2016 Nordhavn 52

It has been said that the Nordhavn 52 is the Nordhavn 47 perfected — and you will quickly see that Sippican is a wonderful rendition of this very popular model. Benefitting from seventy Nordhavn 47s and 52s that preceded her, Sippican was outfitted with an extraordinary complement of upgrades and features. She was ordered with the goal of equipping her for a circumnavigation, and features a space-efficient three-stateroom "hallway" layout with the master island berth forward. The plan D layout also provides for a pilothouse that includes two side-by-side helm chairs.

Sippican (named after a harbor in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts) is a brand new 2016 Nordhavn 52 that has been commissioned, delivered and broken in, having already travelled from Florida to Rhode Island. The owner's plans changed and their "perfect" boat no longer fits into their busy schedules — an incredible opportunity to purchase a supremely detailed Nordhavn 52 at a very competitive price and avoid the lengthy new build process.

The Nordhavn 52 design is an ideal platform for a couple to see the world. Sippican was ordered with long-range ocean crossing travel in mind and outfitted with all of the essential equipment to complete the mission. Based on the very popular Nordhavn 47 design, she takes this model to the highest level with her hull extension that provides for a much larger cockpit and lazarette. The flybridge with fiberglass exhaust stack gives her a very serious and attractive look, and the crane and dinghy mounted on the boat deck make for easy excursions ashore. Her interior is an innovative hallway layout with three cabins featuring the master stateroom forward.

You can board Sippican from the extended swim platform, which leads to a centered cockpit door, or from her starboard side deck. When you enter the saloon you will appreciate her brand new look and feel, with a large amount of space and luxurious appointments. The teak joinery is complemented with granite countertops and Ultraleather upholstery. For entertainment, a built-in flat screen television is installed forward to starboard on a lift, and the saloon layout allows for a lot of seating including a beautiful teak dining table to starboard. The saloon and galley are on the same level, and the galley includes all of the practical cooking appliances to prepare hearty meals at sea or while moored, with plenty of overhead and under-counter lockers and drawers. At the forward end of the saloon, just opposite the galley, are two stairs — on centerline you descend to the hallway leading to the staterooms, and outboard to starboard a few short steps up bring you to the pilothouse.

The three-cabin layout of Sippican places the master island berth all the way forward — a huge bed that is comfortable to sleep on and easy to make. There are hanging lockers, drawers and countertops, and the opening port lights add additional ventilation; the master, like the rest of the living spaces, is comfortably air-conditioned. The master connects to a large head and shower to starboard, a spacious head with a proper sink and granite counter, mirrors, drawers, a medicine locker and plenty of room for his and hers toiletries.

The VIP cabin is to port and features a wide double berth below with a pipe berth above. The VIP connects to an isolated head and shower that can be accessed from the cabin or the hallway. To starboard is a guest stateroom with bunk beds. The guest head has an aft-facing head with the shower outboard. Both staterooms have nightstand counters, hanging lockers and drawers. In the hallway to starboard is the separate stacked clothes washer and dryer.

Sippican's pilothouse is huge, full beam, with an unobstructed forward console that houses the extraordinary navigation and communications package. The wheelhouse is the large gain for selecting the hallway layout below for staterooms and heads — very few trawlers in this size range are able to boast two helm chairs side by side. Behind the helm chairs is an L-shaped settee with table and a watch berth all the way aft. There is an extensive collection of navigational electronics selected to include all necessities for long-range coastal cruising and ocean passages. The main engine and wing engine control panels are positioned for straightforward monitoring, with the bow and stern thruster levers in easy reach, and the overhead console panels are hinged for easy service access.

The engine room is below the saloon and accessed by lifting the stairs that lead from the saloon down to the hallway. The John Deere primary engine is on centerline, with the wing engine to port and the larger generator to starboard. The engine room also includes a Sea Fire fire suppression system and an oil change system.

Located beneath the aft deck cockpit, the lazarette is accessed via a massive fiberglass deck hatch or can be entered from the engine room. Inverter, battery charger, davit motor, fire suppression and central vacuum are all within easy reach. The smaller generator, primarily used for running the air conditioning at night, is also cleanly installed. This lazarette is a working space that is easy to get around in for routine maintenance and inspection.

