This yacht spoiled me. Ever since I watched the walk through, no other appeals as much to me at any price. The layout, woodwork to die for and interior decor have done me in. After watching lots of yachting videos, I love explorer yachts the most. They look so ready for adventure on the outside and Nordhavns especially are like heaven on the inside. I really am in awe of the people who can visualize and build such beautiful, complex and functional creations. So much talent and fine taste.
I was in Adak back in 1963 on the USS Salmon SS-573 we stopped for diesel fuel when it was a USN Naval air station then we went on patrol to monitor Russian launched missiles ... we were ten (10) miles off of Kamchatka when President Kennedy died we thought we were going to war for sure. Then we had to go back to Adak to get more fuel to return to San Diego. The trip took ten days to get there to Adak and we hit force 9 weather with fifty foot high waves. Never forget it watching your video brought all of those memories back.
Years ago I was a commercial diver based out of Duncan BC on Vancouver Island, I made the trip north to Alaska many many times with our live aboard and dive barge. It was always hurry up and get to the job site , on every trip I would say to my self “ to do this on a nice yacht and lots of time would be a dream come true “ Unfortunately I have to work to live.
The first battle that my dad was in during WWII was Attu and Adak. His last battle was Okinawa. Thank you for showing the islands. He has been gone for 21 years now.
I'm back to watch this video again. I love this ocean crossing. It's a dream of mine. I know how difficult it can be, but boy, this is what an adventure is like. Thanks again for posting!
I watched this delivery video when it came out about 8 years ago. It's the only one on UA-cam that I come back to and watch every few years, making it my most-watched UA-cam vid. Love Nordhavn and what they build for purpose.
It must feel acomplishing. Not only to build something so Grand, but then to navigate it through the different element's without any major problems. That really speaks of the craftsmanship, & engineering that you guys put into the yachts that you build. I stand amazed. Congradulations or a job well done!
Wonderful running commentary, I enjoyed your trip as well. Thanks. It's nice to see how a trip on a boat that size would be. We've all seen boats like that and wondered what it is like. I found your explanation of navigating, with amounts of fuel, water and all the other things you needed very interesting. Great photography too, Thanks again.
Great story. I agree the COG seemed high, but there must be magic happening with such a low draft. Very curious about the stabilizer systems as a beam sea would tend to pitch that shape. Perhaps thats why you had to head further north. Beautiful boat, beautiful finish, and love the state of the art nav and engineering. Wow!!
Awesome, awesome, AWESOME, video! Must have been a lifetime achievement to take your family across the Pacific! So fun to watch! Thank you for sharing your experiences with us!!! ✌🏻
Beautiful yacht. And most importantly, very capable too. Appeared to handle the big seas / swells well and proved itself as a well designed offshore cruiser. Thanks for sharing this with us.
Wonderful video. High quality footage. Great music. What a journey for the maiden voyage on that beautiful boat! Seem like great people too! Thanks for sharing that!
Thankyou for such an amazing video and an absolutely stunning vessel,i spent 14 years in the RN how I wish they had ships like that,very well put together film.
Outstanding job Doug! Beautifully shot and edited, giving us a real sense of what it was like to be aboard. Must be great to meet cool people along the way and invite them aboard for a few drinks and a meal, and get in some exploration too! Note to self: must..get..120 ft..yacht ; )
This was a very informative and professionaly produced video on taking a new yacht from the factory to final delivery in Vancouver. The owners's boat house was very impressive.
Beautiful vessel, and an even better little documentary on the trip itself. I travel the world flying a jet for someone, would love to do it once on a boat. Nicely done.....
looks lovely, I am now a yachtbuilder after I left Cummins in 1974, no yacht now as I suffered a stroke and zero energy to build, although I have finished the dwgs
We do have a 35feet Trawler in our family, but I will never be able to own a boat such as this one or, I suppose, none of Nordhavn boats in range ...but , I never watched a video longer than 5/6 minutes on UA-cam , and for this one, I wished it never ended, and when the end came, I felt like "i was with you" on the boat, for the whole duration of the trip! The editing, the musics, the camera angles etc, were really amazingly well done . Yes, If I would win the lottery...I know for SURE, I would buy a Nordhavn .
