Nordhavn 46 Four Seasons

“Four Seasons” is hull #70 of the legendary Nordhavn 46 model. Her asking price fairly reflects her level of equipment, post-factory customization, and the care and maintenance taken by her owners, and her equipment specification has kept her current for extended cruising in any Latitude. Pride of ownership is apparent in every space.

While she is particularly well equipped for high latitude cruising, the equipment complement - custom anchor roller for nesting two self-launching anchors, hydronic heat, and extended boat deck - would serve well in any region or trans-oceanic passage.

The interior layout is owner’s stateroom-forward, guest cabin midship.

Soft goods include bed linens, window shades in the main salon, as well as dishes in the galley.

On deck, the extended boat deck is unique to “Four Seasons”. It extends to the transom, which adds to the ease of handling the tender when launching or retrieving, and also provides a secure anchor point for the canvas cockpit enclosure.

Reading through the specifications below will show that many of the longer interval maintenance items have been addressed.

If you are one who has lamented the cessation of the Nordhavn 46 production, consider this singular example. “Four Seasons” is comfortable, cruise-ready, and a yacht to make you a proud owner.

Overview

ACCOMMODATIONS & LAYOUT

Enter the salon through the aft sliding door from the cockpit. A custom reverse L-shaped dinette settee is to port, and a moveable table and chairs are located to starboard. The table can be expanded to serve the port settee, to accommodate eight diners. Forward in the salon, a galley counter athwartship to port divides the galley work area from the salon. There is a Force 10, propane stove and oven, and two, very efficient Vitrifrigo AC/DC refrigerator and freezer drawer units, installed in 2015.

Steps at the starboard forward end of the salon lead up to the pilothouse. Steps down just off the centerline lead into the passageway forward. To port in the passageway is the entrance to the second stateroom with its over and under bunks. There is a hanging locker, and nice work desk connected to the inboard side of the longitudinal bulkhead.

Aft in the mid-cabin is engine room access. The dry stack exhaust muffler and insulation blanket were replaced as well.

The guest head with separate stall shower is across the passageway to starboard. The owner’s head with separate stall shower is just forward of that.

At the forward end of the passageway is the owner’s stateroom. There is a centerline queen bed with port and starboard access, as well as locker stowage port and starboard, a changing seat aft and to port, and a vanity with mirror aft.

The pilothouse is configured as a command center and a gathering place. The instrument console has plenty of surface area for the comprehensive array of electronics. Aft, is the raised settee and dinette, offering a comfortable watch keeping vantage point and gathering place while underway. A pilot berth is above and aft of the settee backrest.

The deck layout includes the usual Nordhavn features including the Portuguese bridge wrapping around the forward end of the pilothouse, bulwarks on the foredeck, and a raised boat deck aft of the pilothouse.

MAIN SALON

The main salon is a comfortable gathering place, with a reverse-L dinette settee on the port side.

• New settee and chair cushions (2020)
• Dickenson Marine “Alaska” natural draft diesel heater with custom heat shield (2015)

OWNER’S STATEROOM – FORWARD

The “owner stateroom-forward” is perhaps the more popular of the two Nordhavn 46 interior layouts. There is walk-around access to the centerline bed. A memory foam mattress and fitted spread are included. There are two, deep, hinged trap storage lockers at the head of the bed. Over the head of the bed are two halogen-reading lamps.

Aft on the port side is a changing seat with piano hinged top and plastic lined clothes hamper beneath. A vanity with mirror is aft of the changing seat. There is plenty of organized storage in lockers and drawers throughout the stateroom. Three deck hatches with Oceanaire screen-and-blind system on each provide controlled light and ventilation.

OWNER’S HEAD

• Surell “Graphite” countertop with undermount sink
• Separate shower stall with seat and storage locker
• Grohe shower fixture
• Two opening ports

GUEST STATEROOM – PORTSIDE

The guest stateroom portside of the hallway forward features upper and lower berths, with the lower configured to pull out to nearly queen size.

• Engine room access from this cabin

• A reverse-cycle heating/cooling unit in the forward cabin is ducted to the midship cabin and heads (2024)

GUEST HEAD

• Surell “Graphite” countertop with undermount sink
• Masterflush head with freshwater flush
• Separate shower stall with seat and storage locker
• Grohe shower fixture
• Opening port in shower

GALLEY

The galley counter runs athwartship and is covered with Surell with a 5" with teak cap. Organized storage includes an overhead locker over the galley counter and several below. A full complement of appliances includes:

• Force 10 propane stove and oven
• Two ea. Vitrifrigo AC/DC drawer style refrigerator and freezer – very efficient replacements for the original Sub-Zero under counter units
• Surell counter tops
• Convection microwave oven
• Garbage compactor

PILOTHOUSE

The layout includes a lot of surface area for the electronics array. A settee and dinette aft of the control console provide comfortable seating for several and a great vantage point for watch keeping. The settee has a fold-up extension on the port side with insert cushion for chaise-lounge effect.

A pilot berth is up and aft of the settee. The pilot berth pulls out into a double.

There is a folding teak bench seat integrated into the starboard side of the console adjacent to the work surface and laptop workstation. Below the work station are full-sized chart drawers.

