BLUE  WATER  OCEAN  CRUISING  YACHT

 

NORSEMAN 447 CENTER COCKPIT CUTTER

 

Please see Blue Water Yacht in Photos

 

The yacht was purchased in March, 2005 for a two year South Pacific cruise: San Francisco to New Zealand.  During our trip, we became convinced that we had made the best choice possible in a blue water cruiser. 

 

The stiff hull and very dry center cockpit afforded us comfort and stability in reinforced trade winds. She excels to weather and her relatively flat aft sections allow surfing downwind.  Robert Perry, her designer, still speaks of the model as “a masterpiece.”

 

Inspection will prove that the Ta-Shing yard spared no expense in her initial construction and upgrades have respected the designer’s commitment to safety and speed offshore. She has been carefully maintained by a mechanical engineer.

 

“Sensei” is a safe and swift offshore passagemaker and has been refit in 2007. She will be available for sale in San Francisco, California in August 2007.

 

Contact mellorsatsea@yahoo.com for further information.

 

Price: $219,000 US

 

Year: 1983                                         Hull: Fiberglass: cored deck & topsides

Solid glass below waterline

 

Builder: Norseman                             Designer: Bob Perry

 

Dimensions:

LOA: 44’7”                             LWL: 37’6”                             Beam: 13’

Displacement: 28,000 lbs       Draft: 6’10”                            Ballast: 12,000 lbs

 

Engine:

Peugeot-Lehman 61 HP           Model: 4D61                           Hours: 5479

 

Tankage:

Fuel: 180 gallons in 4 tanks                Water: 120 gallons in 4 tanks

Holding: 40 gallons under vee berth

 

Navigation & Communications Computer:

Big Bay Technologies Marine Computer at nav station (2005):

 

Hardware: “Commodore package”

Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz processor

512 MB RAM

40 GB Hard Drive

DVD with external amplified speakers

CD Burner

3.5” Floppy Drive

wi-fi antenna card

400 Watt dedicated inverter

17” indoor/outdoor High Bright Display monitor

Hewlett Packard officejet 4125xi Printer, Fax, Scanner & Copier

 

Software: 

Microsoft Windows XP Home

C-Map World Chart Folio

Max Sea navigation software

Maptech charts for California, Mexico & South Pacific

Coastal Explorer by Rose Point navigation software

Sailmail’s Airmail program for e-mailing through SSB radio

GetFax weather fax software

WXTide world tide predictor

Wiac Fiji fleet codes weather chart translator

 

 

Electronics/ Electrical:

Furuno Model 1723C High Precision color LCD chartplotter coupled with

Furuno Mark III 36 mile radar in cockpit w/ remote (2005)

Chart cards for New Zealand, South Pacific Islands, Mexico and California

NOTE: Furuno navigation system is independent of BigBay computer navigation system offering redundancy for offshore passages.

Furuno GP30 GPS w/ complete spare

Icom submersible IC-M422 VHF (2006) with Powermic remote in cockpit

Emergency VHF antenna cable run to stern pulpit in case of dismasting

Icom IC-M710 SSB radio

Pactor III modem for sailmail and weatherfax

Raymarine ST60 depth, wind dir & speed and boat speed instruments mounted above companionway in cockpit with multi function remote at Nav station. (2005)

Alpha 4404 Autopilot w/ cockpit remote (spare control board, compass, electronics, and 3 spare motors)

Jensen Stereo CD cassette with salon and cockpit speakers

Heart Freedom 10: 1000 watt Inverter and battery charger with remote panel

4 Surette Golf Cart Batteries (640 Ah) for house bank

1 8D starting and windlass battery

Two rechargeable handheld VHF radios

Shore Power cord

 

 

Mechanical:

Peugeot Lehman Diesel w/ oil pressure and overheat alarms

Borg Warner transmission 2.5:1 V-drive

PYI flexibile coupling in drive shaft to guard transmission from shock loads

PYI dripless shaft seal

3 blade MaxProp w/ fixed 3 bladed spare

"Spurs” line cutters mounted on prop shaft

4.5 KW Northern Lights Generator w/ automatic overheat and oil pressure shutdowns

Sea Recovery 16 gal/hour watermaker (upgradable to 24 w/ additional membrane)

Tank Tender fuel and water gages for 8 tanks (2005)

Three AC cabin heaters with thermostats

Newport” by Dickinson diesel cabin heater

High capacity bilge pump with alarm

Low capacity bilge pump at deepest part of bilge for small leaks

Hot water heated by engine coolant, generator or shore power

Three cabin fire extinguishers

Engine and generator automatic fire extinguishers

Carbon monoxide detector hardwired

 

Spares:

Thevast inventory of cruising spares is impressive and shows the previous owners’ commitment to world cruising and preventative maintenance.