Wonderful video. High quality footage. Great music. What a journey for the maiden voyage on that beautiful boat! Seem like great people too! Thanks for sharing that!
beautiful documentary. Nice to see a really seaworthy megayacht. And a lot of the footage was awesome : Hong Kong, Adak, Alaska etc. . It must have been epic, thanks for sharing.
I enjoyed every minute of this I wish the owner health to enjoy this beautiful vessel well done guys ,,,come to Ireland next i'll buy you all a Guinness
The "owner" of this boat you see in the video won't be enjoying it. He tried to swerve paying the proper import taxes on the thing and when he got caught, tried to dodge paying for the yacht altogether so he couldn't be held legally liable for the import duty and the potential criminal charges. The man tried to destroy the company that built the boat, failed, and had to sell it.
@@robashton8606 Most people that own these type of boats are some kind of slime bags that fiddled and crooked everything and everybody all their lives. Thats how the can afford to buy them. Pathetic Bunch.
What a beautiful boat! It must feel amazing to be the owners of such a gorgeous vessel. Although the only part of the design that I do not care for is the sectional partition rails aft. However that is my own personal preference, and not a deal breaker in the least. As I am aware that many boat owners also love this design. Ex-Navy
Totally enjoyed this video! Well done and kudos to the Ship, Captain and Crew! Amazing story of what it’s like to cross the Pacific on a bad ass yacht! I was a little worried during the bad weather but I’d crew with these guys any time!
....Great job of keeping a long trip interesting. Felt like I was crew. First time for everything, my use of the word...Delightful...Thank You...A.C.Feuerhelm
I like the owners! They let come normal people come on bord for a visit. Normal fishermen who are interested in this great ship. Here in Germany no rich guy would have people "kind of this" on his ship. This was a great video - thank you for sharing this here!
You mean Diane and Bob Conconi who later sued Nordhavn after this video was made (for the record the Conconi's lost their suit) over quality issues over this very same Nordhavn?
I'll have to try to talk my brother into giving up his 64' Ocean Alexander and going with this. I loved the bridge layout but would liked to have seen a bit more of the berthing tho. All in all, a very nice job.
Beautiful boat and an immersive experience, having grown up on my friends MY Van Triumph 212 footer, l felt the seabreeze and the ocean swells in your video. Thank you. 🌊
Although when we retire, our retirement would probably not cover the cost of the diesel for this yacht, I do like seeing how the M/V community lives and motors about. Nicely done! Now, next time you motor past a sailboat, please give it a bit of room. Okay?
Thoroughly enjoyed watching the voyage. I especially enjoyed your stop over on Adak. I hadn't seen that beautiful place since I was stationed there in '87 and '88. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Erin Thorkildsen are you serious? China builds goods to suit your budget. They can do cheap and nasty but they can do incredible quality too, if you're willing to pay for it.
@@Erin-Thor I'm not exactly sure I didn't read a bunch into it but it would seem like it was over money and then it was said that the owner never accepted the yacht but if it was me why did they leave China with it like it was obviously it's like a car there's no motivation to fix it once it's off the lot
Mark Powell - Something doesn’t sound right. I too would assume that once you took delivery of a yacht, it would be like a car... you’ve done bought it. He may have phoned his bank and refused final payment, who knows. So the good news is there’s a slightly used yacht for sale cheap somewhere! LOL!
I imagine they're mostly happy days when you're a billionaire with a yacht. You simply shell out and have others deal with the problems, logistics and maintenance.
i too have watched this a few times; what a great story, the yacht handled magnificently, the crew were obviously amazing and the owners must be so proud. The Chef......where is he now? Congratulations
Just the boathouse for this yacht was amazing. The problem with these megayachts is not just owning them, but crewing, running and maintaining them..you really need to be megarich to have such a thing. What would this trip in fuel, crew wages, port fees and day to day maintenance be worth?
No it would cost around 500k per year! Captain 150k deck hand 50k each engineer 100k insurance 80k dock 50k then fuel! A yacht maybe 150 to 200 feet yes 1 mill per year but not a 120 footer!
