Nordhavn 76 Kemah

DISCLAIMER: NOT FOR SALE TO US RESIDENTS WHILE IN US WATERS

General Overview

“Kemah” is an aft pilothouse model of the Nordhavn 76 that includes the bulbous bow and extended swim step. The interior space includes living/operational spaces among three decks, plus a flybridge. The salon, galley, and primary stateroom are located on the main deck. Two guest cabins, laundry and engine room access are on the lower deck. The pilothouse and “captain’s cabin” are on the upper deck. The interior of the main deck is asymmetrical, with the salon extending full beam to port, and the starboard side extending to the starboard side deck with its high bulwark. The resultant layout takes full advantage of the hull volume of the yacht.

“Kemah” is one of two asymmetrical 76s with a “porch’ deck access on the port side.

Throughout their history the “76s” have been all over the world’s oceans, including the Southern Ocean, while cruising Antarctica. Her standard fuel capacity allows approximately 3,500 nautical miles of cruising range. The bulbous bow adds to cruising efficiency and as well as positioning the bow thruster further forward for maximum effect when close-in maneuvering. With her full hydraulic system and a bit of practice, “Kemah” can be easily handled by two people.

With her fuel capacity, hydronic heating system, water making, power generation, and multi-deck guest cabin layout, “Kemah” is well-suited to “all-latitude” cruising and can be self-sufficient for an extended period of time.

Broker’s Comments

“Kemah’s” owner has set a comprehensive standard for yacht care and maintenance. Under her current ownership that care includes a history of haul-outs at six-month intervals at Philbrook’s Boat Yard in Sidney BC, as well as the regular attention of one of the best boatwrights that this broker has known.

Maintenance generally recognized as annual has been completed as of this listing.

“Kemah” comes to the market as the owner looks forward to a new, larger, Nordhavn project as the focus of his attention.

• Don Kohlmann, Nordhavn Yachts Southwest

INTERIOR

General

The interior is designed with functional flexibility - there are sleeping, dining, and operational options throughout. Sleeping accommodations include three staterooms plus a “captain’s cabin” with head and shower in the pilothouse. Operation of the vessel can be done from the pilothouse, port and starboard Portuguese bridge wing stations, or from the flybridge. Meals can be taken from the galley, cockpit, pilothouse, dining area, or flybridge.

General and engine room sound attenuation measures are incorporated throughout the interior adding to the level of comfort underway. The details include multiple layers of material surrounding the engine room and insulated cabin bulkheads.

Main Salon and Galley

Enter the salon from the aft cockpit through a molded fiberglass door with upper and lower glass panels. All exterior doors are constructed of molded fiberglass to eliminate any corrosion issues related to coated metal doors. All exterior doors are fitted with “phantom” roller screens. All exterior windows are frameless glass, bonded into the hull topsides or superstructure, eliminating any corrosion potential.

With 6' 10" headroom generally throughout the interior, the feeling is quite open.

The salon extends forward to join the galley counter with its three swivel chairs. To starboard a lounge area is furnished with a plush L-shaped sofa, Ekornes recliner chair, custom made coffee table and storage lockers. The interior cabin sides are finished in varnished horizontal-grain teak wainscoting, with light colored wall coverings above. The lounge area also affords comfortable viewing of the TV screen mounted in a lift in the port side cabinetry.

Also to port is a custom dining table with six armchairs constructed of gloss-finished charco wood.

To starboard near the galley counter, a divider cabinet includes the main electrical panels, which are conveniently located for easy system controls and information, including the generator panels.

Large windows on both sides of the salon provide plenty of interior light and nice sight lines underway. In the evening, zone lighting provides comfortable light levels to suit the use of space.

The galley has an easy social connection to the lounge and dining area, and the counter is well-suited to quick meals.

The galley is equipped with a dishwasher, double bowl stainless steel sink, two GE Monogram refrigerators with two freezer drawers each, an electric glass cooktop and microwave. There are two additional freezers in the utility room on the lower deck.

An optional galley window has been provided over the outboard (starboard) side of the galley.

To port across from the galley is a day head (half bath).

Staterooms

Outboard of the galley to port are some shallow steps leading forward to the full beam primary stateroom. The primary stateroom has a king bed with upholstered headboard, and enough storage space for a circumnavigation. Six large portlights and two deck hatches provide plenty of natural light.

Just forward is the bath with shower and granite topped vanity with twin apron sinks, and a toilet room.

