Pacific Asian Enterprises, Inc., yesterday released the first published performance data for the new Nordhavn 63. The data are from the first hull, Silver Spray, which was just delivered to its owner at PAE’s Stuart, Florida commissioning facility. As you can see in the accompanying photo above, taken by the yacht’s owner, the N63 truly [...]
Pacific Asian Enterprises, Inc., reports the joining of pilothouse and deck to the hull of N120-01, a major milestone in the assembly of the first Nordhavn megayacht. There is still a long way to go as the company and its construction partner begin to stuff the hull with systems and accommodations, but for the first [...]
Pacific Asian Enterprises, Inc., said last night that progress continues with the build process on its first true superyacht, the Nordhavn 120. According to the company, the hull and deck are joined, while the engine beds have been made and are ready for installation of the main engines (twin MTU 8V 2000 M72′s, rated at [...]
P.A.E. today confirmed that hull #1 of the new Nordhavn 63 is in final preparation for shipment from the factory in China to Florida, where it will be commissioned and available for inspection. The N63 is a development of the N55/N60 series, with new deck and engine room molds. With its beam narrower than the [...]
A very special new-build Nordhavn 86 is looking for a buyer and we’ve got all the details and the price for the current Queen of the PAE fleet.
Pacific Asian Enterprises said on its website that it has developed a version of its 75 Expedition Yacht Fisher (EYF) without the expansive flybridge common to most sportfishing battlewagons. The change acknowledges the cruising half of this split-personality ocean-going yacht and gives it a more conventional “Norhdavn look.” I took the liberty of scanning a [...]
P.A.E. has released preliminary layout details for its new Nordhavn 78 long-range motoryacht. The plans reveal a focus on outside entertaining and roomy berthing spaces. Clicking on the drawing above will open a larger view that can be magnified somewhat to show more detail. The plans show a spacious owner’s cabin just forward of amidships [...]
Pacific Asian Enterprises, Inc., today announced that it was building a new 78-foot yacht that fuses traditional Nordhavn passagemaking design with “European” styling. The project is already underway and the first hull will be complete in 2011, according to P.A.E. First public reveal of the new project is planned for next week, with a press [...]
Ken Williams aboard Sans Soucireports that the Great Siberian Sushi Run has reached Japan, although the arrival there apparently had a number of unexpected events.
The new Nordhavn 63 features a unique hull feature that adds room around the engine and actually reduces drag. We examine this feature in some photos and learn what the inspiration for it was.
See the first photos of the new Nordhavn 63, which has completed the hull mold process and with upper works now under construction.
The second Nordhavn 75 Expedition Yachtfisher Arrives in the U.S.
Here are the first performance results from the sea trials of the new Nordhavn 56 Motorsailer with its new suit of sails hoisted.
Pacific Asian Enterprises late last week released these photos of its brand new 56 Motorsailer, which has just arrived in Dana Point, California. The boat was offloaded from the container ship in San Diego, and brought up the coast by Nordhavn salesman Eric Leishman (who sold the boat to owners Susan and John Felton) and [...]
Pacific Asian Enterprises said it is launching its new Nordhavn 75 Expedition Yacht Fisher (EYF) this week at the company’s new factory in Xiamen, China. Nordhavn 7501 is shown in these photographs moving out of the South Coast Marine facility in preparation for launching. Initial launch will be followed by tank testing and sea trials [...]
Pacific Asian Enterprises is nearing completion of its first Nordhavn 52; a prototype actually since it has a combination of the extended hull of the new 52 but retains the N47-style superstructure. In the photos here you can see the new hull extension that provides extra room in the aft cockpit as well as an [...]
Pacific Asian Enterprises reported last week that it has launched hull #1 of the new 56 Motorsailer line at the Ta Shing Yachts shipyard. Work on the first example of the new model began in late July of 2007. Present at the splashing were Ta Shing President Tim Juan, Nordhavn Chief Designer Jeff Leishman, Project Manager [...]
Heidi and Wolfgang Hass and Nordhavn company employees yesterday celebrated the second circumnavigation in their Nordhavn 46 Kanaloa, and their third overall, in a party at the company’s Dana Point, California headquarters. The couple arrived in Dana Point last week to complete the latest global tour, a three-year expedition. The Hass’s N46 has accumulated 4,839 [...]
The exquisite torture that is having to wait for something you just know is going to be really good was the inspiration for Carly Simon’s 1971 hit “Anticipation.” That song was also the theme music for an advertisement for a well-loved tomato ketchup brand. I think we should play it now as Pacific Asian Enterprises [...]
Pacific Asian Enterprises last night released a small selection of photos from the first serious photography session of N86-1, Cary Ali. These glamour shots were taken by photographer Stephen Cridland in the waters near Ketchikan, Alaska, and represent the first photos of Cary Ali after her recent delivery. You can read about the delivery here. [...]
Pacific Asian Enterprises keeps rolling out new 3D renderings of its new 75 Expedition Yacht Fisher (EYF), which is nearing completion at its south China factory. The 75EYF is a globe-trotting, full-displacement yacht that will take the adventurous angler anywhere in the world. This is the second batch of renderings to come from Nordhavn. I’ve [...]
Pacific Asian Enterprises today announced a unique new program to track the mileage of its Nordhavn brand owners’ yachts. Called the “Nordhavn Distance Pennant Program,” the initiative has owners log their trips and engine hours and mileage on the Nordhavn website, where the individual accomplishments and the fleet totals are shown. The first pennant is [...]
Nordhavn has released a series of 3D renderings of its new 75 Expedition YachtFisher (EYF). The renderings show the boat, currently under construction, from various perspectives and are extremely detailed, down to the chartplotter image on the flybridge rendering. These should help potential customers get an astonishingly realistic look at what their new boat will [...]
Pacific Asian Enterprises has quietly added two more models to its ever-growing Nordhavn fleet of long-distance trawlers. The new Nordhavn 60 is a 5-foot stretch of the N55, and the new Nordhavn 52 is a 5-foot stretch of the highly successful N47. I guess when you’re in this class of boats, “2-foot-itis” becomes “5-foot-itis.” PAE [...]
Pacific Asian Enterprises, Inc., announced this week it has added three industry veterans to its ever-expanding sales force. Joining the Southeast sales office, in Stuart, Florida, is Ted Robie, an experienced sales executive who has previously worked for Hinckley, Pearson Yachts and Alden. Joining the Nordhavn Northwest office in Seattle is Barbara Lippert, past president of [...]
As I first wrote on Mad Mariner, Pacific Asian Enterprises has announced the Nordhavn 120, an ABS-classed global explorer. Weighing in at more than 715,000 pounds — nearly the weight of an early-model 747 — the new queen of the Nordhavn fleet will be powered by twin MTU Series 2000 M72 diesels, producing 975 HP [...]
Pacific Asian Enterprises (PAE) has announced that it will have three of its famous Nordhavn trawlers at the Miami International Boat Show next week. On display will be a Nordhavn 43, Miss B Havn, which is for sale; a Nordhavn 47, Aqua Daze, privately owned, and Always Friday, a well-known example of the Nordhavn 55 model. [...]
Nordhavn trawlers are considered by many global passagemakers to be the ultimate long-range, powered vessel. That reputation has been reflected in the company’s success in the marketplace and its growing line of boats from 35 feet to 86 feet. Not everyone realizes that the Nordhavn brand grew up only after its parent, Pacific Asian Enterprises, [...]