Guy I worked with wanted a boat. He and I went to a boat show and I tried to hold him back but the super salesmen kept giving him beers and before I realized it, he had signed 5 papers of intent to buy on 5 boats between 30 feet and 40 feet. He ended up getting a Rinker 34. His decision maker was that it has a built in blender for margaritas and a stall shower. I just walked away. He was in it for $170,000. FULL PRICE and no freebees. He let the super salesman handle the financing. 20 year loan, and he could JUST handle the monthly payments. Then he got hit with mortgage insurance, sales tax, boat property tax, boat insurance, slip fees, monthly maintenance. Then he called me and wanted me to move his boat from the sales dock to the dock slip he had gotten. I wondered why he didn't do it and he said he tried but crashed it into another boat. Turns out he had NEVER driven a boat before and now he had a 34 footer with two HUGE engines. He eventually sold the boat three years later for about $90,000 and less than 50 hours on the engines. He had to remortgage his house to cover the loss, and go back to work out of retirement. Last I heard he had bought a big motorhome.
@Hans Wurst I'm thinking more like at the time of construction, their own facilities couldn't accommodate a ship this size, so they brokered a deal to use the facilities of that particular shipmaker.
Been in Dutch Harbor and Adak many times. Once we left Dutch Harbor on a nice sunny day, the entire patroll we been in Fog. That night we ended up on a S.A.R. Case of the M/V Pan Nova, a Korean Bulk Carrier. A Japanese Bulk Carrier collided at Sea, the Pan Nova sank off the Coast of UnAlaska Island. Sept 1983.
When the Conconi's bought this boat, they got an incredible "deal" because the original buyer backed out of the contract after the 2008 financial meltdown. For some reason, a legal battle began shortly after delivery which cost both the Conconi's and PAE what I can only assume is a great deal in legal fees. A settlement was eventually reached out of court in favor of PAE. I think Aurora is being sold out of spite. A great yacht for anyone with the resources to buy her and keep her maintained...wish it was me!
TAB, can you explain why the boat was confiscated by the Canadian authorities when it arrived in Vancouver? I know there's a story here, but I've never found out the details.
paisa26100. Because the papers were incorrect concerning the actual ownership of the yacht. The guy buying it had put ownership in the hands of a company of some sort. there was quite a legal dispute apparently, with the owner refusing to pass on final payment etc. A bad case of buyers remorse seems to have set in!! In fact I am lead to believe that the resulting court case could have ended Nordhavn. Fortunately Nordhavn won, the final payment was made and Nordhavn can continue building their wonderful little ships.
When they arrived at Dutch they met with a pilot boat I'd guess they had the tender in the water to bring the pilot on board 30:30 Just a guess though :) *edit* Didn't notice later in the video long after Dutch the tender is gone! guess they left something behind!
This yacht spoiled me. Ever since I watched the walk through, no other appeals as much to me at any price. The layout, woodwork to die for and interior decor have done me in. After watching lots of yachting videos, I love explorer yachts the most. They look so ready for adventure on the outside and Nordhavns especially are like heaven on the inside. I really am in awe of the people who can visualize and build such beautiful, complex and functional creations. So much talent and fine taste.
Wonderful job on both the boat and the video. I would have enjoyed even more video and commentary. Thanks for sharing it!
I was in Adak back in 1963 on the USS Salmon SS-573 we stopped for diesel fuel when it was a USN Naval air station then we went on patrol to monitor Russian launched missiles ... we were ten (10) miles off of Kamchatka when President Kennedy died we thought we were going to war for sure. Then we had to go back to Adak to get more fuel to return to San Diego. The trip took ten days to get there to Adak and we hit force 9 weather with fifty foot high waves. Never forget it watching your video brought all of those memories back.
Phenomenal. Thanks for inviting is along like this.
Totally awesome. Made my day watching this.
Years ago I was a commercial diver based out of Duncan BC on Vancouver Island, I made the trip north to Alaska many many times with our live aboard and dive barge.
It was always hurry up and get to the job site , on every trip I would say to my self “ to do this on a nice yacht and lots of time would be a dream come true “
Unfortunately I have to work to live.
The first battle that my dad was in during WWII was Attu and Adak. His last battle was Okinawa. Thank you for showing the islands. He has been gone for 21 years now.
I was born on Adak when my father served in the navy. We also lived in Okinawa for several years where he was stationed. It was nice seeing both.
You’re father is a real Badass for fighting in those battles I thank him for his service 💪
I'm back to watch this video again. I love this ocean crossing. It's a dream of mine. I know how difficult it can be, but boy, this is what an adventure is like. Thanks again for posting!
look up the article on how garbage this boat was when they delivered it
Wonderful video and extremely talented people involved with the entire process.
What an amazing experience! I'd love to do the whole thing around Vancouver and Alaska. What beauty!
