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Nordhavn 56 Motorsailer

Yachting World271 mins
Nordhavn 56 Motorsailer
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Testul Yachting World la bordul Nordhavn 56, un iaht de tip trauler care merge oriunde și unul dintre numeroasele noi vele cu motor mari. Vezi raportul complet în numărul din octombrie 2012 al revistei Yachting World. Descărcați cea mai recentă ediție direct pe iPad aici http://gb.zinio.com/browse/publications/index.jsp?productId=117655451

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27 thoughts on “Nordhavn 56 Motorsailer”

  1. better get some tie-down straps for the battery bank – unless there are some hidden tie downs, tie-down straps will be needed or the batteries will fall off the rack when the boat heels or rolls in a seaway

  2. In order to appreciate this boat you have to understand what she is, and what she's intended to do. She's not a sailboat. She's a MOTOR-sailer. Jeff Merrill, who has done some great videos on this boat that are here on youTube, named her correctly. She's really a trawler-sailer. She can do everything that a regular Nordhavn trawler can do with the added enjoyment and economy of off-wind sailing capability.

    Wanna daysail? Don't choose this boat. Coastal cruising? Nope. She's really too slow for that. BUT. Wanna go anywhere in the world that can be reached by blue water? Now you're talkin'! This boat is a passagemaker. If you, your wife, and another couple want to explore the oceans of the world in consummate comfort and safety, and want the pleasure and satisfaction of sailing thrown-in, I doubt there is a better boat for you than this.

    How many sailing yachts under 60-ft. would you really feel confident and secure in taking across the Atlantic non-stop? In any weather? Not many, I suspect-if you're honest. Take a look at your choices and think about it. This boat will take you there and beyond. Her range on power alone is about 3000 nm. When you figure-in the marvelous Hundested prop system and the sailing rig, she could easily go 6000 nm or more without touching land, if you have the provisions. There isn't another boat under 100 ft. that can do that with as much safety and comfort, as far as I can see, sail or power.

    Unfortunately, this superb boat hasn't been generally appreciated by the yachting public and has been one of Nordhavn's few disappointments as far as sales are concerned. That's a shame. Nordhavn had planned to build a larger 68-ft. version of this boat, but those plans have been cancelled due to the soft sales of the 56MS. Another shame.

    It has been my dream for years to sail from San Diego to Hawaii and then on to Tahiti non-stop and the other islands of French Polynesia. I've been to the island of Moorea, the sister island of Tahiti, twice and it's indescribably beautiful This boat is one of the very few that are manageable by a cruising couple and even remotely affordable that I would consider doing it on. Thanks for taking the time to read this. 

  3. Utterly superb and with seemingly 'go-anywhere' capability. The build quality is outstanding, but then it should be for the price…
    Wonderful way to see the world.

  4. Agree, when this boat was launched in 2008 it seemed to "tick all the boxes" in having noteworthy Nordhavn seaworthiness for passage-making combined with the thrill of sailing offering a more economical means to travel the world which does appeal to me. But they've only built nine boats with hull #9 actually still unsold as I type.

    Even the purchaser of hull #3 (i.e the one that was unfortunately dropped, damaged & sunk during delivery), who received a new boat later and recorded a video piece for Nordhavn, now has this boat up for sale! And I have seen others come and go on the used market….hull #1 anybody. So, what went wrong? It is hard to get real world information on these boats as so few have been made and sold.. Maybe the owners don't want to let on for fear of destroying the re-sale price.

    Is it a case of this boat trying to be all-things and therefore not being a master at any and therefore compromised. Is she a difficult to manage sailboat in a day-to-day sense, by which I mean does she place extra burden on the crew when underway. I remember the aforementioned owner commenting once that he was surprised how much electrical power the boat required when under sail, almost implying that you've got to keep the gen-set running. Hardly a pleasant thought when you want the relative calm of wind and waves only. Then as a powered "trawler" does she work as intended, Is the fuel load insufficient, is accommodation restricted, is she noisy, you know like a typical sailboat running its auxiliary engine?

    I like Nordhavns and this boat really appeals to me but what is the real story?

  5. Nice video but we could see nothing about sailing capability under 30 knots wind. It would be nice to see a real sailing test with this boat.

  8. Toby seems far more excited about the Gunfleet 58, which is a great boat and ticks many boxes for me, but its 'Horses for courses' and with this yacht, it would be far more snug when crossing the Indian Ocean than a Gunfleet. Its a lot of money, but its also a lot of boat. Nordhaven have a YouTube with the boat under sail, and it seems to do quite well. After MUCH research, I am leaning toward a Moody DS54, and I was very impressed by a couple who comfortably did the Sydney to Hobart race in their new boat as their "shake down" trip. Decisions …decisions ….decisions

  11. Motorsailers don't seem to be that popular as a whole. This one I do like though and if you do not get how this prop works its actually brilliant what they did here. I"m not to crazy how they did the battery bank, but even without using the sails, you have a 3000 mile range on the engine. I think people expect this boat to be something it is not, its not a sailboat and its not a trawler, it is a hybrid more pushing towards a trawler then a sailboat. If you do not understand what they did with the prop assist, its really amazing. Lets say your at full sail but only making 5 knots, this is where the engine is designed to assist to maintain 8 knots…if 5 knots is what you want, don't use the engine…but it was designed to be used in conjunction with the sails up. This is a big boat with a heavy displacement. The prop is unique which I think most people do not understand bout this MS…Its not sailboat, but also doesn't have the limitations of a traditional trawler. It will get you there at a consistent 8 knots and depending on wind conditions with the motor assist, about 1 gallon per hour, or if the wind is good, 0 gallons per hour. Try and do 8 knots with anything at 1 gallon per hour. Its power hungery though as has been reported, throw on solar and wind and even hydro generators. I think its gotten a bad rap because people expect it to be something it is not.

  12. Too short … I know the purpose of these videos is to promote the magazine, but the quality is good, I like Toby, and obviously I want more details on most boats, especially the complex craft like this one …

  19. She's a beautiful ship; and that huge amount of space to work with. I was thinking about building a ship kind of like this; but nothing like this; you answered a lot of my questions about possibilities, from the large hull and sail combo, to the battery bank; great work on this video.

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