“Sea Once” is quite simply one of the finest Nordhavn 46’s ever built. Ordered new with several specific requests by an accomplished yachtsman who wanted the perfect family boat for getaways while continuing his career as a physician, she’s been a great cruising platform for three sets of owners and now is available for immediate delivery.

Trying to describe the importance of the Nordhavn 46 design to long range trawler cruisers is comparable to the contribution Henry Ford’s Model T made to popularizing the concept of the automobile…the exploding world cruising market would not be where it is today if PAE/Nordhavn hadn’t taken a chance with a bold new 46’ design in 1998 and introduced a production model long range trawler that revolutionized the way ALL cruisers (sail and power) view passage making. The 46 design opened up EVERY horizon to adventurers and is still one of the most popular full displacement power yacht s ever built.

“Sea Once” is a rare flybridge model (less than a dozen of the 80 hulls built were ordered with the flybridge option) and she is hull 71 in the series, a 2000 year qualifying her as a classic late model offering that was built during the peak hey day of construction at the crest of demand. She is the original layout design with master stateroom aft (amidships) and guest stateroom forward.

With 70 hulls built prior the lessons learned on layout, equipment and features provided an outstanding building opportunity and “Sea Once” boa sts several very important features that are not available on many 46s:

• Flybridge
• Fiberglass fuel tanks
• Fiberglass engine room
• Tinned copper wiring

There is certain awareness in the cruising community that the Nordhavn 46 might have the prettiest lines of any trawler afloat. Her performance pedigree is unquestioned with a half dozen circumnavigations and significant ocean crossings literally all over the world. “Sea Once” has just completed a major retrofit and upgrade of systems including a service stop with Yacht Tech in Florida (Dr. Nordhavn – James Knight) who gave her a clean bill of health. The sudden and unexpected death of her owner in mid-June, just having readied her for an extensive summer cruising itinerary along the eastern seaboard, creates a great opportunity for you if you missed out on “Sea Once” earlier this year when she was first put on the market. And we can safely say that she is in better shape now than ever before, in turn key ready to go condition and stationed at the Nordhavn sales docks in Portsmouth, Rhode Island – come take her away and go down east!  

ACCOMMODATIONS & LAYOUT

Entering the salon through the aft sliding door from the cockpit you will be quite pleased with the warm teak interior. A custom dinette settee is to port, and a built in TV locker forward to starboard with a nice reclining chair. A galley counter athwartship to port divides the galley work area from the salon.

The galley is entered into just forward of the dry stack column and makes a wonder working kitchen underway with its’ U-shaped layout. Steps at the starboard forward end of the salon lead up to the pilothouse and there is a separate set of steps just off the galley that leads directly down to the master stateroom.

The pilothouse is just above the master. There is a nice built in leather stool that serves as the captains seat and provides great access to the elaborate instrument console which houses a comprehensive selection of electronics. Just behind is a raised bench with table which offers a comfortable gathering place while underway. A pilot berth is above and aft of the settee backrest.

A steep set of steps leads down to the staterooms. The guest stateroom is forward and the master is aft, both have their own private heads with showers. Each stateroom is complete with a large sleeping berth and abundant lockers and drawers, plus nice ventilation.

The engine room is accessed from the master stateroom and includes the main engine on centerline along with the generator and wing engine and all nicely run and labeled fuel lines and plumbing.

Back on deck the cockpit extends to a forward starboard side deck (covered) with steps up to the Portuguese bridge. An uncluttered foredeck makes anchoring easy and you head back around aft to the boat deck and flybridge.

MAIN SALON

The main salon is beautifully done in teak and includes classic teak and spruce soles. Aft to starboard is a custom wet locker that has also doubled as a fishing rod storage area. To starboard is an 18” TV housed in a beautiful console with tambour doors and a nice recliner chair to make life aboard even more like home.

To port is a sumptuous L shaped wrap around settee covered with leather and including storage under. The teak dinette is a high/low dining/coffee table design that is elegant and practical. The saloon area to port is long enough for an adult to sleep in one of those rough passages when the going gets tough. Custom roman shade blinds complement the interior.

The saloon transitions into the galley and also forward provides two sets of steps, one up to the pilothouse, the other down to the master stateroom. Note: there are bug screens installed on the inside of all exterior doors.

