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What sets the Nordhavn 52 Aft Cabin apart from other Nordhavns is the helm station, saloon and galley on one level.
from.” Jim Leishman points out that the Nordhavn 52’s flying time we put it aft, so it has a real good interface with the aft bridge and boat deck are on the same level, there is no stepdeck and cockpit.” down between them, so when the dinghy is off the deck, At the aft end of the saloon, a sliding sea door leads directly there will be a huge amount of space for lounge furniture onto the spacious rear cockpit. With over 100 square feet of and relaxing. Access to the boat deck is via a set of steps in area and a built-in table and chairs, it will no doubt prove a the aft cockpit. popular spot to hang out whether in port or on a passage. The big attraction of this design is that it gives the owner Since it is on the same level as the saloon, (something a more spacious saloon area. The forward steering station you don’t usually see in aft-cabin trawler yachts) it, in effect, on the starboard side is large enough to house most of the functions as an extension to the saloon and facilitates flow controls and electronics an owner between the two areas. The upper could want and it has seating for boat deck serves as a roof to shade SITE SEE two. Jeff Leishman says that aside the cockpit and the entire area can from the added room, one of the also be enclosed in glass, which will For more information on the Nordhavn 52, visit unexpected benefits of not having be nice for year-round live aboards, www.nordhavn.com/models/52/ a raised wheelhouse, with its bulkas well as owners in cooler cruising For the Dirona website, go www.mvdirona.com head behind the watch stander, is areas, such as the Pacific Northwest 360-degree outward visibility. and New England. A seating area on the forward, port side of the saloon feaThere is also a separate, lower cockpit section aft of the tures a built-in, L-shaped settee large enough to double as a main cockpit, which can be used as a fishing cockpit or diving berth and there is also an easy chair located there. Directly platform. It also facilitates boarding from a tender or from across on the starboard side is a Dutch-type sea door provida dock. A hatch in the lower cockpit allows access to the lazing access to the side deck. A separate dining area, with a arette and steering gear. table and chairs is built into the starboard side of the saloon Another area where the Nordhavn 52 Aft Cabin offers a and a large fully equipped, U-shaped galley is aft, on the port big advantage is its cabin layout. More and more owners want side. “We usually put our galleys forward,” says Jeff. “This spacious accommodations for sleeping and the N52 has them. 18
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