Nordship 43 DS for sale in Inverness, Highland United Kingdom

Boat Details

The Danish Nordship yard is known for its handcrafted, high-quality, ocean-going cruising yachts. This one-owner from new Nordship 43 is no exception. With her seaworthy hull form and keel, deep dual cockpit, and strong efficient rig, she is the perfect yacht for extended blue water adventures. This three-cabin version is beautifully finished throughout and can comfortably sleep six across two double guest cabins and a spacious owner's cabin aft. The deck saloon layout provides superb all-round visibility at anchor or during passage, allowing her to be helmed from the forward-facing navigation station using her remote autopilot unit and secondary throttle control.

Her current owners have primarily cruised her on the West Coast of Scotland, with three seasons spent in Norway. She has proven to be a highly capable and comfortable offshore passage maker. Benefitting from a copper-coated hull, she has been well maintained and significantly upgraded over the years, including new standing rigging, new through-hull fittings, and a Saildrive seal replacement, all completed in 2024.

Fully UK Tax paid and currently lying ashore at Inverness Marina in Scotland (9 miles from Inverness airport), Dreamcatcher represents a unique opportunity to purchase a fantastic example of this highly sought-after and rare-to-the-market cruising yacht.

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Dimensions

Hull, Deck & Keel

• Solid laminate GRP white hull

• White GRP deck and superstructure

• Deck saloon

• Deep dual cockpit with a working cockpit and helm station aft and a control-free, relaxation cockpit forward

• Long ballasted fin keel giving great directional stability and sea keeping

• 4,700Kg lead ballast

• Balanced spade rudder on partial depth structural skeg

• Wheel steering

• Teak finished side decks and cockpit

• Teak finished sugar scoop swim platform

• Copper coated (being renewed 2024/2025)

• All through hull fittings (excluding the galley sink outlet) were replaced with new in 2024
  

• Vetus 80Kgf tunnel mounted bow thruster
  

Deck Equipment

Interior & Accommodation

Navigation Equipment

• Raytheon 6000 autopilot unit
• Mast fitted Raymarine 2Kw 18 inch radar unit

• Raytheon ST600R autopilot remote control
  
• Throttle control repeater
  
• Axiom Pro 9S chart plotter (new in 2021)
• RL70CRC+ 7 inch radar/chart plotter with LCD display
• Raymarine 230E VHF radio
• ICS Navtex NAV6 Plus
  

• Raymarine ST6001+ autopilot control unit
• Raymarine RC530 black & white chart plotter
  
• Bow Thruster and anchor windlass controls
  
• Pedestal mounted magnetic course compass

• ST60+ wind/direction
• ST60 Speed
• ST60 Depth
  
• Inclinometer

• ICS Navtex NAV6 plus repeater unit
  

Machinery & Propulsion

• Volvo D2-55 
• 55hp diesel
• Saildrive seal replaced 2024
• Unknown engine hours (no engine hour meter)
• Feathering 3 blade propellor (SPW Variprop)
  

Rig & Sails

• Twin spreader Aluminium sloop rig
• Stainless Steel Standing rigging (replaced 2024)
• Slab reefing mainsail
• Roller reefing Genoa
• Hasselfors Backstay adjuster
  
• Removable inner storm jib forestay with tensioner unit
  
• Alloy rod kicker
• Storm Jib halyard/main halyard/topping lift and kicker led aft to a bank of four clutches at the helm station
• Aluminium spinnaker boom stored vertically on mast front
  
• Full Trysail track mounted to mast
• 3 x halyard clutches mounted to the mast
• 1 x Anderson ST40 two speed halyard winch mounted on mast
  
• Deck lights (replaced 2024)

• Dacron mainsail (original Quantum Sails)
• Dacron furling 128% genoa (new Quantum Sails 2023)
• Spare Genoa (original Quantum Sails) can be flown goosewing with new Genoa for downwind sailing without the mainsail
• Asymmetric cruising chute (Kemp Sails with RollerGen furling unit)
• Trysail (Crusader Sails in original in unused condition)
• Storm Jib (Crusader Sails in original in unused condition)

Electrical Systems

• 6 x Varta 12 Volt 75Ah 600Amp domestic batteries
• 1 x Varta 12 volt 74Ah 680Amp engine start battery (new 2024)
• All batteries mounted below the sole boards at saloon navigation station
• Tystors 12v battery charging unit
• Shore supply cable
• Coach roof mounted solar panels (2 x 160w)
  

• Mastervolt BTM1 battery monitor

  
  

Audio Visual

• 2 x Kenwood CD/Radio
  

• 4 x internal speakers

• Finlux flat screen TV in lower seating area (with inbuilt CD Player)
  

Plumbing & Tankage

• Eberspacher 8KW warm air heating in all berthing cabins, the saloon, lower seating area, aft heads and drying locker
• All through hull fittings (excluding the galley sink outlet) were replaced with new in 2024
• Water Calorifier (shore power and engine heated) with expansion tank
• 2 x Stainless Steel water tanks (approximately 500 Litres total)
• 1 x Stainless Steel fuel tank (approximately 320 Litres total)
• 2 x Black water holding tanks (one for each head 81 and 65 Litres)
• Black water tanks are both gravity empty or have deck outlets for pumping out in a marina

Canvas work

• Blue canvas sprayhood (Owen Sails 2016)
• Blue canvas stack pack

Safety Equipment

• Harness points with Port and Starboard Jackstay lines
  
• McMurdo EPIRB unit (circa 2020)
• 3 x 2Kg dry powder fire extinguishers in interior (new 2024)
• 1 x Co2 fire extinguisher under cockpit helm seat (new 2024)
• Automatic bilge pump

Additional Equipment

The following items are available by separate negotiation -

• Avon 310 four person dingy
• Honda air cooled 4 stroke outboard
• Six man life raft (Last service April 2024)
  
• Substantial Jacobs cradle
• Heavy duty two part deck cover

Ships Papers

• One owner from New
• Builders Certificate
• UK VAT Paid Invoice
• Documented evidence of the vessels EU based location on the 31st December 2020 (Brexit transition date)
  
• The vessel returned to UK waters in August 2023 where she has remained to date
• Manuals available for all equipment and electronics