Nordhavn Yachts for Sale

Explore Our Selection of Nordhavn Yachts

Nordhavn traces its name to 1989, when Pacific Asian Enterprises launched the N46 around a single idea from Robert Beebe: that a properly built long-range motor yacht could cross oceans as confidently as any sailing yacht. Eighty of those first hulls sold, and a decade later, a stock Nordhavn 40 covered 26,000 miles circling the globe in twenty-seven weeks — a feat still unmatched by any other builder.

Nordhavn yachts for sale span this exact ambition. The Nordhavn 41, at 12.6 meters, is proportioned for an Owner-operator rather than a full crew, yet carries the same full-displacement hull that turns an Atlantic crossing into a mere formality. The Nordhavn 51 and Nordhavn 60 extend that range without losing the Owner-operator character, built to the same offshore principles. Higher up, the Nordhavn 68 and Nordhavn 80 — both luxury expedition yachts built for capability and reliability — scale full-displacement engineering further up still, with the extra length carrying added volume for guests, tenders and crew. At 29 meters, the Nordhavn 96 moves into the territory of a genuinely crewed, ocean-crossing yacht. Buyers who want to see where a particular vessel positions itself against the wider market can browse all yachts for sale currently listed with Fraser.

Why Choose a Nordhavn Yacht?

Nordhavn’s signature full-displacement hull is what makes their explorer yacht behave so differently at sea. Where a planing hull needs enormous horsepower to climb onto its own bow wave, this design stays settled in the water at every speed, covering an ocean passage on a fraction of the fuel a comparable planing yacht would burn. This impressive fuel efficiency compounds over distance: the same hull form that idles through a marina also holds nine or ten knots across open water for days at a stretch — the mark of a genuine bluewater yacht.

Nordhavn builds to scantlings heavier than the category requires and layers extra laminate into the forward sections for collision protection — a durability choice and build quality that tend to hold their value in the yacht brokerage market. A Nordhavn is an ocean-going yacht inside and out, featuring cabins, galleys and salons built for weeks at anchor and days underway, which is why Owners tend to treat her as a true liveaboard yacht.

Owners who commit to that kind of long-range cruising often lean on Fraser’s yacht management services to keep their Nordhavn ready between voyages, from scheduled yacht maintenance to crew logistics.

Buy a Nordhavn Yacht with Fraser

Fraser Brokers know which Nordhavn yachts for sale are genuinely available, on and off the market, and pull the ownership history, maintenance records and any refit work ahead of any conversation. Buyers looking to buy a yacht with Fraser can enjoy viewings of any vessel from a Nordhavn 41 to a 96, arranged in person or virtually.

Once you have settled on a hull, your Fraser Broker negotiates on your behalf, grounding every offer in an honest yacht valuation, then carries the purchase through contract, a full yacht survey and inspection, and sea trial. That same advocacy extends to a Buyer choosing a new-build Nordhavn over a brokerage yacht, even though the process itself looks different. And for anyone who decides mid-search that a semi-custom passagemaker isn’t bespoke enough, Fraser’s own team can help build a new yacht from a design brief instead.

Fraser has placed Nordhavn yachts for sale across the size range before, including an early-hull Nordhavn 80 listed without the five-to-seven-year wait a new order that size usually carries. Contact our sales brokers to talk through which Nordhavn suits your plans.