The cockpit allows an area for relaxing and connects to the large swim platform. You can walk forward on the covered starboard side deck all the way to the foredeck. There is a boarding door aft and also one amidships on the starboard side for easy dock traffic mobility.

The foredeck is entered from the Portuguese bridge via a beautifully engineered hinged door. You have shore power connections up here and a field of deck hatches which provide natural airflow into the forward stateroom and head. The ground tackle arrangement allows for two anchors and includes an electric windlass, a secondary deck pipe for anchor two, and a cavernous chain locker secured by a commercial-grade Freeman hatch.

The boat deck, where the tender is stored, is accessed by coming aft along the port side from the pilothouse. This large deck is directly over the saloon and provides a huge landing pad for the ship's tender. There is a Steelhead crane installed for launching and retrieving the AB 10'6" RIB tender with Yamaha 20 HP outboard. Aft to port is a fiberglass deck box for additional storage.

The flybridge is a wonderful place to operate Sippican and also a great place to relax and enjoy your anchorage. There are two helm chairs forward of a fiberglass lunch table with built-in bench. All essential navigation gear is installed for simplicity of operation underway, and this is an ideal place to get a great perspective while docking. A stainless steel canvas-wrapped Bimini top keeps the sun and rain away, and the storage area underneath the forward coaming is huge.

• All windows throughout (except two aft saloon windows) fiberglass, not Diamond Sea-Glaze painted aluminum
• Swim step extension
• Storm plates for saloon windows
• SSB ground plate with dynaplate and 3" copper ribbon
• American Bow Thruster (TRAC) 220 active fin stabilizing system, keel cooled
• Side Power 24V 13.5 HP bow and stern thrusters (SE210/250TC upgraded to SEP210 proportional speed)
• Marine Air reverse cycle air conditioning, six zones
• Olympia OL-60 diesel furnace with Everhot hot water in addition to standard water heater
• Village Marine STW 600 220V watermaker
• Fire suppression systems in engine room and lazarette
• Reverso oil change system plumbed to main engine and two generators
• Steelhead ES1500 yacht crane with 12' extension

• John Deere 6068AFM75 diesel rated at 265 HP
• ZF 305-2 (2.917:1) transmission
• Mathers electronic single lever controls in pilothouse, on flybridge and at the Portuguese bridge
• Portuguese bridge control station on starboard with engine control, engine start/stop, horn button, thruster control and windlass control
• ZF handheld remote (not wireless) in cockpit to control main engine and bow and stern thruster
• Heat exchanger added to main engine for Olympia heating system
• Spurs line cutter on main prop shaft
• Yanmar 3JH5 Tier III 40 HP wing engine with Gori prop and 2x Lifeline 4D batteries
• Northern Lights 16 kW generator (240V/24V), model M844W3 (upgraded from 12 kW)
• Northern Lights 5 kW generator (M673LD3) 12V/240V, runs off wing engine start battery

• Ultra-leather upholstery throughout
• Saloon Dutch door with glass top and bottom
• Hinged steps from saloon to pilothouse for storage
• Ocean Air hatch screens and shades in forward cabin for overhead hatches
• Seven Hella fans
• Two Llebroc Trade Winds HB series helm chairs in pilothouse with ultra-leather
• Maxwell digital chain counter
• Bunk (pilot berth) behind wheelhouse settee
• Ritchie compass mounted in pilothouse; hinged forward overhead panel for easy servicing; additional refrigeration
• Engine room entrance hinged steps (to allow for double door pantry in galley)
• Sliding locker door spice rack, GE Profile 18" dishwasher, raised section countertop aft of sink, double door pantry, wood fiddle on aft side of galley counter
• TV lift in saloon; two drawers added to starboard saloon settee
• Drawer under lower bunk in starboard stateroom; full-height mirror on outside of port head door; wire chase to forward cabin aft wall for TV
• Tecma Silence Plus freshwater toilets
• Asko washer/dryer; central vacuum system

