2007 Nordhavn 55

The Nordhavn 55 is one of the most popular trawlers ever conceived — an ideal cruising trawler that can be handled by a couple and capable of traveling to virtually unlimited destinations worldwide. Terrapin has a legacy of being one of the most active 55s. She started her cruising career in the Pacific Northwest, then took off south, through the Panama Canal and over to the US eastern seaboard. Her green painted hull is distinctive and instantly recognizable. For travel in coastal and offshore waters she is powered by a continuous-duty John Deere main engine with dry stack exhaust, kept on an even keel by her ABT TRAC active fin stabilizers, with bow and stern thrusters for marina maneuvering and a wing engine for backup propulsion. Terrapin has the classic Nordhavn 55 layout with three heads and three staterooms — owner, guest and captain's. The owner's stateroom is conveniently positioned directly forward of the galley, and the guest stateroom/office has the clever hinged bulkhead to convert to a large suite. Her entry level features a spacious saloon and galley with large windows outboard, and the raised pilothouse includes the captain's cabin and head aft. The interior is light and airy due to the white laminate panels in the staterooms complemented by varnished teak.

You can get aboard Terrapin from the boarding gate along the covered starboard side deck or from the extended swim platform, which leads to a centered cockpit door. The side deck connects the cockpit to the foredeck. The cockpit is a well-protected area with a forward console to port with built-in sink, curved stairs to the boat deck above and a huge lazarette below. There is a hot/cold freshwater cockpit shower and a stern docking station to starboard.

The Dutch door entry from the saloon opens to reveal a pleasant and inviting saloon with seating and a large table surrounded by warm teak wood — a great area for dining and relaxing. There is a 40" flat screen television built in to starboard, tucked below the counter when not in use. The saloon merges into a well-laid-out and practical galley with plenty of overhead and under-counter lockers and drawers. At the forward end of the saloon you ascend a flight of steps to arrive in the pilothouse, or you can move forward to the owner stateroom. There is also a stairway down that leads to the engine room via the utility room.

• Fresh water deck wash down at bow, stern, engine room and boat deck
• Scandvik cockpit shower
• Tecma fresh water electric toilets in heads
• Stainless steel sink; Grohe faucet
• Torrid 40-gallon hot water heater
• (2) Headhunter Mach 5 fresh water pumps (110V)
• Village Marine PW1200, 1,200-gallon-per-day watermaker
• GE Profile convection microwave outboard above the stove
• GE 18" dishwasher
• SubZero 700TC refrigerator; SubZero freezer drawers with icemaker
• 30" GE Profile gas cooktop with four propane burners; GE 240V electric oven
• Broan trash compactor with teak face
• Granite countertops in galley and heads
• Bosch clothes washer and dryer (both front loading)
• Pantry lockers and drawers
• GE top-load deep freezer in utility room; countertop ice maker

The saloon connects forward to the galley, lowered by two steps to a fantastic single-level layout that is one of the most significant features of the 55 design. The aft door entry from the galley to the owner stateroom, when closed, lets crew move forward to the guest stateroom via the pilothouse; during the day most 55s enjoy keeping the stateroom level open for an easy walk-through. The white laminate creates an appealing and open space. The queen-sized berth is athwartship for convenience and comfort, with bed stands forward and aft and three opening portlights behind the headboard. Forward above the bureau is an opening hatch built into the deck above for natural light and air flow. The ensuite head is to starboard, completing this full-beam owner stateroom, with a mirror-paneled door, tub/shower forward, medicine lockers and sink outboard and a Tecma freshwater toilet aft.

• Custom window covers for windows and hatches
• Designer accent pieces throughout
• Webasto diesel heating system with vents in saloon, owner and guest stateroom
• Cruisair air conditioning system with remote compressors
• Oceanaire screen/shades on owner hatches
• 40" Sony flat screen TV on remote-control lift in main saloon
• Bose 123 AV system in saloon with DVD/CD player, tuner and two speakers with subwoofer
• Pioneer stereo in pilothouse with XM input
• Custom bed mattresses in owner stateroom and guest stateroom

The primary operations command center is the raised pilothouse, a large room for navigation with a bench seat and table behind the Stidd helm chair. Nordhavn understands how to arrange the ergonomics of helm, displays and instruments to optimize safe navigation, and the visibility is exceptional. The starboard side has a stairway up from the entry deck and a separate stairway forward to the staterooms; you can also go outside to the Portuguese bridge deck through either port or starboard Dutch door. The 55 design has two additional great features on the pilothouse deck: a captain's cabin aft to port and a toilet/sink head aft to starboard. Terrapin also has operations stations on the flybridge, starboard Portuguese bridge and cockpit, plus a Dockmate portable remote controller allowing command of the engine and thrusters from anywhere aboard.

