress FX55 secondary anchor (mounted on foredeck) with 25' 3/8" chain and 300' 3/4" black nylon Megabraid rode
• Mantus anchor boat bridle with shackles, snubbers and accessories
• Pilothouse windshield washers/wipers
• Bow tow eye ring 12" above water line
• Built-in fiberglass foredeck storage lockers

The Portuguese bridge leads aft on the port side up to the boat deck. There are twin aft-facing lockers for lines and deck gear, round opening stainless steel ports for ventilation into the guest stateroom, an opening ventilation hatch into the owner stateroom, an opening door in the starboard bulwark for access to high docks and piers, and a custom Starboard rack and cover for the six Lexan storm shutters. Access to the deck fill for fresh water and pump-out ports for the gray and black water tanks is also here.

Bluewater is a non-flybridge model that is able to utilize as much working space as possible aboard the boat deck. The 10' Nautica RIB with Yamaha 15 HP outboard is raised and lowered with a Steelhead 1500R hydraulic/electric crane. Two deck boxes provide additional outdoor storage.

• 10' Nautica RIB dinghy with Yamaha 15 HP outboard
• Weaver dinghy support chocks and tie downs
• Steelhead 1500R 1,500 lb. capacity davit crane
• (2) fiberglass dock boxes
• Antennas on mast, lightning wand, anchor light, steaming light, flood lights, search light
• Pilothouse roof: nonskid surface, tripod radar mount, two forward tending struts to support the mast, two dorade vents and various antenna mounts and air horns

Bluewater has a 120-gallon black water tank (with pump-out and discharge), a 110-gallon grey water tank (with pump-out and discharge) and a 400-gallon freshwater tank. There is a Wema water level gauge for the freshwater tank and a Tank Watch 4 level monitoring system for the grey and black water tanks; all three gauges are in the owner ensuite.

• Freshwater wash down spigots in bow, stern and engine room
• Village Marine Watermaker, Squirt 600, 220V with auto back flush
• Grohe faucets; Headhunter X-Caliber water pressure system model XR-124; Seaward 11-gallon water heater
• Galley sink two-way valve for overboard discharge
• (2) Headhunter Royal Flush Hydro-Vac marine toilets; Sealand tank watch monitoring system
• 1,495 gallons of fuel in two fiberglass tanks with sight gauges (700-gallon port main, 710-gallon starboard main), a 70-gallon aluminum day/supply tank and a 15-gallon aluminum wing engine tank
• Gravity-feed 70-gallon fuel supply tank with calibration fuel burn gauge and water contamination audible sensor
• Dual Racor fuel filters with transfer/polishing pump on timer
• Rule 3700 high water electric pump with audible alarm; Whale Gulper bilge pump; Edson manual bilge pump

Electrical components include three house 24-volt battery banks, a stern thruster bank, a bow thruster bank, a main engine bank, two main engine alternators (one decommissioned), a 12 kW generator and wing engine 24-volt bank, and a 12-volt 6 kW generator and communications bank. She is equipped with an Olsun isolation transformer, allowing connection to any American or European power source.

• (6) 8D Lifeline AGM house batteries
• (2) 4D Lifeline AGM main engine starting batteries
• (2) shared Gp31 Lifeline AGM batteries for wing engine / 12 kW gen start
• (2) Gp31 Lifeline AGM 12V batteries for 6 kW genset and electronics
• (2) shared Gp31 Lifeline AGM 12V batteries for anchor windlass and bow thruster
• (2) Gp31 Lifeline AGM 12V batteries for stern thruster
• 12 kW and 6 kW Northern Lights generators
• 50 and 30-amp shore power inlets fore and aft; (2) 50-amp shore cords
• 4,000-watt Xantrex Trace inverter/charger with remote panel and inverter bypass switch
• Battery bank monitoring
• Leece-Neville high capacity 175-amp engine belt-driven alternator
• Olsun isolation and balancing transformers; lightning ground protection system

Equipment improvements include a backup fresh water pump, a 6 kW Northern Lights generator with engine mounts, exhaust hoses for the 6 kW, 12 kW and wing engine, a wing engine sea water pump, an Edson 30 GPM manual aluminum bilge pump, an upgraded 2.25" Aquamet 22 stainless steel propeller shaft with new coupler and cutlass bearing, 3-mile LED navigation lights, an LED anchor light, three Groco seacocks, a Lugger heat exchanger for the main engine, a Side Power dual joystick thruster control panel in the pilothouse, three watermaker membranes, a Garmin forward sonar transducer and a 5G Siren Marine system with added sensors.

Electronics improvements: a Garmin Glo Bluetooth GPS receiver; the starboard NavNet upgraded to a Furuno NavNet VX2; a digital Garmin GMR Fantom 18x radar replacing one Furuno 2 kW system; a 10" GPSMap 8610sv and 17" GPSMap 8617 replacing the old Furuno GP-32 and 17" monitor; a two-card SD reader; a WML30 NMEA0183 WiFi interface replacing the Coastal Explorer laptop; Garmin Panoptix PS51-TH forward looking sonar; a Raymarine i50 depth display; a Garmin InReach replacing the iridium phone; and a GSM54 XM radio/weather antenna. Internet additions include Starlink (replacing the TV antenna) and a Wi-Fi Ranger cell-service antenna with a pilothouse selector switch. The TV and stereo were upgraded to a Samsung 32" 4K TV and a Denon 800H stereo/TV receiver powering two speaker zones with KEF speakers and REL subwoofers. Safety additions include two 275N Ocean BackTow lifejackets, two rescueME AIS MOB1 units, safety tethers and re-arming kits, fire extinguishers and three wireless EarTec headsets.