What a marvelous boat and wonderful journey, thank you let us share.
I watched this delivery video when it came out about 8 years ago. It's the only one on UA-cam that I come back to and watch every few years, making it my most-watched UA-cam vid. Love Nordhavn and what they build for purpose.
Seen this video a few times now. Always a pleasure. Perfecty filmed and edited.
Beautiful experience being on the sea in the Norhavn 120. A healthy respect also for the ABS/Ordinaries who kept her safe for the journey.
MANY THANKS for showing us a beautiful ship and a 'real' cruise experience!
Amazing video. Well edited and an extreme amount of eye candy for someone just getting into yachting.
Beautiful Boat….Great job telling a great journey with information, pictures and video
Very good video,I enjoyed it. Thanks
Great film. Fascinating story. Beautiful yacht.
Such a great adventure video! Thanks for taking the time to film the journey and posting it.
It must feel acomplishing. Not only to build something so Grand, but then to navigate it through the different element's without any major problems. That really speaks of the craftsmanship, & engineering that you guys put into the yachts that you build. I stand amazed. Congradulations or a job well done!
Wonderful running commentary, I enjoyed your trip as well. Thanks. It's nice to see how a trip on a boat that size would be. We've all seen boats like that and wondered what it is like. I found your explanation of navigating, with amounts of fuel, water and all the other things you needed very interesting. Great photography too, Thanks again.
Two years late but that's a great comment
Great story. I agree the COG seemed high, but there must be magic happening with such a low draft. Very curious about the stabilizer systems as a beam sea would tend to pitch that shape. Perhaps thats why you had to head further north. Beautiful boat, beautiful finish, and love the state of the art nav and engineering. Wow!!
Very lovely video. I really enjoyed it. Thanks for all your hours putting this together.
Great video beautiful vessel! Gets me tear eyed watching it, lucky fellas!
Awesome, awesome, AWESOME, video! Must have been a lifetime achievement to take your family across the Pacific! So fun to watch! Thank you for sharing your experiences with us!!! ✌🏻
Very good considering you crossed the Pacific Ocean. Love all the glass with full views outside. Thanks.
Thanks for sharing your journey. I loved every minute.
Thanks for sharing this wonderful video, and what a beautiful Yacht :)
Beautiful yacht. And most importantly, very capable too. Appeared to handle the big seas / swells well and proved itself as a well designed offshore cruiser. Thanks for sharing this with us.
Brings back memory's. I was stationed on Adak AK for 18 months in the late 80's
Spent about 18 months on Adak in the mid '60's and yes it does stir memories even that long ago.
Wonderful video. High quality footage. Great music. What a journey for the maiden voyage on that beautiful boat! Seem like great people too! Thanks for sharing that!
Thankyou for such an amazing video and an absolutely stunning vessel,i spent 14 years in the RN how I wish they had ships like that,very well put together film.
Outstanding job Doug! Beautifully shot and edited, giving us a real sense of what it was like to be aboard. Must be great to meet cool people along the way and invite them aboard for a few drinks and a meal, and get in some exploration too! Note to self: must..get..120 ft..yacht ; )
This was a very informative and professionaly produced video on taking a new yacht from the factory to final delivery in Vancouver. The owners's boat house was very impressive.
That would be the trip of a lifetime. Thanks so much for sharing your experience and that magnificent vessel.
This boat is currently at the shelter island marina San Diego California! Beautiful
November 11, 2018
This was a great video about a great boat, great journey, great crew, and some very fortunate owners!
Now read this:
www.pendanablog.com/pendana-nordhavn-62-blog/2017/07/27/mega-yacht---mega-lawsuit
@@WarrenPostma It seems to be an empty link, a blank page.
The owners were the most unfortunate people after being previous customers.
Thank you for a really well done ,informative ,once in a lifetime trip of dreams ,I actually,with your help, sailed the yacht trip of DREAMS !
Great video. Thanks for posting it.. It was informative, educational and entertaining all at the same time.
Beautiful vessel, and an even better little documentary on the trip itself. I travel the world flying a jet for someone, would love to do it once on a boat. Nicely done.....
another dreamer
If you have to work for another...Nice work, if you can get it.
9 months passed and I am watching this video from beginning to end , once again . I can definitely say now, my favorite video in the whole of UA-cam .
lol this is my 4th time still love it
absolutely agree with you
its my 3rd time right now but am sure it wont be my last either brilliant video n a dissent bunch of blokes
lol No doubt. Time to watch again.
