Nordhavn 47 - a winter trip to Portishead

[henryf]

I bet you really enjoyed that trip. Something you could get your teeth into and a lovely looking boat. Not sure I could live with 4.5 knots though, clearly I need to learn to chill out a bit more

A different style of video to what I would make but that's the great thing about film making. I love seeing how others tackle the same story telling exercise. I was lucky to attend a video workshop at Pinewood studios courtesy of Canon & Time inc the other day. Got the creative juices flowing ....

Thanks for taking the time to post.

Henry

 

[Halcyon Yachts]

I bet you really enjoyed that trip. Something you could get your teeth into and a lovely looking boat. Not sure I could live with 4.5 knots though, clearly I need to learn to chill out a bit more

A different style of video to what I would make but that's the great thing about film making. I love seeing how others tackle the same story telling exercise. I was lucky to attend a video workshop at Pinewood studios courtesy of Canon & Time inc the other day. Got the creative juices flowing ....

Thanks for taking the time to post.

Henry

Hi Henry,

Here is one going the other way (even slower!).

Pete

 

[henryf]

Not sure my lot would thank me for bobbing around like that as they prepare lunch !

I'm guessing you didn't have to put the drone into sport mode to keep up

Henry

 

[TwoHooter]

Another nice boat in view at 5:43 :encouragement:

 

[longjohnsilver]

Yup, if I understood which boat is the star of the video, she has Naiad stabilizers.
And if so, of course the best equipment on earth (the very same I've got on my old tub) is bound to work well...!
'scuse me now, must get my coat before J will explain us that curved fins are the best, and B that will explain that electrics are even better.

I understand that most Nordhavn's are fitted with Trac stabs. Certainly my mate who used to own a 62 and now has a 47 , both are fitted with Tracs.

 

[MapisM]

Agreed LJS, but not this one, according to her specs on Nordhavn website.
Not that I fully trust any thechnical details published on brokerage ads, mind - quite the opposite, in fact.
But unless they mixed up the pics, you can see the Naiad control panel below, near the Lugger engine gauges.

 

[MapisM]

Another nice boat in view at 5:43 :encouragement:

LOL, I did notice her the first time I looked at the video, but it didn't pop to mind that she might be your fine vessel - is she?

 

[TwoHooter]

Agreed LJS, but not this one, according to her specs on Nordhavn website.... you can see the Naiad control panel below, near the Lugger engine gauges.

The history of stabilisation on Nordhavns is, broadly, Paravanes> Naiad hydraulic stabilisers> ABT TRAC hydraulic stabilisers, and there is now at least one vessel with gyros: http://www.nordhavn.com/models/new_launches/6311/index.php
So far as I know ABT TRAC is the most common system in the 550 boat fleet but I believe customers can specify any of the 4 options, although finding somewhere to fit gyros would be a huge challenge in some models. We have ABT TRAC (plus a flopper stopper which we haven't used yet) and would probably specify the same if we were ever to build a new boat. On the other hand I can see why people might think a flopper stopper is a bit out of place on a multi-million dollar investment especially if they plan to spend a lot of time at anchor.

LOL, I did notice her the first time I looked at the video, but it didn't pop to mind that she might be your fine vessel - is she?

Yes! Sadly we missed seeing and saying hello to the 47. There is another 47 in the inner basin so Penarth briefly had 3 Nordies in the marina, not an everyday occurrence outside Hamble Point.

 

[MapisM]

there is now at least one vessel with gyros

Interesting, I wasn't aware of that.
If I were speccing a vessel designed to cope with multi-day passages, possibly with pretty substantial ocean swells, I wouldn't even consider fitting gyros.
Then again, maybe that owner likes Nordies but is only interested in Med coastal anchorages - and who am I to argue? :encouragement:
Impressive vessel anyway.

 

[Gwylan]

Odd finishing scenes for those who know the Bristol Channel, you locked into Cardiff barrage, parked in Penarth marina outer basin, then showed a map of portishead.

