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The Nordhavn Owner’s Manual
You are off the archipelago of Tierra del Fuego. You have taken on 600 gallons of diesel and discover water in the fuel...dirty water. Now what?
Building an adventure yacht that propulsion and many others. In addition to iary systems, complete with detailed specifi-
can take you and your crew around everyday procedures like starting the cations, maintenance suggestions and dia-
the world in safety and first-class engines, operating the thrusters and grams. Before I was halfway through, I was
comfort is no simple task. launching the dinghy, the manual also sold – a manufacturer capable of creating
By necessity, a Nordhavn is a complicated provides quick and thorough answers when such a manual would simply have to be
piece of machinery that requires a high an owner needs to find a valve or a fuse, one helluva manufacturer.”
level of skill and knowledge to operate. needs to know how the gravity-fed fuel sys-Understanding this, Nordhavn creates a tem works or needs to know how to operate
custom owner’s operation manual with the emergency bilge pump or fire system.
detailed schematics for each boat that
explains in great detail how each system
aboard works.
“Every boat we build
includes a certain
level of customization
by the owner,” says Jim
Leishman, Vice President
and co-owner of Nordhavn
Yachts. “This is one reason
we have two dedicated systems engineers on staff
who inspect every boat and write a manual
specific to each boat. Many well-seasoned
boaters have told me the manuals we provide are the best they’ve ever seen.”
It’s not enough to hand the owner
the keys to a boat like a Nordhavn
and say “bon voyage.” Providing owners with an industry-leading manual enables
them to quickly climb the learning curve and
begin enjoying their journey whether it’s just
down the coast or all the way across an
ocean. You can’t put a price on peace of
mind, and the Nordhavn owner’s manual
provides that and much more.
Each manual extensively covers every system
aboard, including fuel, water, electricity,
It comes as no surprise that the boating
media has taken notice. Renowned boating
journalist, Capt. Bill Pike, had this to say
about the Nordhavn
owner’s manual:
“Talk about thor-
oughness. A prelimi-
nary section on law
enforcement hit
everything from
radio procedure to
boating safety. A con-
struction summary described laminates, the
hull-to-deck joint and lots of other nitty-gritty items an owner bent on understanding, maintaining and making passages
aboard a yacht would want to know. Then
came the good stuff – approximately 150
pages dealing with engineering and auxil-
Find out what Nordhavn can mean
to you. Visit www.nordhavn.com or
call (949) 496-4848 to learn more about the
exciting adventures you can have aboard
any of Nordhavn’s current fleet of 15 yachts,
including the brand new 56-foot Motorsailer
and the 75 Expedition Yacht Fisher.
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