Here’s big news for Nordhavn fans. The company is building a new Nordhavn 41 in Turkey, and it’s going to be ready to cruise around the world. Indeed, Nordhavn says the new 41 will be “the most capable, efficient, safe and sea-kindly passagemaker ever built.”
The 41 certainly comes with a rich heritage. Nordhavn put power cruising on the map when its 40 went 24,000 nm around the world in 2001-2002. Since then Nordhavns, with models now ranging from 47 to 120 feet, have gone more than seven million nm in ocean crossings. In keeping with that tradition, the new 41 has a CE Certification Category A, meaning it can operate in winds over 40 knots and waves above 13 feet.
The original lines for the 41 were drawn by Jeff Leishman, Nordhavn’s design chief. Nordhavn then worked with its new partner, Vripack Yacht Design in the Netherlands, who ran computerized test programs to optimize the hull design for performance and safety.The boat comes in two layouts: A single, with the large owner’s cabin in the bow with lots of drawer space, a walk-in closet and a large head with stall shower; extra guests can sleep on the port and starboard settees in the salon. There’s also a two-stateroom option.
The engines are twin Kubota mechanically-injected diesels marinized by Beta Marina. Each engine is capable of pushing the boat at cruising speed. The props are protected by a deep, long keel. The boat has a standard bow thruster to make maneuvering easy, particularly with the twin engines. For cruising comfort, it has ABT Trac 220 stabilizers, and 4,000 pounds of lead ballast in the keel.
Ready for cruising, the new 41 has room for a 12-foot tender on the boat deck, and a standard 800-pound davit. It’s equipped with a 7/9 kW Onan genset, combination washer/dryer, 400-watt flexible solar panels on the salon cabintop, and a four-person Revere life raft.
In a new twist, Nordhavn is making a big plus out of the Turkey location. You can pick up your new 41 near the factory in western Turkey, spend the summer cruising through the Aegean, the Med and the Adriatic, and then turn it in to Nordhavn’s agent in Gibraltar who will ship it to the Nordhavn facility in Palm Beach. The point is, you could cruise it across the Atlantic in your own, or you can enjoy some of the best cruising grounds in the world, fly home, and pick up your new boat in Florida.
Specs.: LOA: 41’4”; Beam: 13’11”; Draft: 4’6” Disp.: 43,300 lbs.; Fuel: 900 gals.; Water: 300 gals.; Power: 2×75-hp Beta diesels. Here’s a rendering of the boat:
