NORDHAVN 47 SOUTHERN STAR FOR SALE

Background

Southern Star has had 4 owners since being delivered as “Borealis” to the original owners in the US West Coast - she was lightly used until she was purchased by a New Zealander in 2006, imported into New Zealand and renamed Southern Star. She also was very lightly used until purchased in 2013, when the owners took her on a journey around NZ, Australia, Indonesia, Mediterranean and across the Atlantic to cruise the US East Coast.

In 2016 she was purchase by her current owners who have cruised her for 4 years along the US East Coast to Nova Scotia, and wintered each year in the Bahamas. Due to Covid they chose to transport her back to New Zealand, where she now resides. She has been cruised in New Zealand’s North Island, and to Fiji and back.

She was very highly specified when commissioned, with multiple redundant systems, and electronics. She is a US specified boat- 240v/120v 60 Hz. She operates flawlessly in the Southern Hemisphere (240v-50 Hz) on shore power using the 240v input and the invertor to operate all the 120v systems.

Highlights

Southern Star is the more popular N47 lay out with Flybridge, stack and davit, and two queen cabins.

She is a proven world traveller. She is fully equipped for exploring and gunkholing in remote locations. She is self sufficient with solar panels to supplement generator charging, water maker, and SCUBA compressor for diving remote dive sites. She is comfortable underway with ABT hydraulic stabilizer and in most any anchorages, with two at rest flopper stoppers.

Piloting her from the flybridge offers great visibility in shallow reef areas, and in close quarters manoeuvring. Her bow and stern thrusters make it easy to dock in tight situations.

When the weather gets inclement- retiring to the warm and dry pilot house to operate the boat while passaging, keeps you comfortable and safe. Safely moving around the vessel while underway with stainless steel handrails, the Portuguese bulwarks make you feel secure, even in rough conditions.

She has been meticulously well maintained and upgraded continuously.  She has just returned to New Zealand from a 5-month trip to Fiji. She is currently berthed at Marsden Cove Marina in Whangarei and is fully imported into New Zealand with all taxes and duties paid.

New Zealand is it own right,  a wonderful place to cruise, and is an ideal point to begin your South Pacific adventure.

Name:
Southern Star

 

Model:
Nordhavn 47

 

Hull Number:
18

 

Year:
Commissioned 2004

 

Listing Price:
US $ 825,000

 

Contact:

Ted Dixon

+64 210 909 2714

Defiant.ted@gmail.com

 

Current Location:
Marsden Cove, Whangarei, New Zealand

 

Status:
Registration: Cook Islands # 15631
Port:  CIYS Cook Islands
Fully imported duty and tax paid in New Zealand

 

Specifications
Nordhavn 47 hull 18
2004 Built by PAE
HIN # PAI 47018A004
 
Dimensions

LOA:
47' 8" / 14.53 M

LWL:
43' 4" / 13.21 M

BEAM:
16' 1" / 4.9 M

DRAFT:
5' 11" / 1.8 M

DISPL.:
85,000 lbs. / 38.56 MT
 

Engine 1

Engine Brand:
Lugger

Year Built:
2004

Engine Model:
LP 668 T

Engine Type:
Inboard

Engine/Fuel Type:
Diesel

Engine Hours:
8032 hours (09/2024)

Drive Type:
Direct Drive -ZFW 220 3.96 to 1.00 Transmission

Engine(s) Total Power:
174 HP

  • Prop shaft (Aqua met 22)- 2.25" x 125 .25" (new 10/2019)
  • One (1) x 12-volt 175-amp Leese Neville large case alternator to charge house batteries (12-volt house battery system)
  • One (1) x 12-volt 40-amp small case alternator to charge starting battery (new 09/2024)
  • SAE “A” hydraulic pump drive, gear driven on timing cover
  • Engine instrument panel: deluxe with instrumentation for oil pressure, water temperature, voltage, revolutions, hour meter, with alarms
  • Mathers electronic engine controls- pilot house and flybridge
  • Fernstrum Grid Cooler – model #D848U-E1
  • Dry stack exhaust system with fiberglass stack shroud

 
Engine 2

Engine Brand:
Yanmar

Year Built:
2004

Engine Model:
3JH3E

Engine Type:
Inboard

Engine/Fuel Type:
Diesel

Engine Hours:
230 (09/2024)

Drive Type:
V Drive-Direct Drive

Engine(s) Total Power:
35.5 HP

  • New propeller shaft Aqua met 22 and dripless shaft seal Sept 2017
  • Alternator charges 4D AGM battery- shared with Generator

 
Tanks

FUEL CAPACITY:
1,470 gals. / 5564.6 L Fiberglass tanks x 2 700 gallons with sight glass
70-gallon aluminum supply tank (for main and generator) with sight glass
An aluminium day tank for wing engine with sight glass

WATER:
400 gals. / 1514.2 L Fiberglass tank

HOLDING TANK:
120 gals. / 454.2 L Fiberglass

GRAY WATER:
110 gals. /416.4 L Fiberglass
 

Accommodations

Number of double berths:
2

Number of cabins:
2

Number of heads:
2


Layout

  • Flybridge, stack and davit
  • Wide body to port (see drawing)
  • Teak interior
  • Two staterooms (forward stateroom with desk to starboard), MSR Midship with for/aft queen bed both with ensuite head/shower
  • Diamond Sea glaze Dutch-style (2 part) doors for saloon and pilothouse
  • Huper Optik ceramic window tinting- (90% protection from UV)
  • Teak floors throughout
  • Rubber backed decorator carpet throughout
  • Two heads with full standing-height stall showers and granite counters
  • Desk and teak cabinets in forward stateroom
  • Pull out single pipe berth over forward guest cabin double berth


Machinery and Equipment

  • Stainless steel main engine guardrails and tool tray
  • LED lights mounted under engine for easy engine room inspections
  • ABT Trac hydraulic stabilisers model 220 w 7.5sq ft fins with keel cooler, fully serviced Feb 2024
  • American bow thruster 24V bow thruster
  • American bow thruster 24V stern thruster (new motor 2022)
  • Kabola B Tap 12 diesel boiler to heat accommodations and hot water (not being used)
  • MarineAir air conditioning, 5 zone, including reverse cycle heating (salon port new 2020- Wabasto)
  • Seafire suppression system for engine room and lazarette (tanks need upgrading for New Zealand specs)
  • Spurs line cutter on main engine propellor shaft (new propeller shaft Sept 2019)
  • Line cutters on both stabilisers
  • Reverso oil changer for main, wing and generator
  • Temperature monitoring of engine room
  • Emergency tiller steering
  • Lightning ground system with copper plate on hull