 

Galley:

Corian countertops (2005)

Seaward Princess gimbled range (2005)

2-5 gallon Propane Tanks

Microwave oven in concealed cabinet (2005)

Frigoboat W-35F 12 volt refr/freezer with raw water cooled condenser (2003)

New pressure water faucet, filtered pump water, salt water pumps, soap dispenser (2005)

Polished double 10” deep stainless sinks, undermounted in counter (2005)

Corian on Nav station (2005)

 

Berths:

Aft cabin:

Froli spring system installed under 4” foam to provide ventilation and comfort (2005)

Two inches of memory foam on top (2006)

Vee berth:

Six inch foam mattresses (2005)

3 lee cloths

 

Deck/Hardware:

Teak decks and cockpit

Cockpit seat cushions (2005)

Maxwell-Nillson V3000 vertical windlass with manual lever

300 ft of 3/8” HT chain

60 lb CQR primary, 44 lb Bruce secondary bow anchors

Two Danforth stern anchors with chain & rope rode

Two mast pulpits with harness attachment loops

Jack line webbing

Monitor windvane (refurbished 2005) with spares

Avon R310 3.1 meter air floor dinghy with fold down wheels (2006)

15 HP 2 cycle Yamaha outboard (1998)

Nova lift 3:1 outboard lift w/ Edson mounting bracket

Wavestopper hard dodger (1998)

Detachable Bimini awning

Two 110 watt Kyocera solar panels with Trace C40 controller

Deck and anchor washdown pump and hoses

Aft swim ladder

Fenderstep side boarding step

Magma barbecue grill with 2 gallon propane tank

Folding mast steps

Two custom “Shadetree” harbor awnings, bow and stern (2005)

4 glass deck prisms

Three year old Viking 4 man offshore liferaft (certification April 2007)

Goiot hatches with hinged screens and new lenses

Schaeffer lifeline stanchions

10 operable Vassen ports with screens and new lenses

New fixed side light and deadlight lenses

Man overboard pole, horseshoe ring & drogue (2005)

EPIRB (certified until 2012)

 

Sails/Rigging

Five batten, triple reef cruising main (Pineapple Sails 2005)

New Sunbrella sail cover (2005)

Selden single line reefing boom (2005)

130 % Yankee jib (Hasse 1998) on Profurl (1998)

Staysail (North 2002)

Storm Trysail

Storm Staysail

Main and Trysail on “Strongtrack” sail track

Two cruising spinnakers (Hasse 1998 & Sobstad)

Two Forespar whisker poles for dual headsail rig (One new in 2006)

Navtek hydraulic backstay adjuster in cockpit

Solid boom vang

Stainless boom gallows

10 Lewmar self-tailing winches: 2-#55, 1-#44, 4-#42,1-#40, 2-#30

Staylok fittings on 3/8” wire shrouds and stays (2001)

Detachable inner forestay attachment point on side deck for short tacking jib

 

 

 

 

 

Separate sale items include items presently on boat but not included with sale:

 

Medical emergency kit

Surgical emergency kit

Inflatable two man kayak West Marine

Battery powered hookah dive compressor with 2 regulators capable to 30 feet.

 

Bellingham Pacific Ocean Passagemaker 24 chart set

Chart sets for:

Three British Admiralty for Ha’apai, Tonga

Vanuatu, New Caldonia, Loyalty Is.

New Zealand

Marquesas, Tuamotus, Society Is.

Cook Is., Samoa, Tonga, Fiji

East & Northeast Australia

Northwest, West & Southwest Australia

Solomon Is., Bismark Archipelago, Santa Cruz Is.

Papua New Guinea