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NORDHAVN 43 'CURIOSITY'
| Builder | PAE / South Coast |
| Model | Nordhavn 43 |
| Hull | Number 4311 |
| Year | 2005 |
| Designer | Jeff Leishman |
| Type | Full-displacement long-range passagemaker with enclosed pilothouse and flybridge |
| Registration | Canadian Registered Vessel |
| LOA | 44' 6" |
| LWL | 38' 4" |
| Beam | 14' 10" |
| Draft | 4' 11" |
| Displacement | 54,540 lbs. |
| Hull Material | Fiberglass |
| Exterior | White with blue stripes |
| Main Engine | Lugger L668D, 105 HP |
| Main Engine | Hours 3,282 hours |
| Exhaust | Dry stack / keel cooled |
| Wing Engine | Yanmar 3YM30V |
| Wing Engine | Hours 61 hours |
| Generator | Northern Lights 10 kW |
| Generator Hours | 9w 3d 2h |
| Cruising Speed | 7.8 knots |
| Range Approximately | 3,000 nautical miles at 7.5 knots |
| Fuel Capacity | 1,200 gallons |
| Fresh Water Capacity | 300 gallons |
| Black Water | Capacity 50 gallons |
| Gray Water Capacity | 50 gallons |
| Stabilizers | Naiad 252 MultiSea 2000 active fin stabilizers |
| Bow Thruster Side Power | 12V, 8 HP |
| Stern Thruster Side Power | 12V, 8 HP |
| Windlass Maxwell | 3500 with 600’ 3/8” BBB chain |
| Climate Control | Cruisair air conditioning, three 16,000 BTU zones |
| Inverter/Charger | Outback |
| Watermaker | 40 GPH Sea Recovery watermaker |
| Location | Sidney, BC |
| Price | $799,000.00 |
Overview
2005 Nordhavn 43 | Canadian Registered Vessel
Curiosity XI is an exceptional example of the Nordhavn 43: a Canadian-registered, proven long-range passagemaker that combines serious offshore capability with unusually high standards of maintenance, organization and presentation.
One of the defining strengths of the Nordhavn 43 is the redundancy engineered into her systems. From independent auxiliary propulsion and multiple steering, electrical, communication and navigation backups to robust fuel and safety systems, she was designed with the self-sufficiency and reliability required for serious offshore passagemaking.
Over the past four years, she has cruised extensively throughout the Pacific Northwest, including Puget Sound, the San Juan and Gulf Islands, Haida Gwaii via Hecate Strait, and two extended seasons in Alaska.
Curiosity XI is not merely equipped for adventure; she has already proven herself in some of the Pacific Northwest’s most demanding cruising grounds.
She has also benefited from continuous professional and owner-performed maintenance, along with a substantial program of upgrades to navigation, communications, heating, watermaking, refrigeration, electrical systems and onboard comfort. Her condition, organization and documentation reflect the level of
care invested in her over many years.
For buyers seeking a Nordhavn 43 that has been thoughtfully maintained, continuously improved and genuinely proven in demanding Pacific Northwest cruising, Curiosity XI stands apart.
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Walkthrough
Curiosity XI is entered from the cockpit through a robust, double-dogged Dutch door into a spacious saloon and galley arrangement. Large windows, teak trim, Ultraleather upholstery and teak-and-spruce flooring give the interior a warm, traditional Nordhavn feel without making the space feel closed in. To starboard is a generous U-shaped settee with fixed table; to port, built-in cabinetry provides substantial storage and houses the saloon entertainment system.
The galley is open to the saloon and fitted with granite countertops, a Force 10 propane stove and oven, Sub- Zero refrigeration, freezer, microwave and trash compactor. The layout is practical for both living aboard and preparing meals underway.
A few steps up is the enclosed pilothouse, one of the defining features of the Nordhavn 43. The helm is arranged for serious cruising, with excellent visibility, a dedicated helm chair, extensive navigation and communications equipment, and a settee/table arrangement aft that also serves as a watch berth. Watertight Dutch doors on both sides open to the Portuguese bridge and provide immediate access to the exterior decks.
The flybridge provides a second fully functional helm station and an exceptional place to run the boat in good weather. It is equipped with twin Pompanette helm chairs, Furuno navigation and autopilot controls, a Ritchie compass, and a full bimini enclosure with Isinglass curtains. With excellent visibility and direct access from the Portuguese bridge, it offers a comfortable, practical alternative to the enclosed pilothouse for coastal cruising and fair-weather passages.
The two staterooms are located forward and below. The guest stateroom includes a wide double berth to port, custom mattress, custom upholstery, desk and private head with shower. The owner’s stateroom is amidships for added comfort, and features a queen island berth, custom mattress, custom upholstery and a separate head with a particularly generous shower.