Forward to starboard is a walk-in closet.

Port and Starboard Lower Guest Cabins

Access to the lower guest cabins is via the spiral staircase opposite the galley, leading to the lower deck with two guest cabins, laundry/utility room with two additional freezers, and access to the engine room.

Starboard Lower Guest Cabin

The starboard lower guest cabin includes a walk around queen bed with upholstered headboard, lots of storage, and bath ensuite.

Port Lower Guest Cabin

The port lower guest cabin includes a queen bed, upholstered headboard and bath ensuite as well.

Up to Pilothouse

The pilothouse is well suited to spend a considerable amount of time in it. There are two Stidd helm chairs for the operational seating, but there is also raised seating at the dinette tables for when mealtimes come around for the crew underway. The dinette seating is raised with great sightlines for any off-watch crew members to catch up on communication or dine.

Pilothouse Features

• Work desk in the port aft corner
• Interior stairs for flybridge access
• Dutch doors port and starboard have phantom screens, especially handy for summer cruising in Alaska or Mexico
• 2ea Stidd fully adjustable helm chairs with black upholstery
• Dinette settee U-shaped seating for six people with excellent sight lines and twin dinette tables
• Dutch doors port and starboard
• Fire system/bilge control
• AC and DC sub-panel with battery monitor gauges

Crew Cabin

A bulkhead aft of the settee in the pilothouse separates the “captain/crew” cabin from the active areas of the pilothouse. There is a head with shower adjoining it as well.

A set of stairs aft and to port provides interior access to the flybridge.

Engine Room

Aft of the lower deck landing is the entrance to the utility room with laundry appliances and the entrance to the engine room. The dimensions of the engine room allow easy access to the maintenance points on the main engine, wing engine, primary generator, stainless steel topped work bench with mounted vise, tool and spare parts storage, and fuel system. There is also access to and from the lazarette aft.

Nordhavn Fuel System

The Nordhavn fuel system consists of five fiberglass fuel tanks constructed of vinylester resin for lifetime durability. The tanks are interconnected via a manifold system providing broad flexibility for managing fuel distribution to the main engine, wing engine and generators. The flexibility of the system allows discretion for the operator in handling the fuel for vessel trim, handling contaminated fuel, and measuring fuel consumption. The construction of the tanks ensures that there will not be corrosion issues over the life of the boat. In addition, each tank has a man-sized inspection port and removable baffles to allow access to the interior of the tanks for cleaning.

Should fuel become contaminated, or if contaminated fuel is taken on from the shore, the system provides a means of pre-filtering and polishing fuel before sending it to the engines.

Lazarette

The lazarette is accessed through the aft engine room door or through the cockpit deck hatch.

The following systems are included in the lazarette:

• Isolation transformer and electrical fuse panel
• 2ea. Victron “Quattro” inverter/chargers
• 1ea Victron Skyla charger
• Lithium house bank batteries
• Starting batteries
• DC interconnection panels
• AC sub panels
• 1200 gal./day Dometic watermaker with media filter. The media filter reduces the need for pre-filter cartridge changes, particularly in the plankton-rich waters of the Pacific Northwest.
• 25kW Northern Lights secondary generator
• Steering gear including 2ea. Accusteer autopilot steering pumps and system manifold
• Kabola hydronic heating system boiler
• Dometic HVAC system compressor

EXTERIOR

On Deck

The main deck is configured with a large aft cockpit, dining table and access to the extended swim step through port and starboard transom doors. Forward in the cockpit are two electric Miele grills, and a set of steps leading up to the pilothouse aft deck. The step structure includes a storage locker for maintenance supplies.

The deck aft of the pilothouse, which extends over the cockpit has been extended by six and a half feet for more lounging area and cockpit coverage.

To starboard a side deck with a high bulwark leads forward to a side boarding door. Although the interior extends out to the port rail, there is an inset boarding deck with a door opening into the forward salon/galley designed to be a convenient landing point for loading groceries and supplies.

The foredeck is accessible via the starboard side deck or from either the main deck, or pilothouse deck level via the Portuguese bridge forward door. There are port and starboard wing control stations on the Portuguese bridge, each with main engine start-stop control, throttle/shift control, thruster controls, autopilot follow-up lever for rudder control, and horn button. The visibility from the wing stations makes them a perfect place for docking, departing, or close-in maneuvering.

The Portuguese bridge also has locker space for mooring lines and other deck gear.