• (2) Simrad AP7001 autopilot; (2) Simrad RF300 rudder feedback control; (2) Accu-Steer HPU212-300 steering pump; Simrad FU80 follow-up lever in pilothouse
• Furuno FA150 class A AIS system
• Furuno FGP33 WAAS differential GPS
• Furuno NavNet TZTBB system with Hub 101 — pilothouse and flybridge
• Nobeltec Trident software package with additional vector charts
• Furuno Network DFF1 sounder with bronze transducer
• Furuno DRS6A 6 kW radar with 4' open array; Furuno DRS4A 4 kW radar dome
• Furuno 200WX weather station; Furuno RD33; Furuno SC30 GPS gyro satellite compass
• (2) Hatteland Marine 19" monitors; Hatteland Marine 24" wide screen monitor; Mac Mini 1TB navigational PC
• Icom M506-31 marine DSC VHF radio with command mic and Comrod 16' antenna; second Icom M506-31 with command mic on flybridge; SPC-30RP hailer horn
• Icom M804 SSB marine radio with Icom AT140 tuner and Comrod 16' antenna
• KVH TracVision TV6 with Tri-Americas LNB; Direct TV HD24 receiver
• Fusion MS-IP750 marine iPod dock/Sirius/AM/FM stereo; PolyPlanar stereo speakers lower deck and flybridge
• Wave Wi-Fi ECHP amplifier/router
• FLIR 4-channel DVR system cameras
• ACR GlobalFix 406 EPIRB with integral GPS Cat 1; Iridium Go satellite phone system

• 50/60 Hz Victron battery charger
• Marinco 50-amp 125/250V 50' shore power cord; additional set of shore power outlets inside transom door
• Lightning ground system
• Guest Beamer remote spotlight
• Imtra LED interior, exterior, navigation and boat deck lights; dimmers in pilothouse and saloon
• Red Hatteras (4) LED ceiling lights in pilothouse; three Hella Sea Hawk LED overhead lights (two on boat deck, one foredeck)
• Saltwater deck wash down bow and stern; fresh water wash down bow, stern, boat deck and engine room
• General Ecology System IV water purification system with separate tap at kitchen sink
• Scandvik cockpit shower
• "Y" valve at kitchen sink for gray water; second house fresh water pump as backup; charcoal filter after fresh water pumps

• Maxwell VC1000 stern capstan in cockpit with foot switch
• Two straight rod holders installed aft port and starboard side of cockpit
• Barrel bolt lock inside the lazarette hatch
• Fiberglass dock storage box on boat deck; Lifesling on boat deck
• Maxwell VWC 3500 24V windlass
• 121 lb. Rocna anchor with 400' of 3/8" high-tensile chain and chain stopper
• Stainless steel deck plate port side of chain locker for second anchor rode; chain locker divider; Fortress anchor mounted in chain locker
• Anchor roller wedge to keep anchor secure underway
• Bow eye tow ring 12" above the water line
• Flopper Stopper system on port side

• Two Todd helm chairs; Ritchie compass mounted
• Enlarged flybridge dash to accommodate more instrumentation and electronics
• Four stainless steel cup holders on flybridge
• Mounts for KVH sat domes; stand for Furuno satellite compass at top of stack
• Fixed stainless steel frame for Bimini top on flybridge
• Double doors to area under flybridge console
• Fiberglass steps from boat deck to flybridge (in lieu of teak)
• AB ALX10 RIB 10'6" with Yamaha 20 HP outboard; Weaver dinghy chocks
• Handrail overhead at stairs from Portuguese bridge to lower deck
• Handrail on starboard side boarding door forward
• L-shaped handrails on the port and starboard stern quarters
• Handrail on port side from teak cap rail forward
• Handrail on Portuguese bridge from foredeck door to port side of railing

The owner ordered this boat in June 2014 with ambitions of eventually circumnavigating with her, sparing no expense in equipping her and adding redundancy where possible. Sippican has over $250,000 of extra-cost options and an electronics package generally found only on much larger boats. We believe Sippican is the only Nordhavn 52 delivered to date with layout D, which has three staterooms and two heads, making her a great family cruising boat. The companionway to the accommodations is from the saloon (a hallway layout), which results in a more spacious pilothouse with two helm chairs and a larger dash for instruments. Until N5272, all except one N52 (the famous Dirona) were powered with Lugger L1966T.2 engines rated at 165 horsepower; Sippican is equipped with a John Deere 6068AFM75 diesel rated at 265 horsepower. Every individual equipment selection was chosen for reliability and redundancy, and Sippican subscribes to the Wheelhouse Technologies vessel management program, so the new owners will inherit detailed service logs including model numbers and spare parts. Sippican is a USCG documented and registered vessel with US duty paid.