Knotty Dogs

Boarding Knotty Dogs from the stern immediately introduces one of the yacht's major outdoor features: the wide hydraulic swim platform.

The platform creates an excellent staging area for swimming, watersports and tender handling while also making boarding considerably easier.

Features include:

• Wide hydraulic swim platform
• Large aft cockpit
• Synthetic teak-style decking
• Large aft bench seating
• Cockpit television
• Privacy screen
• Access to flybridge
• Underwater lighting
• Excellent access to interior
• Excellent storage

The synthetic teak treatment continues through key exterior areas, adding warmth and style without the maintenance requirements of traditional teak decking.

The galley is incorporated into the main living space, making it well-suited for entertaining and extended cruising.

Features include:

• Full cruising galley
• Generous countertop space
• Excellent cabinetry
• Abundant storage
• Refrigeration
• Cooking appliances
• Easy connection to salon
• Dedicated climate control nearby

Knotty Dogs is powered by triple Volvo Penta IPS diesel engines.

• Triple Volvo Penta IPS diesels
• Approximately 1,160 hours
• Volvo IPS pod drives
• Volvo electronic engine controls
• IPS joystick control
• Excellent maneuverability
• Triple-engine propulsion
• Engine-room camera system
• Spacious engine room
• Excellent machinery access

The Ovation 52 was noteworthy when introduced for its use of triple IPS propulsion, giving the boat an unusual combination of performance, efficiency and maneuverability for a motor yacht of this size.

The IPS joystick system is particularly useful around docks, allowing intuitive low-speed maneuvering in tight quarters.

Knotty Dogs is equipped with a Kohler 15.5kW diesel generator with approximately 450 hours.

Electrical highlights include:

• Kohler 15.5kW generator
• Approximately 450 generator hours
• Dual 50-amp shore power
• Dual Glendinning shore-power cord reels
• Multiple climate-control zones
• Extensive AC/DC systems
• Underwater lighting

The Glendinning cord reels are particularly convenient on a yacht requiring substantial shore power, eliminating the need to manually wrestle heavy 50-amp shore cords aboard.

Climate control is a major feature aboard Knotty Dogs.

The yacht is equipped with six air-conditioning systems in total.

• Six total A/C systems
• Two dedicated flybridge units
• Four additional interior units
• Dedicated pump serving flybridge A/C systems
• Separate pump serving remaining four systems
• Reverse-cycle heat capability at flybridge

The climate-controlled bridge dramatically extends the usable cruising season and turns the upper deck into a genuine additional living space.

Knotty Dogs has benefited from updated navigation equipment and additional technology designed to improve situational awareness.

Highlights include:

• Dual Garmin multifunction displays
• Garmin electronics updated in 2022
• FLIR night-vision system
• Volvo Penta engine displays
• IPS joystick control
• Engine-room cameras
• Backup camera
• Salon safety camera
• Navigation instrumentation
• Excellent helm visibility

FLIR night vision is particularly valuable for identifying objects, markers and other heat signatures when operating after dark or in reduced visibility.

Knotty Dogs has been outfitted with entertainment in mind both inside and out.

Features include:

• Samsung salon television
• Concealed salon TV lift
• Bose salon surround sound
• Bose master-stateroom audio
• Rockford Fosgate exterior audio
• Cockpit television
• Wine cooler
• Flybridge refrigerator
• Flybridge grill
• Underwater lighting

From the salon to the cockpit and enormous flybridge, there are multiple distinct areas for entertaining family and friends.

One of the first things that stands out about Knotty Dogs is her cosmetic condition.

Having spent most of her life in freshwater, the benefits are visible in the condition of her gelcoat, exterior finishes and glass.

Features include:

• Extensive freshwater history
• Excellent gelcoat appearance
• Exceptionally clear exterior glass
• Synthetic teak-style decking
• Hydraulic swim platform
• Underwater lighting
• Updated canvas – 2022
• Spacious cockpit
• Enormous flybridge
• Excellent exterior storage

• Garmin electronics – 2022
• New canvas – 2022
• FLIR night vision
• Triple Volvo IPS propulsion
• Volvo joystick control
• Hydraulic swim platform
• Six A/C systems
• Two dedicated bridge A/C units
• Dual Glendinning cord reels
• Engine-room cameras
• Backup camera
• Salon safety camera
• Underwater lighting
• Separate washer and dryer
• Bose surround sound
• Rockford Fosgate exterior audio
• Salon TV lift
• Wine cooler
• Synthetic teak-style decking