My wife would love to travel in one of these. She's not a fan of boat maintenance or navigation so that'd leave it all up to me. Can one individual deal with a boat like this on a long range passage?
When you see the fuel filters it looks like standard road diesel and not off-road red dyed diesel, but when you see the fuel level sight gauge it's bright red. So I'm guessing that's what your question is, and while I could be wrong some visual fluid level gauges use a magnetic system to allow you to see the level of the fluid in a tank but what you're seeing on the actual gauge is not the actual fluid within the tank. And so they use a contrasting color fluid like red to give you a quick indication of what the level of the tank is. And I could be wrong but I also believe that in the event that the glass tube were to get broken that you're not actually losing the fluid within the tank, because they are completely separated unlike some sight level gauges.
Adam was pretty close with his description. The red you were seeing was the side of the indicators marked to show where the fuel level is at. The red and white pieces are cylinders that turn magnetically. Here's a link to a similar, possibly even the same, system that explains it more in depth than I can in a single UA-cam comment: www.gteek.com/Magnetic-Level-Gauge
@@TheBoatDude thanks for clarifying. I've seen those types of sight glasses in other industrial applications but I've never been able to get up close to see exactly how the red shows up, even though I know inside the tank it's a different colored fluid. So thanks for explaining and showing the link.
I presume, you're comparing the N52 to the N51. The N51 has the master stateroom in the bow, compared to the N52 with it mid-ship. The N51 has bench seat on the deck on the bow, the N52 does not. Beyond the layout, there are some big functional differences such as the N51 being able to have a bridge clearance under 19'6" from the factory and thus able to do the Great Loop as it comes. The N52 would take rather extensive modification to be able to do it. The N51 has subtle, but rather user friendly and modern improvements to both the electronic and physical systems. Also, the speed and range performance figures are notably different on each boat.
The beneteau is a beautiful boat but they're really not in the same category. The beneteau is more of a coastal swift trawler and the nordhavn is a transoceanic boat, so because of the size of the fuel tanks and other requirements to go across oceans the nordhavn doesn't have the internal space for more cabins.
I actually filmed the Swift 48 when it debuted in Miami and the video is on the channel! Adam summed it up almost exactly as I would have. The Swift 48 blurs the lines between a pleasure vessel and a true trawler type boat, where as the N51 is all business.
My wife would love to travel in one of these. She's not a fan of boat maintenance or navigation so that'd leave it all up to me. Can one individual deal with a boat like this on a long range passage?
My best guess (I've never ran a boat this large myself) is that it is probably possible, but not ideal, to try to run a boat of this size by yourself.
Wasnt that just a sight tube on the fuel? Lookrd like red diesel in the tube. Not sure what you were describing?
When you see the fuel filters it looks like standard road diesel and not off-road red dyed diesel, but when you see the fuel level sight gauge it's bright red. So I'm guessing that's what your question is, and while I could be wrong some visual fluid level gauges use a magnetic system to allow you to see the level of the fluid in a tank but what you're seeing on the actual gauge is not the actual fluid within the tank. And so they use a contrasting color fluid like red to give you a quick indication of what the level of the tank is. And I could be wrong but I also believe that in the event that the glass tube were to get broken that you're not actually losing the fluid within the tank, because they are completely separated unlike some sight level gauges.
Adam was pretty close with his description. The red you were seeing was the side of the indicators marked to show where the fuel level is at. The red and white pieces are cylinders that turn magnetically. Here's a link to a similar, possibly even the same, system that explains it more in depth than I can in a single UA-cam comment: www.gteek.com/Magnetic-Level-Gauge
@@TheBoatDude thanks for clarifying. I've seen those types of sight glasses in other industrial applications but I've never been able to get up close to see exactly how the red shows up, even though I know inside the tank it's a different colored fluid. So thanks for explaining and showing the link.
The same layout with the new N51, so what the difference?!
I presume, you're comparing the N52 to the N51. The N51 has the master stateroom in the bow, compared to the N52 with it mid-ship. The N51 has bench seat on the deck on the bow, the N52 does not. Beyond the layout, there are some big functional differences such as the N51 being able to have a bridge clearance under 19'6" from the factory and thus able to do the Great Loop as it comes. The N52 would take rather extensive modification to be able to do it. The N51 has subtle, but rather user friendly and modern improvements to both the electronic and physical systems. Also, the speed and range performance figures are notably different on each boat.
@@TheBoatDudelol i thought its the new N60, wrong video, the new N60 just launch last week
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Not my favorite. Try have a glance at the Benetteau (???) 48. It has 3 well sized cabins, is 3 feet smaller and WAY better laid out.
The beneteau is a beautiful boat but they're really not in the same category. The beneteau is more of a coastal swift trawler and the nordhavn is a transoceanic boat, so because of the size of the fuel tanks and other requirements to go across oceans the nordhavn doesn't have the internal space for more cabins.
I actually filmed the Swift 48 when it debuted in Miami and the video is on the channel! Adam summed it up almost exactly as I would have. The Swift 48 blurs the lines between a pleasure vessel and a true trawler type boat, where as the N51 is all business.