• John Deere main engine panel (with separate Murphy gauge) and MMC controls
• Lugger wing engine panel with Morse controls
• Furuno 6 kW 4.5' open array radar; Furuno 3D 24" radar dome (backup radar)
• Furuno sounder with depth transducer; Furuno FD50 AIS
• NMEA 2000 backbone with color displays in pilothouse and OSR showing weather, speed, depth and water temperature
• Maretron USO ultrasonic wind and weather station on the NMEA network
• Long-range wireless Wi-Fi access for marinas
• Simrad AP25 autopilot with two stations and Accusteer HPU-I50 soft-shift pump
• Furuno NavPilot 700 with Accusteer HPU-212-200 pump
• Icom M-504 VHF radio with loud hailer; Icom M-506 VHF on flybridge; Icom M-802 SSB radio
• Wireless cellular phone amplifier
• FLIR night vision
• Nobeltec chart software
• 30" stainless steel vertical destroyer wheel
• Electric horn; windshield wiper controls; Maxwell windlass control
• Sidepower joysticks for bow and stern thruster; Dockmate wireless remote
• Ritchie compass; Stidd helm chair
• Village Marine watermaker control panel
• Weems and Plath clock and barometer (inoperable)
• ABT TRAC active fin stabilizer panel
• MMC electronic engine controls for the main engine (pilothouse, flybridge, cockpit and starboard wing)

The area below the foredeck is reserved for the guest stateroom, with a landing at the foot of the forward stairs from the pilothouse, just forward of the owner stateroom. Entering through a sliding pocket door you will appreciate the desk surface with swinging seat on the starboard side. The centerline bulkhead can be opened for access to the bed to port, or closed to separate the office side from the stateroom; the forward portion of the centerline divider can swing to starboard to open the area into a more spacious suite. Each section has a cabin door that connects to the forward head and shower, which has a built-in sink with mirrored medicine cabinets above, a large stand-up shower with bifold door and a Tecma fresh water toilet. Portlights outboard and hatches overhead provide natural lighting and ventilation.

One of the "hidden" areas on the Nordhavn 55 is below the guest stateroom, affectionately called the basement, with four chambers. Forward, the bow thruster is installed along with some discharge through hulls. The second chamber has shelves outboard with a battery on each providing electricity to the bow thruster and windlass. The third chamber has the access ladder to starboard and, to port, a practical shelf with work bench top (including vise), built-in drawers and lockers. The aftermost chamber is primarily the fresh water station — the watermaker is to port with membranes and components mounted nearby, two manifolds (hot and cold water), and to starboard the Torrid hot water tank, accumulator pressure tank and two fresh water pumps (one as backup).

From the galley landing a short flight of curved stairs leads to the utility room, which fronts the engine room. In the stairwell is a removable panel accessing the starboard stabilizer actuator. This convenient room has the Bosch Axxis clothes washer across from the Bosch Axxis clothes dryer, with lockers and drawers. Forward to center is a GE top-load freezer, and outboard to port behind the lower locker doors is access to the port stabilizer actuator.

The engine room is entered through a Diamond Sea Glaze door with inspection window. The headroom forward is approximately 5'9" and tapers as you move aft, giving great access to the front and sides of the John Deere on center stage. Immediately to starboard is the fuel supply tank, which receives fuel from the four main fuel tanks and serves as the source for the main engine and generator. Along the starboard side is an impressive installation of fuel manifolds and filters — return and transfer manifolds, a transfer pump and Racor fuel filters — and an Oberdorfer oil change pump just forward of the SeaFire fire suppression. Aft of the main engine transmission is the deep bilge area with Ultra Senior bilge pump sensor and sea chest raw water distribution. The Lugger wing engine is to port and the Northern Lights generator is to starboard; aft of them is a door to the lazarette.

Below the large hatch in the cockpit is a cavernous machinery space. The batteries, select switches and fuses along with the inverter/charger are all located here, as are the air conditioning compressors, the crane power pack and a SCUBA diver compressor. The steering console is centered with autopilot pumps and steering rams; directly aft is the stern thruster. The equipment is serviceable and mounted outboard, yielding a large amount of space for extras like spare parts bins.