The part in pacific ocean is awesome
What a fabulous, exhilarating, adventure!! Beautiful filmed!
I am so jealous. What a great journey.Thanks for the video!
looks lovely, I am now a yachtbuilder after I left Cummins in 1974, no yacht now as I suffered a stroke and zero energy to build, although I have finished the dwgs
Amazing boat! Out of my price range new though so 76 or 86 mid this year will be new direction, more peaceful life and adventure
I didn't want the adventure to end, thank-you.
Beautiful video. Alot of passion all around this remarkable ship. Good Job.
We do have a 35feet Trawler in our family, but I will never be able to own a boat such as this one or, I suppose, none of Nordhavn boats in range ...but , I never watched a video longer than 5/6 minutes on UA-cam , and for this one, I wished it never ended, and when the end came, I felt like "i was with you" on the boat, for the whole duration of the trip! The editing, the musics, the camera angles etc, were really amazingly well done . Yes, If I would win the lottery...I know for SURE, I would buy a Nordhavn .
it is a pretty nice documentary ,right ????
it is GREAT!
be positive ... forget loterry .... good luck !!!!!!!
Breathtaking...why have I been spending on stewpid cars till now? :-(
Wonderful video. High quality footage. Great music. What a journey for the maiden voyage on that beautiful boat! Seem like great people too! Thanks for sharing that!
beautiful documentary. Nice to see a really seaworthy megayacht. And a lot of the footage was awesome : Hong Kong, Adak, Alaska etc. . It must have been epic, thanks for sharing.
Phenomenal trip on a magnificent vessel. Thanks for filming and sharing.
GREAT video! Thank you for taking the time and energy to create it.
I enjoyed every minute of this I wish the owner health to enjoy this beautiful vessel well done guys ,,,come to Ireland next i'll buy you all a Guinness
The "owner" of this boat you see in the video won't be enjoying it. He tried to swerve paying the proper import taxes on the thing and when he got caught, tried to dodge paying for the yacht altogether so he couldn't be held legally liable for the import duty and the potential criminal charges. The man tried to destroy the company that built the boat, failed, and had to sell it.
@@robashton8606 How sad. Or pathetic.
@@robashton8606 Most people that own these type of boats are some kind of slime bags that fiddled and crooked everything and everybody all their lives. Thats how the can afford to buy them. Pathetic Bunch.
Sean MacCionnaith don’t hate on the rich. You are the one who is pathetic for saying that.
@@robashton8606 - www.passagemaker.com/trawler-news/nordhavn-120-lawsuit
Coming back into Canadian waters after such a trip must have felt good. Such a beautiful boat.
This was a truly incredible video. Well done!
what an adventures great story telling wish you well and thank you for sharing 👍👍👍
I don't get how anyone could dislike this video. Hands down a motivation-able and just relaxing film that was well put together.
Because they can't afford this
Probably the owner's legal team after the mucky court case involving this yacht as soon as it reached Canada 😁😁
What a beautiful boat! It must feel amazing to be the owners of such a gorgeous vessel. Although the only part of the design that I do not care for is the sectional partition rails aft. However that is my own personal preference, and not a deal breaker in the least. As I am aware that many boat owners also love this design. Ex-Navy
@john williams ty for your service
Totally enjoyed this video! Well done and kudos to the Ship, Captain and Crew! Amazing story of what it’s like to cross the Pacific on a bad ass yacht! I was a little worried during the bad weather but I’d crew with these guys any time!
Brilliant adventure.so well captured...The owners and crew are very natural and the ship is amazing!
Magnificent!
шикарная яхта и отличное путешествие!
....Great job of keeping a long trip interesting. Felt like I was crew. First time for everything, my use of the word...Delightful...Thank You...A.C.Feuerhelm
Thank you for sharing Mr.Harlow,I enjoyed your voyage.
I like the owners! They let come normal people come on bord for a visit. Normal fishermen who are interested in this great ship. Here in Germany no rich guy would have people "kind of this" on his ship. This was a great video - thank you for sharing this here!
They are not the owners.
You mean Diane and Bob Conconi who later sued Nordhavn after this video was made (for the record the Conconi's lost their suit) over quality issues over this very same Nordhavn?
Are you from Germany??
