Bow
Looking to stern from the bow. You can see the removable portion of the rail - for easier tender deployment.

The lower two rails are close - to help keep Shelby (our dog) on board.

Bow
The windows (port lights) you see are in the master stateroom.

On the plans, it shows these as plenty big enough for me to crawl through, however David, who took this picture, said he doubted I would fit.

This is disappointing. I was thinking of these windows as a possible emergency exit. The overhead hatches are usually blocked by tenders. I'll have to see if I can get the chocks tall enough to allow the hatches to open (unlikely).

Cockpit
Note the camera. I have this to help me know where I'm at when backing up while med mooring. It's handy to be able to see exactly where I'm at with respect to the wall.

That said, our normal procedure is for me to get the boat close, and then hand off control to Roberta who runs the boat from the cockpit. I then come downstairs and stand on the passarelle, to run a line ashore, as she backs to the wall.

Engine Room
Behind the starboard engine, looking forward.

Engine Room
A couple of things to note here -- engine controls, for running the engines from inside the engine room - and, the control boxes for the Simon monitoring system.

I have heard that there are miles of wire on the boat having to do with the monitoring system.

Engine room
Front port corner of the engine room. Note the camera - we had cameras in the engine room on our 62 and they got a lot of use. I was able to focus in on the fan belts, fuel pressure gauges, do quick visual checks on the levers for the fuel settings, etc.

I also used to watch whoever was doing the engine room checks. It was always good to know that whoever went into the engine room was being thorough.

Exterior
Here you get a sense of why we like the upper aft deck so much. The cockpit on the Nordhavn is fairly low to the water. The view from the upper deck is better.

In the med, you typically med moor. This means backing up to a quay, and using your passarelle (gang plank) to get to shore. We like eating outdoors. Dinner in the cockpit means you are looking up at the legs of all the passerbys (which isn't always bad). Often the marinas are tourist oriented, and thousands of tourists show up to wander past the boats. It's more fun to be up above them with an awesome view than feeling you are at the bottom of a pit.

Exterior
I asked David Sidbury, owner of the next 68, who took these pictures for me, how the upper aft deck "feels" roomy.

His response:

"... NO NOT ROOMY MORE LIKE A BANQUET HALL. 4 TIMES THE SIZE OF THE 62 AFT DECK - I THINK YOU WILL BE VERY PLEASED WITH THIS AREA..."

Awesome!

You can't tell in this picture, but the overhead hard top has good lighting, and great speakers. On our 62, this was my favorite place to work on my computer -- I have wireless internet on the back deck.

Exterior
I love how the radar arch looks. This is Nordhavn's first one, but I doubt it will be their last.

Actually .. I'm wondering if they'll make the 68 available with dry exhaust? I don't think the radar arch would be possible with the exhaust stack.