The engine room is accessed from the owner’s stateroom, with secondary access through the saloon sole. For a vessel of this size, it is unusually spacious and serviceable. The Lugger main engine is on centerline, with the Yanmar wing engine aft to port and Northern Lights generator aft to starboard. Fuel management and filtration systems are arranged for straightforward inspection and maintenance.
Aft, the cockpit provides access to the swim platform and a large lazarette below, where steering gear, inverter, hot-water system, heating equipment and watermaker are located with additional room for storage.
Forward, the foredeck includes substantial ground-tackle storage and a large chain locker. The boat deck is accessed from the Portuguese bridge and accommodates the tender, Steelhead davit and additional deck storage.
Specifications
Factory Options & Original Equipment
Propulsion & Machinery
• Yanmar wing engine with Martec folding prop
• Naiad 252 MultiSea 2000 active fin stabilizers
• Side Power 12V 8 HP bow thruster
• Side Power 12V 8 HP stern thruster
• Reverso oil-change system for main engine, wing engine and generator
• Spurs line cutter on main shaft
• Northern Lights 10 kW generator
Fire & Safety Systems
• Sea-Fire engine-room fire suppression system with automatic engine, generator and blower shutdown
• Rule high-water bilge pump
• Lightning ground plate
Electrical & Shore Power
• Outback inverter/charger
• Isolation transformers on shore-power lines
• Battery monitoring system
• 30-amp shore-power capability with two 30 amp cords and 50 amp to 2×30 amp adapter
Climate & Water Systems
• Cruisair air conditioning, three 16,000 BTU zones
• Upgraded 20-gallon hot-water tank
• Fresh-water and salt-water washdown forward and aft
• Hot-and-cold cockpit shower by Scandvik
• Electric black-water tank pump plus manual pump
• Galley sink Y-fitting for direct overboard discharge
Deck, Ground Tackle & Exterior
• Maxwell VWC 3500 windlass
• 600’ 3/8” BBB chain
• Rokna 40kg anchor
• Heavy-duty stainless chain stopper
• Bow tow eye
• Custom snubber anchor bridle
• Extended swim platform with access ladder
• Stainless-steel fender holders forward and aft
• Port-side exterior handrail
• Additional handrails at engine-room vents
• Additional floodlights on FRP stack
• Forward ARB LED spotlight
• Flopper-stopper rig mounted port side
• Large forward deck storage lockers
Interior & Comfort
• All-teak interior in place of Formica
• Custom starburst-pattern saloon table
• Port-side built-in cabinetry in lieu of settee
• Custom honeycomb window blinds
• Granite countertops in galley and heads
• Pompanette helm chair in Ultraleather
• Red night vision lighting throughout interior, pilothouse and exterior
• Pull-out pilothouse berth
• Custom HMC mattresses in both cabins
• Custom upholstery in both cabins
• Swing-out stool at guest-stateroom desk
• Bi-fold shower doors in both heads
Tender & Boat Deck
• 11’ Walker Bay with helm, 20hp Honda outboard
• Steelhead 1000DS davit
• Weaver removable stainless-steel dinghy chocks and tie-down system
• Large boat deck storage box
Major Upgrades & Modernization
2025
• Two Furuno TZ TouchXL black-box chartplotter systems
• Three Seatronx 15-inch pilothouse touchscreen displays
• Beelink mini PC running TimeZero Professional navigation software
• Furuno GP39 GPS/WAAS navigator
• Furuno TZT 10X TZTouchXL flybridge chartplotter
• Garmin chartplotter/depth sounder added to tender
• Bottom paint renewed October 2025
2024
• Sub-Zero refrigerator
• Sub-Zero fridge-freezer with icemaker
• Naiad stabilizer seals serviced
• Zodiac six-person offshore life raft repacked
• Starlink high-performance maritime dis
• Complete yacht gelcoat polish by Top Notch Yachts, Sidney, BC
2023
• New EPIRB with hydrostatic release added
• New carpet and underlay throughout
• New bow, stern and spring lines
• New Taylor Made boat fenders with custom fender covers
• New custom anchor snubber bridle
• New portable Bouge-RV freezer
Recent / Current Systems & Comfort Upgrades
• Hurricane hydronic heating throughout the vessel, including both staterooms, saloon and flybridge, with
domestic hot-water and engine loop integration
• 40 GPH Sea Recovery watermaker with media filtration and remote panel
• New Outback inverter with remote panel
• Updated battery-monitoring system
• New heads
• 39-inch Fire TV with Bose soundbar in saloon
• Extensive LED lighting conversion
• Engine-start battery
Earlier Major Upgrades – Approximately 2015-2021
• Lifeline AGM batteries added in 2020
• Isolation transformer
• Simrad rudder angle indicator
• Two saloon swivel chairs added in 2021
• Maxwell VWC 3500 windlass replaced in 2020
• Flybridge bimini with full enclosure and Isinglass curtains added in 2020