This
page last updated: April 05, 2008
This is the home
page for Milt & Judy Baker's Nordhavn 47-32, Bluewater.
This website aims
to provide one couple's perspective on building, outfitting,
commissioning and cruising a Nordhavn full displacement
motor
yacht. 
We came to the process with a background of
many years of cruising under sail and power, but we'd like
to point out that the choices we have made in building and
outfitting may not be right for you. Like all serious
cruisers, we have our own prejudices and sometimes cannot be
persuaded by logic or evidence!
In the
two-and-one-half years since taking delivery, we have taken
Bluewater offshore to the Caribbean and Venezuela, then to
New England via Bermuda, and we have crossed the Atlantic
from Fort Lauderdale to Gibraltar-- roughly 15,000 miles and
2,000 engine hours. Many Nordhavn owners have compiled
far more miles in a shorter time, but we wanted a good
shakedown and an ocean-crossing and that we've gotten.
We now know our boat far better than when we started, we've
been able to take care of pressing warranty issues, make
important updates and additions, and we are very comfortable
with our boat. We're now about to begin our
second season of cruising in the Mediterranean.
If you have
questions, ideas, suggestions or thoughts concerning our
boat or this website, we'd like to hear from you. If
you'd like to contact us, please send a short e-mail to: miltbaker@mindspring.com
--Milt & Judy
Baker
