The N46 has a lot of room and is comfortable. For a couple it is ideal, and the second stateroom offers tight room for a guest couple. I say tight because it has bunk beds, and one must climb to the top one.
There were two models: the "A" design which had the owners' stateroom midships with the bed athwartship, the idea being this was the place of least roll and pitch while crossing the ocean. This stateroom had an adjacent head/shower that is good size. There was a bunk bed stateroom in the bow along with a head/shower at the very tip of the bow as well. No doubt that was exciting or just not used in heavy weather. The "B" model had the owners' berth up front in the traditional v-berth area. Queen size walkaround bed, lots of storage and closet space. The second stateroom ran along the portside of the vessel aft of the owners berth. On the starboard side running aft from the owners berth were two identical head-showers with plenty of storage in each. Most boats have a washer/dryer somewhere. A companionway ran from the salon (down a few stairs) the length of the forward half of the vessel to the owners berth with doors to the guest cabin and heads on each side. Our washing machine is in this companionway. For those not venturing off shore, the B model was popular as the owners berth was larger and the room had more light, i.e., overhead hatches, and thus better ventilation as well. I'm told the production run (82 hulls) was almost 50-50 A and B models.
None of the galleys are the same. Nordhavns are semi-custom, and if a builder got in early, you could design your own vessel within limits. None are alike. You see one Nordhavn, you have seen one Nordhavn. Suffice to say, they all have a salon with at least one side having a sofa and dining table. Some have another sofa on the opposite side; most have chairs. Some galleys enter from the side; others from the salon. The galleys were well equipped. Most had propane stoves, but a good number were electric. Some have lots of teak; others have relatively little.
The pilot houses are largely alike, except the A model has stairs in it going to the owners bedroom as well as the companionway that runs from the salon; the B model does not stairs leading to the berths so the pilothouse feels larger. All have a full berth behind the seat/settee in the pilothouse. It is a large, comfortable area with room to move about while underway.
The cockpit is small and the stern is rounded. That makes for a nice, comfortable riding boat in following or quarter seas, but the lazarette under the cockpit is accordingly tight. Just about every subsequent model Nordhavn has a square, flat stern, but the 46's have a lovely ass. You can easily have a table and chairs set up for evening drinks.
All have a starboard side deck running from the cockpit to the pilothouse that is fully covered. High bulwark. Dry--even in rain. Top or boat deck is flat and fairly large. Same for foredeck. There is a mast with a book that has an electric windlass.
Engine room is adequate unless you have one of the 4 twin engine models like my boat; then the room is tight! I bdelieve all came with a NL 8 kw genset, whcih tasakes up room as well. Storage is minimal, so the lazarette must be carefully packed. But if the crew is a couple, then the second stateroom beocmes a great storage place.
The N46 is really very roomy. The first models came equipped with paravanes for stabilization; mid to late models mostly had stabilizers, adding to the crowd in the engine room, but adding to the comfort as well. N46s are really comfortable, underway and at anchor or dock. Four have circumnavigated, and countless others have traveled across the big oceans.
N46 is 46' long, 15'6" beam, 5'6" draft. 30 Ton displacement, but my boat with twins only uses 3.5 gph (total) at 7 knots.
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