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The North Pacific 52’ with its pilothouse and trawler style design gives the yacht a bold go-anywhere look.
Much like the 42’, walking outside on the North Pacific 52’ will give you a feeling of security everywhere with its high and sturdy 1.25” stainless steel railings. A Portuguese bridge surrounds the pilothouse adding to the level of safety. On each side of the Portuguese bridge next to the pilothouse doors is a door that opens where a removable ladder can be lowered into position making it possible to get onto the dock from the pilothouse. The staircase in the cockpit makes the concept of a ‘raised walk around’ even easier and the full width will not inhibit anyone’s ability to dock the yacht while adding an enormous amount of space inside.
The flybridge is large and will allow for a 12’ Dinghy weighing 800 lbs to be installed on the top deck. Forward of the open area is an L shaped settee. Across from the L shaped settee is a cabinet with a barbeque, fridge and sink excellent for entertaining guests on a nice evening. Forward is a helm seat and on each side of the helm, cushions are provided so others can keep the captain company.
The walk in engine room is well appointed and very spacious. Accessed through a door in the master stateroom or through a hatch on the salon floor, the engine room is easy to get around and to maintain all the equipment. The height of the engine room is about 4.5’ and there is more than 24” on each side of the Cummins QSC 490Hp engine. A single sea chest eliminates the need for multiple thru-hull fittings in the bottom of the hull by servicing the engine, generator, air-conditioning and seawater washdown. Fuel management is made easy by mounting the dual Racor fuel filters served by copper fuel lines on the forward bulkhead. In the aft part of the engine room is the standard 8KW Northern Lights generator. With its large muffler and water/gas separator it is almost not noticeable when it is running.
The semi displacement hull with its hard chines is very stable and allows for a comfortable 10 kts cruise. This heavy hull performs very well in rough water. The deep keel and extended skeg provides excellent protection for the shaft, propeller and rudder.
Teak Construction: The interior of the North Pacific 52’ Pilothouse is fully finished with teak and holly floors. The bulkheads are made from Marine grade plywood covered with a teak veneer and several coats of satin varnish. The handles, trim, drawer faces, cabinet doors etc are all solid teak. The floors are made from teak about 1⁄4” in thickness (they can be sanded down and refinished) and holly hand laid.
Fiberglass Construction: The hull is hand-laid solid fiberglass. There is an epoxy barrier below the waterline and Hemple anti fouling paint. The superstructure is hand-laid and is solid fiberglass on the sides and cored with synthetic NIDA core on the decks. All exterior stainless steel is #316.
Of course it wouldn’t be a North Pacific Yacht if it didn’t offer unbeatable value with uncompromising quality and priced at $549,000US, well-equipped, it certainly meets that expectation.
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