Pilothouse and electronics

  • Simrad AP-48 auto pilot NAC 3 with P-9 compass and rudder angle indicators (new Jan 2019)
  • Simrad AP-24 2nd auto pilot
  • Simrad P-9 fluxgate compass (backup to SC-60 satellite compass)
  • Simrad rudder RF 25 feedback upgrade
  • Simrad FU80 follow up lever (pilothouse and flybridge)
  • Furuno 1943C/NT chart plotter
  • 4´ 6KW open array radar connected to above
  • C-Map New Zealand, Australia East Coast, South Pacific charts for 1943C and GP1700
  • C-Map US East Coast chart for 1943C and GP1700
  • Furuno black box sounder with 1KW transducer including temperature sensor
  • Furuno backbox weather fax (not used)
  • Furuno SC-60 satellite compass
  • Furuno GP30 GPS (to backup SC-60 for position data)
  • Furuno FR2117BB commercial black box radar system
  • Furuno 6.5´ 12KW open array for FR2117
  • Furuno FA-150 commercial AIS transponder Class “A” (not currently used- as using Vesper Cortex AIS/VHF/WIFI/NMEA gateway)
  • Rose point Coastal Explorer 2011 with South Pacific and many other region charts installed on HP laptop computer
  • Infra-red engine room camera and cockpit camera and monitor
  • Eizo 1280x1025 LCD display for FR2117 radar and for laptop nav system
  • Icom M-602 all channel VHF radio
  • Icom M502 remote mic on flybridge
  • Icom M802 HF/SSB transceiver with 23´ whip
  • Iridium Go iridium phone with base station and external antenna on mast (not used currently)
  • Starlink Satellite internet system – 2023. Starlink dish (mounted on aft boat deck) with Starlink mesh extender for range extension to both cabins- Also acts as Boat Wi-Fi network, connected to N2K via Vesper Cortex (allows N2K info to be seen on devices connected to Boat Network
  • Speco loud hailer
  • B & G H1000 system, analogue display, digital multi, ultrasonic speed, depth
  • Ritchie compass
  • Fusion Stereo head unit, McIntosh Power Amplifier, Bose Speakers in salon, Fusion speakers in FB, Fusion and Alpine Speakers in Pilot House and controller in flybridge
  • Garmin Gwind wireless wind instrument- connected to NMEA 2000 network
  • NMEA 2000 network connecting: Vesper Cortex AIS (acting as a WIFI gateway and gateway for 0183 for depth)- Garmin Gwind system-Simrad MFD (flybridge)- Predict Wind data hub (for Predict Wind tracking and long-range AIS)
  • Carlisle and Finch 200W Xenon searchlight with controls in pilothouse and flybridge
  • Stidd Admiral slim line helm chair with upgraded chrome, seat replaced 2017
  • Tablet mount
  • Windscreen wipers
  • Edson Destroyer stainless steel steering wheel
  • WIFI security cameras- Pilot house, Salon, cockpit


Flybridge

  • Polished stainless steel rigid fly-bridge bimini top with courtesy LED lights (new stamoid cover 2024)
  • Stidd helm chairs (x2) on fly-bridge (repainted and re-upholstered 2020)
  • Curved settee reupholstered in Sunbrella (2020)
  • Simrad 12” MFD with CMap for NZ, US and Bahamas, and South Pacific on flybridge, connected to N2K
  • Furuno GP 1700C/NT 7” display on flybridge (radar and depth sounder)
  • Simrad AP 44- Autopilot on Flybridge
  • Ritchie compass
  • Stabiliser controls
  • Mather controls
  • Bow and stern thruster controls
  • Anchor windlass control
  • Stainless steel Edson Power wheel
  • Large Xenon Spotlight control
  • Simrad FU80 follow up lever
  • Fusion stereo speakers and Fusion remote on flybridge
  • Customised storm window storage
  • 120v AC outlet
  • Tablet mount


Galley and Interior

  • Fresh water deck wash down at bow, stern, engine room and boat deck
  • Saltwater and freshwater wash down on bow and stern
  • Scandvik hot and cold cockpit shower
  • Spectra Newport 700 2600 litres per day DC water maker (recon 12/2021)
  • Miele dishwasher with varnished teak face (new June 2016)
  • Bosch clothes washer (new Oct 2019)
  • Sub-Zero 700 Refrigerator/2 drawer freezer and ice maker (new cooling coils and cooling fan June 2019)
  • Miele clothes dryer
  • Thermador Oven (Self-cleaning)
  • General Electric microwave with convection oven
  • Customised pantry locker and built in spice rack
  • Redundant house fresh water pump
  • Upgraded water pressure system
  • Nutone central vacuum system
  • Custom shades and screens for all four hatches
  • Custom HMC hinged latex foam mattress in master and guest staterooms
  • Rubber backed decorator carpet throughout
  • Hinged lift (manual) for master stateroom bed
  • Charger locker in forward stairwell locker
  • Ambient Weather Station, wind direction/speed, barometric pressure, temp, solar, humidity
  • Stainless steel hand rails throughout boat
  • Huper Optik ceramic window tinting- 30% salon- 50% pilot house
  • New upholstery and foam, Salon and wheel house (2022)
  • Samsung smart TV (120 volt) on heavy duty tv stand (new 2017)
  • New vinyl overhead and foam all cabins. Changed to grey in Pilothouse for improved night vision. (Sept 2019)
  • Screens on all opening windows; ‘dream screen’ screen door on salon; screens fitted to top Dutch doors in pilot house