Looks like you ran out of film in Penarth and tried to fudge it

+1

Had me wondering.

 

[Bloater]

Hi to all those following this thread,

I didn't realise that owning a Nordhavn would generate so much interest. I've been a member of the forum for quite a few years and it's taken to owning boat No.7 until I get my own thread started about our boat. I feel quite humbled that other forum members are showing such a genuine interest in our boat.

A special Hi to TwoHooter, I'm sure we will meet up one day soon. Ironically we had been berth holders at Penarth for many years before recently moving to Portishead.

The trip from Hamble to Portishead was actually the longest voyage that our 47 has ever undertaken. In that one trip I have more than doubled the the total log which now stands at a paltry 690nm. That's for a 11 year old boat by the way.

I can confirm that the stabilisers are Naiad 252's with the HMG controller. That's a gyroscopic controller. The trip was faultless and everything worked extremely well. We averaged just over 3nm per gallon over the trip.

 

[rafiki_]

Bloated, please say hi to your new neighbour at Portishead, Gary on Momentum Mori. He is a good egg, but I don't think strays onto this forum. You will have Sneds in Portishead in April, in his Sealine. Currently in Cardiff.

 

[TwoHooter]

PM sent to Bloater.
Our N40 leaves Penarth around 21 March for an excursion to Sharpness and Gloucester, hopefully with a respite from turgid waters in the Slime Roads (delightful names round here), then we hope to swoosh back down the mudflow to either Portishead or Penarth around 31 March/1 April. Lift-out at Portishead 25 April for 2 weeks. Hoping to meet Bloater and Sneds and any other forumites who cross our path... er, perhaps that's not the best way of putting it given my navigation skills or lack thereof. Truly if you see our boat coming the best advice is: Bear Away! Opposite advice applies in the pub.

 

[MapisM]

I didn't realise that owning a Nordhavn would generate so much interest.

You ain't seen nothing yet.
We are all waiting for your best pics of her, in order to give you our finest armchair suggestions on all possible further improvements...

Jokes aside, many congratulations. I don't know what the previous 6 boats were like, but obviously practice makes perfect! :encouragement:

 

[Bouba]

There is something about a Nordhavn. It's rugged manly looks. While it's a star on the trawler forum it twangs the emotional heart strings here. When you see a blue water yacht you feel a sense of adventure, no boundaries just horizons. You get that same gut feeling when seeing a Nordhavn

 

[MapisM]

I can confirm that the stabilisers are Naiad 252's with the HMG controller. That's a gyroscopic controller.

By chance, is it similar to this one (gyro is in the upper left side)?
If yes, I believe that makes two of us with this sort of equipment, here in the asylum! :encouragement:

 

[QBhoy]

Jeez...
I was slightly aware of the looks and lines of these boats previously, but having now googled their true ability, I am in awe !
Some machines and an engineering marvel.
I'd imagine only a few will put them to their true designed purpose, but what a boat.
Love to hear stories of their true ability.
Allan

 

[TwoHooter]

I'd imagine only a few will put them to their true designed purpose, but what a boat. Love to hear stories of their true ability. Allan

There's lots of blogs but the one I follow is MVDirona.com - an N52 sailed by a couple and a cat who left Seattle a few years ago and have travelled via the Pacific, the Antipodes, South Africa, St. Helena and the Caribbean to the USA eastern seaboard. They are currently preparing for an eastwards crossing of the Atlantic.

 

[Bloater]

By chance, is it similar to this one (gyro is in the upper left side)?

Yes, snap

 

[MapisM]

Yes, snap

Good stuff, you'll love it.
Of course modern stabs are much more sophisticated and offer zero speed, which is great.
But you might be interested to know that in my old tub, since they were installed 22 years ago (no less!), all the attention I gave them was one oil and filter change, 10 years ago or so, and they are still working as in day one, keeping all 35T of my round bilge, full D timber tub (which rolls as the proverbial pig without them) perfectly straight, even in pretty nasty conditions. :encouragement: