Nordhavn

Originally Posted by Paul Kotzebue

I've never heard of a Nordhavn meeting any classification society or safety standards.

They do´nt need! They afford the best marketing (for the most ugliest boats imho).
And they sell it where it belongs: the US market.....................

Each and every of the NA´s around here, and each and every of the professional boatbuilders could tell you, that a custom made Passagemaker of the same spec.s would cost about 50% of those "yoghurt cups" and they would be built to class standards! look:
Offer: true go anywhere Trawler to build "side by side"
Regards
Richard

[Guest62110524]

maybe Most think they are hansome
if I had that sort of money I would be asking for cert this cert that
i guess Nordhaven have their own quality control over there
but you get people buying yachts because the curtains are pretty,
I myself like them, especially the range and cost of motoring
underwater shapes are good They look safe and probably are safe
i Know how hard it is to break into the USA market
boatbuilding is not all just boatbuilding!

[taniwha]

Norhaven are CE certified by International Marine Certification Institute see: http://imci.org/index.php?pageId=17&item=875&op=lp

[ABoatGuy]

Originally Posted by Paul Kotzebue

Thanks for the update.

The Nordhavn's look real shippy and have a great PR campaign behind them. I wonder why they won't (or can't) meet the only real safety standard for small (under 24m) offshore yachts ......

I've never heard of a Nordhavn meeting any classification society or safety standards.

See attached from IMCI.org - listing of Nordhavn's CE certified (all Cat A) by IMCI. These are type certificates. Larger boats are certified B+G individually and are certified by HPi in the UK.

As for classification societies, most will only class a boat over 24m, which eliminates all Nordhavn's but the 86. See attached from ABS (eagle.org). This is the listing for one of the 86's. I am told two others are in progress with ABS.

So, just to clear things up, yes they can be CE Certified CAT A and yes, they have been classed when possible.

[Paul Kotzebue]

Thanks for the data. I appreciate the clarification.