@@rahulkrish9840 Yes. I am from Germany.
@@saschakeitmann7954 I'm planning to visit Germany by the year end. You are from which place??..
I'll have to try to talk my brother into giving up his 64' Ocean Alexander and going with this. I loved the bridge layout but would liked to have seen a bit more of the berthing tho. All in all, a very nice job.
+Shadow Paranormal Society I agree with you regarding tan interior on anything motorized. Bleh.
Beautiful boat and an immersive experience, having grown up on my friends MY Van Triumph 212 footer, l felt the seabreeze and the ocean swells in your video. Thank you. 🌊
Great job from the Nordhavn team (kudos to Doug for the capture and kudos to the engineering and PM staff).
great vid, china to Vancouver, wowwww
Thanks for the video. I really enjoyed it. (Small comment but sometimes less is more)
I remember being north of Adak during our RIMPAC back in the 90's. 40' seas, 70-80 knot straight winds and clear blue skies.
Wonderful Video, what a great experience, not to mention the incredible vessel to make this passage on !
43 minutes and it wasn't boring at all. Great job. What happened to the starboard tender? I noticed it missing after dutch harbor.
Although when we retire, our retirement would probably not cover the cost of the diesel for this yacht, I do like seeing how the M/V community lives and motors about. Nicely done!
Now, next time you motor past a sailboat, please give it a bit of room. Okay?
RETIRE!!!!! lmao
Diesel, lubricants, and gasoline was between $65 and $70 THOUSAND.
YIKES.
Very nicely done. It was a peaceful video and well narrated. I enjoyed the trip and it sounds like the boat was flawless.
Thoroughly enjoyed watching the voyage. I especially enjoyed your stop over on Adak. I hadn't seen that beautiful place since I was stationed there in '87 and '88. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Having a lot of money is AWESOME!
Villhelm Cranford yes it is if you know how to spend it wisely....
It's not easy making that kind of money.
I’ve never associated China with quality, but this was impressive! Absolutely beautiful!
Erin Thorkildsen are you serious? China builds goods to suit your budget. They can do cheap and nasty but they can do incredible quality too, if you're willing to pay for it.
The ironic thing was there was a lawsuit over this boat and the owner sold it
Mark Powell - So, Chinese quality may not be so great? Any clue why it was resold?
@@Erin-Thor I'm not exactly sure I didn't read a bunch into it but it would seem like it was over money and then it was said that the owner never accepted the yacht but if it was me why did they leave China with it like it was obviously it's like a car there's no motivation to fix it once it's off the lot
Mark Powell - Something doesn’t sound right. I too would assume that once you took delivery of a yacht, it would be like a car... you’ve done bought it. He may have phoned his bank and refused final payment, who knows.
So the good news is there’s a slightly used yacht for sale cheap somewhere! LOL!
Great success story! Fantastic journey!
amazing moment thank you for sharing sharing your story
If you like this, watch Fleming Yachts sailing around Alaska.
When you were in Adac did you refuel and if you did how much fuel and cost per gal.
Magnificent vessel! No BS. All beautiful form and function.
So enjoyed watching, thanks for sharing.
2 happy days in owning a boat, the day you buy it and the day you sell it
I imagine they're mostly happy days when you're a billionaire with a yacht. You simply shell out and have others deal with the problems, logistics and maintenance.
i too have watched this a few times; what a great story, the yacht handled magnificently, the crew were obviously amazing and the owners must be so proud. The Chef......where is he now? Congratulations
He cooks at TGI Fridays in Myrtle Beach SC
beautiful video indeed. i'd really like to make such trip in an explorer boat. thank you so much for sharing.
Thanks for sharing your story. Love your yacht.
Just the boathouse for this yacht was amazing. The problem with these megayachts is not just owning them, but crewing, running and maintaining them..you really need to be megarich to have such a thing.
What would this trip in fuel, crew wages, port fees and day to day maintenance be worth?
Normally 10 percent of the boat fee so around 1.5 million dollars per year
No it would cost around 500k per year! Captain 150k deck hand 50k each engineer 100k insurance 80k dock 50k then fuel! A yacht maybe 150 to 200 feet yes 1 mill per year but not a 120 footer!
Guy I worked with wanted a boat. He and I went to a boat show and I tried to hold him back but the super salesmen kept giving him beers and before I realized it, he had signed 5 papers of intent to buy on 5 boats between 30 feet and 40 feet. He ended up getting a Rinker 34. His decision maker was that it has a built in blender for margaritas and a stall shower.
