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1987 Norseman 400

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ROYAL VENTURE1987 Norseman 400

Emeryville, California

$97,000

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About This Yacht

Royal Venture is a rare and highly sought-after Norseman 400, a capable Bluewater cruising yacht designed by renowned naval architect Gary Grant, whose design inspiration drew from the respected offshore cruising concepts of Robert Perry's Norseman 447.

Specification

The Numbers

Length overall
40'
Year
1987
Builder
Norseman
Model
400
Beam
13' 4"
Draft (max)
6' 7"
Fuel type
Diesel
Fuel capacity
107 Gallons (405.04 Liters)
Fresh water
120 Gallons (454.25 Liters)
Displacement
23000
Hull material
Fiberglass
Hull type
Sail
Condition
Used

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Galley

  • Refrigerator12v air cooled,
  • Top and Side loading and small alder barber freezer
  • Freezer
  • 12V air cooled with wrap around freezer plate
  • Force 10, Regal propane three Burner gimballed stove and oven Marinetics propane solenoid control
  • 2 - 20 lb aluminum propane tanks in propane locker in cockpit
  • Double stainless sinkhot/cold pressure water
  • Manual fresh and raw water
  • Seagull water filter
  • Soap dispenser

Electronics

  • B&G Triton - wind, speed, depth displays
  • Autopilot with Alpha 4404 below deck linear drive
  • Raymarine wheel autopilot
  • Standard Horizon VHF radio
  • 6" Plath binnacle compass
  • Wifi booster antenna on stern pole
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Electrical

  • 6 - Lifeline GPL4CT, AGM 6V, 190 amp hour batteries in house bank(2025)
  • Balmar Model 912-100 12V 100 amp externally regulated alternator (2020)
  • Alpha Cruising Regulator
  • (2) Shell Ultra 85P 85 watt solar panels
  • (2) Flexible 170W SunPower solar panels on bimini. Flexible solar panels are removable and attached with Velcro
  • (2) Victron MPPT solar charge controllers added: one for fixed panels and one for the flexible panels
  • Primus Windpower Air-X wind generator with blue blades added (2019)Air X wind generator with stern mounting pole
  • (2) Battery rotary isolation/combining switches
  • Magnum Energy MangaSine inverter/charter 120V/2800 watts, 120 amps 12V with remote control panel at nav station (new 2015)
  • Xantrex Link Lite 12V battery monitor
  • Promariner shorepower galvanic isolator and monitor
  • 12v DC and 120v AC outlets

Mechanical and Plumbing

  • Westerbeke 46 hp at 3000 rpm diesel engine (3400 hours)
  • Hurth HBW 150V 2.13:1 "V" drive transmission
  • 1 3/4" Stainless steel propellor shaft
  • 18" Three blade feathering Max-prop Max-Prop 3
  • Racor 500FG primary fuel filter
  • Remote oil filter in lazarette
  • Aluminum fuel tanks (55 gallons) below salon sole
  • Aluminum fuel tank (52 gallons) below quarter berth
  • (2) Stainless steel water tanks (120 gallons total) below salon settees
  • Hart Tank tender level measurement system for water and fuel tanks
  • 12V Shurflo water pressure pump
  • Manual fresh water and salt water foot pumps at galley
  • Raritan 6 gallon hot water heater
  • Spectra Santa Cruz watermaker - installed 2020 ( currently pickled)
  • Whale manual bilge pump in cockpit
  • 12V Electric bilge pump
  • Wilcox Chrittenden "Skipper II" marine toilet
  • 27 gallon fiberglass holding tank (below "V" berth)
  • Shurflo 12V salt water washdown pump
  • Espar D5LM diesel forced air cabin heater

Hull and Deck

  • Dual stainless steel anchor rollers
  • 60 lb Bruce anchor with 200' of 5/16" chain
  • Danforth anchor in molded well
  • 150 nylon line and 30’ chain
  • 2nd Danforth anchor in stern locker
  • Maxwell Nilsson vertical capstan anchor windlass with foot control - fully serviced 2020
  • Anchor washdown pump and bow outlet
  • Edson binnacle with stainless steel destroyer wheel
  • Blue yacht acrylic dodger with window covers by Artful Dodger in Pt. Townsend, WA Windows, Zippers and stitching replaced 2024
  • Blue yacht acrylic Bimini
  • Blue yacht acrylic spray cloths for cockpit sides and stern push pit
  • Blue yacht acrylic mainsail cover, binnacle, windlass, handrail and solar panels
  • Blue yacht acrylic stem to stern deck awning
  • Stainless pulpit and stanchions with double lifelines and boarding gates to port and starboard
  • All canvas stitching redone, sail bags added for jib sheets at the bow
  • Side windows replaced in 2019
  • Extra plexiglass is onboard to for top hatches

Sails and Rigging

  • Aluminum double spreader mast painted with white LPU
  • Aluminum boom
  • 1 x 19 Wire rope stainless steel standing rigging with Norseman terminals(replaced in 2005 by Brian Toss Rigging in Pt. Townsend, WA)
  • Removable baby stay with quick release lever
  • Harken headsail furler
  • Navtec hydraulic boom vang, backstay, and mainsail flattener controlled by Navtec pump and panel in cockpit (flattener and vang cylinders rebuilt in 2015, backstay cylinder rebuilt 2016).
  • EZ jacks for mainsail flaking
  • Full batten mainsail with three reef points
  • 135% Genoa with padded luff for reefing and UV sun cover
  • 85% Jib
  • 120% Genoa
  • 150% Drifter
  • Symmetric spinnaker with control sock
  • (2) Barient self tailing two speed primary winches on coaming
  • (2) Barient self tailing two speed winches on cabin top aft
  • (2) Barient self tailing halyard winches on mast
  • Harken 4:1 mainsheet traveller
  • Running backstays with Lewmar 4:1 block and tackle
  • Adjustable genoa cars set well inboard
  • Spinnaker pole stored on mast

Safety and Miscellaneous

  • Avon 9 ft roll up inflatable dinghy. Inflatable floor and keel with blue yacht acrylic storage bag (all inflating valves replaced in 2016)
  • Mercury 3.5 hp four stroke outboard engine
  • Outbound motor storage bracket on stern push pit
  • Lifesling in canvas bag on stern push pit
  • MOM 8A man overboard device - 2018
  • Man overboard pole stored in integral hull storage tube with transom opening
  • Deck lines and fenders
  • Fishing rod holders on stern rail
  • CO and smoke alarms (new 2015)
  • EPIRB (new)
  • High bilge level alarm (new 2015)
  • Liferaft: MOMA8 liferaft

Machinery

Engine
Westerbeke W-46, 46 hp, 3,400 hours

Aspire Yacht Sales is pleased to assist you in the purchase of this vessel. This boat is centrally listed by Swiftsure Yachts. It is offered as a convenience by this broker/dealer to its clients and is not intended to convey direct representation of a particular vessel.