GALLEY

The galley adjoins the saloon and allows for a very convivial relationship between preparing food and serving it. There are two Sub Zero appliances on the forward counter with storage lockers above (and a clever pass through hatch that allows transfer to the crew in the pilothouse). Outboard is a Force 10 stove with a large convection microwave above. The aft counter includes a large deep single sink. The counter tops are covered with Corian. Organized storage includes an overhead locker over the galley counter and several below. A complete set of plates, mugs, glasses, tableware, kitchen utensils, etc., fill the lockers and drawers and stay with the boat. One special highlight is the “Life is Good” neon sign! A full complement of appliances includes:

• Sub-Zero refrigerator
• Sub-Zero freezer with ice maker
• Force-10 LPG stove and oven (propane unit)
• GE Convection microwave oven
• Garbage disposal
• Broan trash compactor
• Coffee maker – 12 cup under counter model
• Water filtration system

MASTER STATEROOM – AMIDSHIPS

“Sea Once” was built for long range cruising and the master stateroom amidships layout is the preferred arrangement for rough weather offshore. She has been detailed with white laminate on the bulkheads and teak trim, a graceful touch that provides a lightness and openness. The bed is athwarthships with a custom mattress and you can enter the master aft from the saloon or forward from the pilothouse stairs. The engine room door is on the aft bulkhead and features a viewing port.

There is plenty of organized storage in lockers and drawers throughout the master. The head is located to starboard and has a nice toilet, sink and shower.

• Queen bunk with memory foam mattress
• Bed linens
• Double hanging clothes lockers
• Television locker
• Simrad - depth and speed meter
• Shelving above headboard
• Teak and holly soles
• Hanging lockers
• Ventilation fan

MASTER HEAD

• Corian counter top with undermount sink
• Groco electric head with seawater flush
• Separate shower stall with seat and storage locker
• Grohe shower fixture
• 2 opening ports
• Tank watch sentry
• Medicine cabinet with mirror  

GUEST STATEROOM - FORWARD

The guest stateroom, located forward has its private entrance from the Pilothouse itself. This forward area is beautifully finished in varnished teak and features a nice double bed to port (with a bench seat) and an additional single berth to starboard. There is a TV mounted forward on the starboard side and the soles are teak and spruce. Hanging locker, book shelves and drawers are provided for storage. Portlights and overhead hatches for ventilation. All the way forward is a the guest head and shower, which is finished in white laminate and gelcoat.

• Sleeps three – two on the double and one on the single
• Television
• Small bench seat

 GUEST HEAD

• Corian counter top with undermount sink
• Manual Groco seawater toilet
• Medicine cabinet with mirror
• Access to chain locker through forward louvered doors

PILOTHOUSE

Coming up to the pilothouse from the saloon you pass a very nice built in book case with shelves and fiddles to house a great collection of important reading material or other supplies.

The pilothouse forward console area includes a lot of surface area for the electronics array. A bench seat with table aft of the control console provides comfortable seating for crew who can “back seat drive” while underway. A pilot berth is up and aft of the settee. The pilot berth pulls out into a double.

This is a beautiful teak room with gray laminate panels and a light white overhead. The visibility is outstanding and all of the electronics are placed for convenient operation. The helm is a stainless steel destroyer wheel and the swivel stool seat is a very nice touch.

Going forward to the staterooms you will find separate Asko clothes washer and Asko clothes dryers mounted side by side outboard to starboard in the stairway.  

ELECTRONICS & NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT

• Leica Chart plotter MK40
• 2006 Dell computer with wireless keyboard and 15” LCD monitor (contains marine charts and can also be used for non-navigational computer tasks)
• American Bow Thruster hydraulic stabilizer controls
• Furuno 40 mile radar
• Max Power bow thruster controls
• Robertson autopilot (interphased with Leica chartplotter)
• Furuno 582L fishfinder/depth
• Raymarine ST40 wind meter – new 2006
• Ritchie Compass
• Horizon GX2305 VHF
• (2) Simrad 1515 speed/depth meters
• Leather upholstered Captain’s chair
• Fold down chart table navigational software package
• Vetus windshield wipers
• Master electrical panel
• Kobelt transmission/throttle single control
• Maxwell windlass controls
• KVH satellite Tracvision system
• B&G Quad display with depth and speed
• B&G Wind display with analog direction and digital wind speed

 FOREDECK EQUIPMENT

• 66 lb. CQR anchor
• 400 ft. 3/8" chain primary rode
• Sampson post on foredeck
• Freeman deck hatch on foredeck for anchor locker access
• Maxwell VWC 3500 windlass with controls on deck and at helm in pilothouse
• Canvas cover for windlass and hatches
• Starboard protective chafe guard for anchor chain
• ½” Plexiglas storm plates for port side salon windows
• Fresh and saltwater deck and anchor washdown spigots forward
• (2) wind scoops (not pictured)
• Fiberglass deck storage box
• Dock lines and fenders
• White mesh canvas screens for most windows to keep sunlight out of the interior
• Note: Portuguese bridge deck has teak caprail and locker.