Electrical

  • Northern Lights 12KW generator – Model M843NK, Generator hours: 7601
  • Trace 2500VA pure sine wave inverter with battery charger (120 volt 60 hZ)
  • Mastervolt 12/75-3 (12-volt 75 amp) (x2) house battery chargers (new 11/2021)
  • Charles Marine Series 5000 24-volt battery charger for charging 24-volt battery bank for bow and stern thrusters, and windlass
  • 4 x SunPower Solar Panels- SPR-E20-320 (320 Watt each- 1280 Watts total installed Feb 2019)
  • 2 x Victron Smart Solar MPPT controllers 100/50
  • House bank batteries: Mastervolt AGM 8-D x 6 (12v/220 AH) (new Sept 2017)
  • Bow/Stern and windlass batteries 24 volt-Mastervolt AGM batteries (2x8D forward and 2x 8D aft =2x24 volt and new 11/2021) charged by dedicated Charles Marine 24-volt charger (see above)
  • Main Engine start battery Lifeline AGM 8 D
  • Generator/wing start battery Lifeline AGM 4D
  • Stern and bow shore power connections – 240 Volt Smart Plug
  • Olsun isolation transformer SGS 12 YY-0-15
  • Olsun balancing transformer SGS 7.5 HD-2-316 SS
  • 50A shore power lead (x1) with Smart Plug connections- adapted to NZ shore power
  • 20A shore power lead (x1) with Smart Plug adapted to NZ shore power
  • Miscellaneous shore connections and splitters
  • Magnafire 12V HID deck lighting for foredeck- 2x LED on boat deck
  • Aqualuma LED underwater lights (4)
  • Bauer Dive compressor new 2013


Hull, Deck, Cockpit

  • Stainless steel bow tow eye, used for anchor snubber
  • Dynaplate SSB ground plan with copper tape to pilothouse
  • 400 feet (120m) 3/8” BBB chain
  • 165 pounds (75KG) Rocna Anchor
  • ¾” nylon anchor snubber attached to bow eye
  • Lewmar AA710 Remote control Anchor control with length display
  • Fortress FX-55 secondary anchor
  • Port and starboard Flopper stoppers
  • Steelhead 1500 hydraulic/electric crane. Centre mount. (major rework 2018/new hoses and rotational gear 4/2022) w wireless controls
  • Stainless steel dinghy deck chocks/mounts
  • Rendova deluxe RIB 12-foot rigid inflatable, new tubes Military spec Hypalon June 2018, with VHF radio, bilge pump, anchor & depth sounder HIN # REN12040B024. With boat cover.
  • Mercury 40HP 4 stroke outboard (new Feb 2018) with cover Serial # 1C489823
  • Sunbrella canvas covers for all hatches and windows
  • Lexan storm plates for port and starboard saloon windows
  • Oiled teak cap rail on transom
  • Shade screens in cockpit
  • Sovereign stainless steel propane BBQ in cockpit
  • Swim platform and ladder
  • Stainless steel staples and bait board
  • Fishing rod holders in cockpit
  • Fibreglass dock boxes (x2) mounted on boat deck
  • Ocean Kayak Prowler 13 with paddle
  • Perception Kayak Pescador 11 with paddle
  • Polished stainless steel rigid cockpit awning
  • Aluminium passerelle


Safety Equipment

  • Viking 4-person offshore life raft packed in hard case (new Oct 2019, recertified April 2024)
  • AIS Man overboard device x2 located in PFD
  • Life rings and Dan buoy
  • Extensive flare kit (updated 2024)
  • Lifesling and 5:1 lifting tackle
  • Offshore first aid kit (updated 2024)
  • Globalfix 406 Cat II EPIRB (x2) one auto release on boat deck and other in grab bag (new 2024)
  • Comprehensive ditch bags (2) with SART responder, Katadyn desalinator etc
  • Offshore type 1 PFD x 4
  • Garmin IN reach GPS tracker

 
Exclusions:
Personal items, books, tools, fishing and dive gear.
Will leave specialty 120-volt power tools, and 120-volt kitchen appliances.
 



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