For the same reasons, all wiring raceways are readily accessible via removable panels finished to blend into the decor. While the console will contain the owner’s selection of electronic navigation aids, a proper chart table is also provided, sized to store and display full-size paper charts and hold a printer on a slide-out shelf. If a purchaser decides on the centered instrument console, the chart table occupies the starboard side of the wheelhouse adjacent to the second helm chair. If the offset console is chosen, the chart table is to port. Two top-of-the-line Ultraleather Stidd chairs provide orthopedically comfortable support. And while a 30-inch destroyer-style steering wheel is installed, it will be used primarily as backup, for this yacht is “driven-by-wire.” Drive-by-wire technology provides several significant advantages, not least of which are the ease of use and connectivity to navigation aids integrated to autopilots. Another very useful feature is that any number of control stations can be installed anywhere on the boat that makes sense as will be described below. One of these is a real luxury: for the ultimate in www.nordhavn.com
A place onto itself and the nerve center of the yacht, Sans Souci’s spacious pilothouse gracefully combines modern high-tech engineering with classic yachting décor. The roomy, comfortable settee is a relaxing place to sit and watch the world go by.
2008-2009 | circumnavigator
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