• New settee cushions (2017)

ELECTRONICS & NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT

• Furuno Navnet mdl. 1942
• Comnav class B AIS system
• Furuno GP-32 GPS
• Simrad AP 20 autopilot
• Second autopilot pump added in parallel with system controlled by selector switch
• Simrad analog rudder angle indicator
• Iridium satellite phone
• Icom 802 SSB, Tuner
• Furuno weather fax
• SSB antenna (2015)
• Cell phone signal booster
• Two ea. VHF radios and antennas (2018)
• Ultimeter 2100 weather station with repeater includes wind and temperature
• B&G Wind display with analog direction and digital wind speed
• 3-1/2" Ritchie steering compass
• Garmin depth finder and chart plotter and transducer (2018)
• Hailer with fore and aft speakers – for listening in pilothouse and cockpit (2017)
• Rose Point Navigation “Coastal Explorer” chart cartography
• Two ea. Greenmarine multi-function displays
• Two ea. handheld VHF radios

DECK EQUIPMENT

• Upper “boat deck” and rails extended to transom in 2018, eases tender launching and retrieving
• Transom door and port side boarding door through bulwark
• Custom swim grid
• Paravane mounts on transom
• Mast and boom with electric winches for paravane handling and tender launching
• Custom dual anchor roller accommodates self-launching 50Kg. Bruce anchor
• 400' 3/8" BBB chain, and 250' of 5/8" nylon line
• Aluminum deck hatch over anchor chain locker
• Maxwell VWCvolt windlass serviced/rebuilt annually with controls on deck and at helm in pilothouse
• Stainless steel Sampson post aft of windlass
• Portuguese bridge aft of foredeck accessed through a door in Portuguese bridge bulwark connecting to the starboard side deck
• ½" Plexiglas storm plates for port side salon windows
• Additional hawse pipe added at center of lateral resistance on starboard side for spring lines
• Fresh and saltwater deck and anchor washdown spigots forward
• Kolstrand paravanes and paravane cables (2015)
• LED flood and spotlights (2016)

COCKPIT

• Saltwater washdown

• Freshwater washdown
• Rescue attachment point mounted above starboard side boarding gate
• Lifesling mounted
• Electric controls for tender launch and paravane boom and running rigging mounted inboard of transom
• Cockpit covers (2019)
• Fish cleaning table

MECHANCIAL EQUIPMENT & ENGINE DETAILS

• Lugger 668D main engine (8953 hrs.)
• Main engine coolant pump rebuilt (2018)
• Main engine is keel-cooled with dry stack exhaust
• Dry stack muffler and new exhaust blanket insulation (2018)
• 2" main propeller shaft – pulled and inspected (2018)
• Alternator upgraded to 160-amp
• Alternator – spare 12-volt and 24-volt
• Cutlass bearing replaced 2018
• Morse cable controls for main and wing engines
• Yanmar 3GM 30hp wing engine (311 hrs) with Martec prop (redundant propulsion system)
• Spurs line cutter on main shaft
• Fuel transfer/polishing system with Racor duplex 900 filters
• Racor filters for main engine and generator replaced approx. 30 hrs ago
• Reverso oil change system
• 8hp 24-volt bow thruster
• New saltwater strainers for wing engine, generator
• Hynautic hydraulic steering
• Emergency tiller for steering back-up
• Village Marine Tech 32 watermaker
• Fluorescent lights in engine room operate on AC or DC power
• High water bilge alarm
• Fireboy automatic fire extinguishing system
• Hart tank tender system on water and holding tanks
• Hot water generated from engine heat exchanger
• Hydronic potable water and Cruisair cabin heating from engine waste heat exchanger

ELECTRICAL:

• Northern Lights 12kW generator (5240 hrs.)
• Remote generator control in pilothouse
• Two ea. Carbon Nano Battery 4D batteries for 24-volt bow thruster and windlass (2023)
• Trace Marine 3000 inverter-charger
• New house batteries (2020)

• Galvanic shore power isolator – 50amp (2013)
• 50-amp shore power connections fore and aft

PLUMBING:

• New Masterflush toilet in aft head
• New water heater (2023)
• Fresh water system expansion tank with gauge (2024)
• Rebuilt watermaker high pressure pump (2024)

OTHER FEATURES:

• “Riding” (stabilization sail) – seller reports “very effective” (2017)
• Separate Asko washer and dryer (in lieu of a combination washer/dryer)
• New water heater (2023)
• Linens and fitted spreads
• Spares for engines, pumps etc. – significant quantity and value
• Hydro-Force 10-foot inflatable with aluminum floorboards and 6hp Suzuki outboard motor (2019). Launch and retrieval made easier by boat deck extension tender is rated for up to 15hp.
• Kayak racks (2017)
• As-built Owner’s Manual
• Systems manuals

SAFETY:

• New Edson manual bilge pump (2015)
• Viking Yachting Rescyou Offshore life raft – six-person with cradle (2018) – requires inspection
• EPIRB with hydro-release
• Bilge pump counter display (2015)
• Bilge alarm warning on main pilothouse panel
• Horn operated from pilothouse