COCKPIT and SWIM PLATFORM

The cockpit of “Sea Once” covers the lazarette area (steering) and has three boarding entries – port, starboard and aft. There is a ladder mounted to port that provides access to the boat deck. There is also a stainless and teak swim platform aft that is wonderful for SCUBA diving and makes a great landing dock when you arrive by launch.

• Full screen enclosure
• Ladder with hatch to boat deck area
• Transom door for access to swim platform
• Side door on port side of cockpit for docks
• Covered side deck to starboard with mid ship boarding door for docks
• Saltwater wash down
• Freshwater wash down
• Coiled wash down hose
• Lifesling mounted

FLYBRIDGE AND BOAT DECK

The flybridge is a special “extra” room with a view that is a great place to run the boat and a wonderful place to relax when at anchor. “Sea Once” has a flybridge that not only offers great visibility for navigating; it is a great perch from which to watch the world go by….

• 2 Todd helm chairs with covers
• (2) Bimini tops (white and blue) – folding ss bows with canvas covers
• Zip-on canvas Bimini side curtains
• Flybridge dash canvas cover
• Mast and boom arrangement to support dry stack exhaust and launch dinghy. Mast assembly also is used for mounting key antennas for electronics – satellite, radar, etc.,)
• Kobelt - transmission/throttle single control
• Robertson autopilot
• Horizon GX12205 VHF
• Ritchie compass
• Simrad 1515 speed/depth meter
• American Bow Thruster stabilizer controls
• Max Power bow thruster controls
• Maxwell windlass controls
• High water bilge alarm – added in 2007
• Storage forward under dash

The boat deck houses the ships tender which is an 11’ Caribe DL11 mounted on custom cradle chocks with securing tie downs. The boom has electric winches mounted on it that provide the means to launch and retrieve the ships tender (new motor, cable and blocks in 2006). The boat deck can also be accessed aft from the cockpit ladder and hatch. With the tender launched, you have a nice area to lounge on the boat deck.

ENGINE, MECHANICAL & ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT DETAILS

• Lugger 668D main engine (1920 hours) with Twin Disc transmission
• 130 amp alternator replaced in 2007
• Kobelt single lever engine controls
• Yanmar 3GM 27hp wing engine with Martec prop (redundant propulsion system)
• Fuel transfer system with Racor 900 filter
• Racor filters for main engine and generator
• Reverso oil change system for main and generator
• 8hp Max Power 12-volt bow thruster
• ABT Trac active fin stabilizer system
• Spectra 600-gallon/day Water maker (needs repair)
• 10 kW Northern Lights generator with sound shield (1112 hours)
• Trace 2500 watt inverter
• 4 Zone Cruiseair MXII air conditioning units
• All AGM batteries replaced in 2006
• Cathode ray lighting in engine room – new 2006
• High water bilge alarm
• Fireboy automatic fire extinguishing system
• Hart tank tender system on water and holding tanks

OTHER FEATURES:

• Asko Washer
• Asko Dryer
• Caribe DL11 tender
• Honda 30 HP 4 stroke
• Exterior wood work is all finished with Cetol wood sealing treatment
• Lightning protection system
• Fishing rod holders
• Numerous spare parts

BROKERS COMMENTS:

“Sea Once” is an exceptional Nordhavn 46. The listing brokers spent considerable time helping find and buy her and after the purchase “Sea Once” had a string of minor upgrades and repairs (ex: re-built bow thruster) to make her like new and ready for sea. To consider the purchase of a vessel like a Nordhavn 46, which can literally take you anywhere in the world, there are three key “life ingredients” that must come into alignment to create the right balance of – time, health and money. This story has a sad current chapter, after finding the boat of his dreams, upgrading and outfitting and finally getting everything “perfect”, the owner suddenly passed away while in port and aboard – after only three short months of ownership. The family has asked Nordhavn to help them find a new owner who will take “Sea Once” back out to sea and use her for her intended purpose – to follow dreams and deliver her crew safely and comfortably to any destination in range. She is located at our sales docks in Portsmouth, RI, priced fairly and an exceptional value – just looking for you to start writing the next chapter…

ASKING: $685,000
LOCATION: Portsmouth, RI 

DISCLAIMER

Specifications are provided for informational purposes only. Data was obtained from sources believed reliable but is not guaranteed by owner or brokers. Buyer assumes responsibility to verify all speeds; capacities, consumptions and other measurements contained herein and otherwise provided and agree to instruct his agent/s to confirm such details prior to purchase. Vessel subject to prior sale, price and inventory changes and withdrawal from market without notice.

PS – For more information and a story about the purchase of “Sea Once” please look at the www.nordhavn.com website, here is the link to the story: http://www.nordhavn.com/news/pressrelease/sea_once.php