Nordhavn 96
FOR SALE

She is based on the hull of the highly successful Nordhavn 86 and features a 10-foot cockpit extension that allows for space increases in several areas of the boat, including below decks in the crew area and lazarette, on the main deck in the cockpit and saloon, on the pilothouse deck with a larger sky lounge or upper master stateroom (depending on layout), and on the fly bridge. The fuel capacity remains the same, but the N96’s longer water line may result in slight improvements in fuel consumption. Likewise, displacement remains virtually unchanged. According to PAE’s Chief of Design, Jeff Leishman, extending molds is a straightforward process. And it is a cost-effective way to give a customer the additional space they desire without incurring the substantial expense of constructing an entirely new hull. Several of Nordhavn’s other models, including the N52 (based on the N47 hull), the N60 and 63 (based on the N55 hull), the N68 and N76 (based on the N64 hull), and the N76 (based on the N72 hull), have utilized this strategy, and it has been a tremendously successful one. The extended models have proven to be so advantageous that they are now more popular than their predecessors. And contrary to reports, there are no disadvantages to adding hull extensions. According to Leishman, these modifications have been shown to improve performance.