The foredeck has room for two tenders plus other water toys, plus a deck storage box fitted neatly under the davit in its stowed position. All the way forward on the foredeck, the ground tackle area is defined by a low bulwark with drains to the waterline to contain any debris that may come aboard while handling the ground tackle. Two Maxwell 4500 windlasses with band brakes make handling the two 400' of ½" hi-test chain anchor rodes and 300 lb. stainless steel anchors a straightforward process. A stainless steel bow eye at the water line provide a tether point for an anchor bridle. There is a stainless steel saltwater anchor wash nozzle beneath each of the two anchor roller channels. The pump output for the system is approximately 180 gallons/minute.

Access to the flybridge is from the interior stairs of the pilothouse, from the main cockpit on the lower deck, and from the walkways and stairs of the pilothouse deck. The flybridge is a great place to run the boat. A full set of controls and an electronics package make it a great perch for operation, particularly when entering an unfamiliar harbor, narrow passage, or simply enjoying the day. “Kemah” has a fiberglass hard top equipped with a beautifully made enclosure creating an environment suitable for all seasons use. There are two helm chairs, and a beautiful varnished teak table with seating for six. For electronics component maintenance “Kemah” has a custom-made set of steps leading up to the hardtop.

Deck Equipment

• 2ea. Maxwell 4500 hydraulic windlasses (model # VWC 4500) fitted with band brakes and deck mounted chain stoppers. Windlasses are operational from deck foot switches, controls in pilothouse, controls on flybridge and controls in foredeck storage locker
• Twin anchor wash nozzles are mounted beneath the stainless steel anchor channels mounted through the stem head area. Each nozzle is connected to a 180 gal/min hydraulic pump for washing down the ground tackle during retrieval.
• 2ea. 300lb. “Prime Fabrication” stainless steel plow anchors
• 
  2ea 1/2" x 400' high test chain anchor rodes
  
• Steelhead 2,500 lb. davit on foredeck
• Fiberglass deck storage box mounted neatly under davit boom
• Two Delta 13 kayaks with custom stainless launching davits
• Multiple folding deck chairs
• Compressed air connections on foredeck, cockpit, flybridge and engine room
• Extended swim platform extended 18" beyond standard and teak planked
• Mid-deck (aft of pilothouse) extended to fully cover cockpit
• 2ea. Miele Combiset electrical BBQs mounted in the cockpit console
• Phantom screens on all exterior doors

Tenders

• 
  A/B Nautilux DLX 17' center console inflatable with 115hp Yamaha outboard engine
  
• Zodiac 310 Cadet Aero with self-contained 2.5hp Yamaha for lightweight remote shore access

Mechanical

• Main engine (1387 hours): John Deere 6135AFM 500hp @2000 RPM, keel cooled dry exhaust, custom Veem propeller upgrade 2026 based upon the results of a comprehensive Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) study commissioned by the current owner to optimize performance. Additional aft engine mounts were added in conjunction with the propeller change.
• Fernstrum keel cooler and dry stack exhaust (eliminates raw water cooling pump rubber impeller eliminating the risk of ingesting debris and disabling the pump)
• Exhaust stack is suspended with Soundown mounts
• Main propeller shaft 3-1/2" diameter of A22HS material
• Dual electronic controls (main and wing engines)
• Wing engine (323 hours): John Deere 4045 AFM 160hp @ 2300 RPM, (323 hours). provides auxiliary propulsion with Gori 3-blade folding propeller, as well as supplementary hydraulic system pressure for full output of hydraulic system components (thrusters, etc.).
• Propeller shaft is 1-3/4" of A22 material
• Northern Lights 20kw primary generator (61.2 hours): new in 2025 M844L W3G.3. Replacement for the original for more appropriate loading in line with typical energy demands.
• Northern Lights 25kW M864W3.3 (1605hrs) secondary generator in lazarette
• ABT hydraulic system: includes 16 sq. ft stabilizer fins, 50 hp bow thruster, 38 hp stern thruster with proportional controls, five control stations, 180 gal./min. hydraulic raw water anchor wash pump, 180 gal./min. emergency bilge pump with manifold to five bilge areas, two anchor Maxwell 4500 windlasses
• HVAC: Cruisair 108,000 BTU tempered water system with air handlers throughout the interior
• Engine Room: intake and exhaust blowers