• John Deere 6081AFM75 main engine (keel cooled with dry stack exhaust) with a ZF 4:1 reduction gear transmission spinning a five-blade propeller
• Spurs line cutter on main and wing engine shaft
• Lugger L-984D 70 HP wing engine with folding Gori propeller and 10-gallon day tank
• ABT Trac #250 digital active fin stabilization
• Sidepower 24V electric bow thruster; Sidepower 24V electric stern thruster
• Cruisair air conditioning with four zones (saloon, pilothouse, owner and guest stateroom) including reverse cycle heating
• SeaFire fire suppression system for engine room and lazarette
• Oberdorfer oil changer for main, wing and generator

• Magnum MagnaSine MS 2024 inverter/charger
• Mastervolt 100-amp battery charger
• Northern Lights 20 kW generator
• AC electrical system includes galvanic isolator
• Shore power connections in cockpit and on foredeck; (2) 50' 50-amp shore power cords; Glendinning shore power cord system at stern
• Fullriver AGM batteries
• Lightning ground system; SSB ground with dyna plate
• Overhead lights with dimmers in saloon, pilothouse and owner stateroom
• Inverter bypass breaker setup in lazarette

There are five primary outside deck spaces. The swim platform and cockpit are aft, with safety rails on the swim platform and a boarding gate into the cockpit; the cockpit has a varnished teak cap rail, docking station aft to starboard, a cockpit shower, and a fiberglass console with sink forward to port next to the curved stairs to the boat deck. The starboard side deck is covered overhead along the saloon and connects the cockpit with the Portuguese bridge, with a boarding gate for primary dock access, extra handrails and recessed hawse pipes with cleat horns. Up a flight of steps is the protected Portuguese bridge deck which wraps around the pilothouse, with a recessed area and opening hatch feeding light and air to the owner stateroom below, and a pantograph door centered to connect with the foredeck. The Portuguese bridge connects aft along the port side to the boat deck, where you will find the life raft, EPIRB and Lifesling, the centered crane, and the tender mounted on the starboard side. The flybridge is up a few steps from the boat deck, where the fiberglass mast conceals the dry stack exhaust; two helm chairs are forward with a fiberglass table and bench seating aft, and a folding Bimini provides protection.

• Maxwell 3500 electric windlass with chain stopper
• 400' of 1/2" high-test chain
• 110 KG Rocna anchor with swivel
• Fortress FX85 spare anchor with chain and rope
• Foredeck wash down
• Walker Bay 13' RIB with center console and cover; Yamaha four-stroke 50 HP outboard; dinghy hull chocks and tie downs
• White mesh screens for windows
• Bimini top — stainless steel folding frame with Sunbrella cover
• (2) helm chairs on flybridge
• Argonaut navigation color monitor; TZT navigation color monitor
• Simrad autopilot and Furuno autopilot on flybridge
• ICOM VHF radio
• Flybridge controls for bow thruster, ABT stabilizers and windlass
• Flag halyards
• Starboard side docking station on Portuguese bridge and cockpit docking station with engine and thruster controls, horn and windlass toggle
• Extended swim platform with hot and cold fresh water shower
• Varnished stern teak caprail; large teak ensign staff
• Fishing rod holders
• Stainless handrails in numerous additional places on deck

• Rescue 4-man offshore life raft
• ACR EPIRB
• High water bilge pump
• Lifesling
• All USCG safety equipment

Recent (2021–2024) upgrades, repairs and improvements: engine room exhaust blanket replaced (2022); Dockmate controller (2021); replaced Bimini cover (2021); replaced exhaust elbow on generator (2021); upgraded cell phone and Wi-Fi hot spots to Aigean and Pepwave (2021); Phantom screen doors for saloon and pilothouse, port and starboard (2022); Siren Marine boat monitoring system (2022); Airmar 220WX weather station (2022); flybridge VHF radio (2022); Maretron MBB300C-01 vessel monitoring black box (2022); replaced Accusteer steering pumps (2022); dripless shaft seal on wing engine (2022); FLIR camera (2023); Furuno TZT2BB (2023); Starlink (2023); Mach 5 backup fresh water pump (2023); Furuno FA 70 AIS (2023); replaced saloon air conditioning unit (2023); replaced primary anchor chain (2023); replaced house batteries (2023).

Terrapin is in excellent condition. At the end of 2023 she completed her season in West Palm Beach, FL and the owners attended to a relatively short list of repairs and cleaning to have her ready to bring to market. When the current owners purchased her, they retained Steve D'Antonio for a thorough inspection and have complied with the majority of his recommendations. Additionally, Terrapin enjoys the Vessel Vanguard monitoring system, a fantastic tool for managing care and service intervals. On-time oil changes and regular lab sample reports have assured the machinery on Terrapin is ready to go.