I just walked away. He was in it for $170,000. FULL PRICE and no freebees. He let the super salesman handle the financing. 20 year loan, and he could JUST handle the monthly payments. Then he got hit with mortgage insurance, sales tax, boat property tax, boat insurance, slip fees, monthly maintenance.
Then he called me and wanted me to move his boat from the sales dock to the dock slip he had gotten.
I wondered why he didn't do it and he said he tried but crashed it into another boat. Turns out he had NEVER driven a boat before and now he had a 34 footer with two HUGE engines. He eventually sold the boat three years later for about $90,000 and less than 50 hours on the engines. He had to remortgage his house to cover the loss, and go back to work out of retirement.
Last I heard he had bought a big motorhome.
It cost 12% of the value of the boat per year when l was doing it back in the nineties.
That boat would look nice with another 10 feet of hull on the back end
15 ft zig says
Delightful video. What a great trip.
Absolutely fantastic to follow the voyage from China to Vancouver in such a magnificent boat. THank you so much!
Truly amazing yacht and film!!
The tenders are a bit of a joke though haha
My goodness you are right....thats pretty bad. thats more like a dingy for a small sailboat !!!!
You'll be glad to know it has a new, proper, tender...lol.. Those original ones, I'm thinking, were for the delivery trip in case SHTF..
awesome.......i was a little worried ....lol....
@Hans Wurst I'm thinking more like at the time of construction, their own facilities couldn't accommodate a ship this size, so they brokered a deal to use the facilities of that particular shipmaker.
They started the trip with 2 tenders but finished with only 1 what happened to the other tender?
too bad we don't get a full vid tour. I would like to see the master suite. VIP room and so forth
www.nordhavn.com/models/120/gallery/
ua-cam.com/video/1Wf9zHOl-1A/v-deo.html
Search for it on AQUAHOLIC channel. He does a full, all areas walkthrough of the yacht.
Trip of a lifetime! What a great company owner/captain. A serious adventure, ultimate bro trip 😁👍.
Been in Dutch Harbor and Adak many times. Once we left Dutch Harbor on a nice sunny day, the entire patroll we been in Fog. That night we ended up on a S.A.R. Case of the M/V Pan Nova, a Korean Bulk Carrier. A Japanese Bulk Carrier collided at Sea, the Pan Nova sank off the Coast of UnAlaska Island. Sept 1983.
Near Attu Islands, isn't it making a more "pronounced Easterly" turn and not Westerly ?? Just ask'n. But it is a great video.
Just saw this boat was listed for sale in the latest NW Yachting magazine. Wonder if they're upgrading to something larger.
When the Conconi's bought this boat, they got an incredible "deal" because the original buyer backed out of the contract after the 2008 financial meltdown. For some reason, a legal battle began shortly after delivery which cost both the Conconi's and PAE what I can only assume is a great deal in legal fees. A settlement was eventually reached out of court in favor of PAE. I think Aurora is being sold out of spite. A great yacht for anyone with the resources to buy her and keep her maintained...wish it was me!
TAB, can you explain why the boat was confiscated by the Canadian authorities when it arrived in Vancouver? I know there's a story here, but I've never found out the details.
I'm not completely sure, but I think it had something to do with taxation.
paisa26100. Because the papers were incorrect concerning the actual ownership of the yacht. The guy buying it had put ownership in the hands of a company of some sort. there was quite a legal dispute apparently, with the owner refusing to pass on final payment etc. A bad case of buyers remorse seems to have set in!! In fact I am lead to believe that the resulting court case could have ended Nordhavn. Fortunately Nordhavn won, the final payment was made and Nordhavn can continue building their wonderful little ships.
The other way actually! They are downsizing.
As a kid i lived on Adak island, my dad was a vet of WWII , Korea and Nam. Still have good memories of Adak
Excellent film on delivery of one of the best boats made.
When you left China you had 2 tenders. When you left Dutch Harbor only one. What happened to the other tender ?
Looked like an exciting voyage.
When they arrived at Dutch they met with a pilot boat
I'd guess they had the tender in the water to bring the pilot on board 30:30
Just a guess though :)
*edit* Didn't notice later in the video long after Dutch the tender is gone! guess they left something behind!