Sound Attenuation Measures

• Sound attenuation material in hull skin above propeller plane
• Bulkheads cored with 2” thick Nidacore
• Gasketed interior door jambs
• Salon floor over engine room cored with 2" 3M Thinsulate and 2" of Soundown lead foil insulation. Inboard sides of fuel tanks treated with 1" Soundown insulation and Soundown aluminum panels in engine room interior.
• Salon and galley soles to have 2" Nidacore system decoupler layer
• Additional insulation layers incorporated into interior bulkheads in living areas

Electrical

• Primary Generator - Northern Lights 20kW 120/240 volt 60hz with Gensep exhaust
• Secondary Generator Northern Lights 25kW 120/240 volt 60hz Gensep exhaust
• Engine Alternators (2ea. 175-amp on main engine with Wakespeed external smart regulators)
• Multifunction monitoring panel for fire system, bilge pumps, ventilation systems, and hydraulic system functions
• Bilge pump monitoring panel showing condition and pump running indicators
• Multiple Maretron multi-function displays

Navigation Electronics - Pilothouse

• 3 x Comrod AV100 23' VHF/AIS antennas, with Rupp mounts
• 
  Furuno FAR1518 25kW radar with 6.5' antenna
  
• Furuno DRS25NXT with 6' antenna (2023)
• Airmar 220WX weather instrument
• Furuno GP330B GPS antenna
• Simrad LSH80 hailer horn
• Furuno GP33 GPS
• Furuno SC70 satellite compass
• 2 x Furuno TZTL12F (TZT2 chart plotters)
• Furuno DFF1 fish finder with 1kW transducer
• Furuno FA-170 Class A AIS
• Primary and backup Simrad AP70 autopilots with follow-up levers at each steering station (2026)
• 2 x Accusteer autopilot pumps
• 2 x Icom M605 VHFs with RAM mics (Newmar power conditioners and Mallory capacitor installed (2021)
• 3 x Hatteland widescreen marine monitors
• 2 x Hatteland Marine PCs running Time Zero Pro (2026)
• 1 x Thinkstation Com PC running AXIS camera station and N2K view (2026)
• N2K to USB gateways
• Furuno MD550 NMEA distributor
• 6x Maretron DSM 410s (2024)
• Airmar depth/speed/temp N2K transducer
• Axis camera system, including a long-range navigation IR camera (2026)
• 2ea. Simrad autopilot control heads (2026)
• 2ea. Maxwell windlass controls with chain counters

Navigation Electronics - Flybridge

• Main engine control and display
• Wing engine control and display
• 2ea. Furuno multi-function displays
• Maretron DSM 410 display (2024)
• Simrad autopilot follow-up control lever (2026)
• Carlisle-Finch Spotlight control
• ICOM Command mic (2021)
• 2ea. Windlass controls and chain counters
• Thruster controls

Engine Room

• Main engine control

Port and Starboard Wing Control Stations

• Main engine controls
• Thruster controls
• Simrad autopilot follow-up lever
• Main engine start/stop buttons
• Windlass controls

Plumbing

• Water capacity 800 gals in one fiberglass tank
• Dometic SXII 1200 gal/day watermaker
• Mighty Pure in-line UV sterilizer
• All heads are Tecma “Silence Plus” freshwater flush. Each head operates independently of the others. One unit out of commission will not affect the function of the others for redundancy.
• Dometic SXII 1200 gal/day watermaker w/remote panel and commercial filters

Safety Equipment

• 2ea. Zodiac USCG and “Solas A” approved rafts (may require re-certification) with mounts integrated into the mid deck safety rails
• Seafire fixed extinguishing/shutdown systems in engine room, lazarette, two forward bilges, plus portable extinguishers throughout interior cabins
• Engine Room: Fire/smoke dampers/Seafire automatic fire suppression system
• Forward Machinery Space: intake/exhaust blowers/Seafire fire suppression system
• Electric bilge pump located in each of six bilge compartments
• Hydraulic 180 gallon/minute emergency bilge pump

Other

The most recent haul out completed in April of 2026, included wet sanding and the application of new bottom paint, anode changes and the cleaning of the main engine keel cooler, thruster propellers and the installation of a new custom made 5-blade Veem propeller. The new propeller specification is based upon a detailed computational fluid dynamic study (CFD).

• Original 4-blade ZF propeller is included as a spare
• Recent electronic upgrades by Prime Yacht Systems of Victoria, BC with system drawing documentation
• Nordhavn “Owner’s Manual” and systems drawings

Exclusions

Artwork, personal effects