Description

Najad 441 – “Arctic Fern” has taken a 4-page spread in Yachting World and is included in the book “In the wake of Heroes – Sailing’s Greatest Stories” by Tom Cunliffe which describes some of her travels into the Arctic. She also appears on a postcard for Galway City - Ireland. She was built with long distance high latitude cruising in mind, a task she has undertaken with ease. With a Kevlar reinforced hull and a water tight bulk head she is one of the safest and most comfortable vessels you could buy. If you wish to keep your family safe then she really is top of her game.
We are the third owners and bought her in 2015. She has taken us on a 7-year voyage from the UK, Ipswich, along the Atlantic coast, to the Mediterranean and Ionian Sea and back again. She has just been fitted with a brand-new mainsail, spray hood, cockpit enclosure, stack pack, interior upholstery and curtains and new house batteries. New carpets in 2023 covering the lovely wooden floors. She has been well loved and looked after.
Arctic Fern was built in 1998 by Najad in Sweden and has undergone various upgrades and refurbishment over the years including extensive electronics upgrades. She is high spec and includes a stainless-steel arch with solar panels that can swivel and davits for the dinghy. Electric Andersen winches, 6Kw generator, water maker, heating etc.

Interior Layout

Forward of the mast – Two similar cabins with upper and lower single berths, one to port and one to starboard sharing a toilet and shower. The toilet and shower are separate, to port and starboard respectively.
The main saloon has a u-shaped seating area to port with two very comfortable armchairs opposite. The chairs and seating area has recently had new upholstery. The galley is off the saloon on the aft starboard side with the nav station to port. From the nav station is a walkthrough aft which gives access to the engine room, wet locker for all wet weather gear / lifejackets and leads through to the aft cabin.
In the aft cabin, there is a double and a single berth which can be made into a super king size. Under passage the sleeping is very comfortable. The room has been maximised for storage so that liveaboard life can be easily maintained including storage compartments under the bed. There is an en-suite baby blake toilet and shower compartment.
All skylights have Oceanair Skyscreens fitted including mosquito screens. These were all replaced in 2016.

Propulsion

Engine: Yanmar 4JH4-HTE – Inboard shaft drive
Rated output – 80.9KW/110hp
Engine hours – 1899.6hrs
Rope Cutter – Yes
Propeller Type - Folding Brunton propeller

Accommodation

- Headroom: 1.95m
- Upholstery – new 2024
- Curtains – new 2024
- Flooring – wooden – with carpet new 2023
- Chart Table
- Saloon Table
- Hanging Locker/ spares cupboard
- Wet Locker
- Eberspacher heater
- Number of Heads: 2 (1 baby blake, 1 jabsco)
- Showers: 2 + 1 bathing platform
- Microwave: 1
- Alpes cooker with 2 x gas and one electric hob, grill and oven
- Fridge with water cooled refrigeration unit 160lt
- Freezer water cooled, frigomatic
- Water System: Pressurised and foot pumps
- Hot Water: Immersion/Calorifier
- Water Maker: Seafresh
- Stereo
- TV (with Hard disk media player)
- Toaster

Tankage
- Fuel: Diesel: 550 litres
- Water: 480 litres - 2 tanks
- Holding Tanks: 2x holding tanks

Navigation

- Chart Plotter – Axiom 9 (Cockpit) repeatable on tablet/phone using Raymarine software
- AIS class B transponder/receiver with separate GPS ariel
- Quantum Raymarine Radar
- Standalone Garmin GPS with separate ariel for GPS
- Autopilot: AP20 Autopilot with HLD2000 L drive unit
- VHF Radio: Standard Horizon with extension to Cockpit
- Icom M710 SSB Radio with SCS Pactor 4 modem with Bluetooth and ATU using backstay as antenna.
- Echo Sounder: Raymarine i50
- Log / Speed: Raymarine i50
- Wind Instrument: Raymarine i50
- Standard Horizon VLN-3000 Loud Hailer (with Fog settings) – forward (on Mast) and rear (on Arch) facing fog horns
- Wind Indicator at Masthead: Raymarine i50
- Compass – Suunto D-135
- Barometer
- Clock
Cockpit – Raymarine i50 Speed, Depth and Wind. Speakers, 12V and USB charging, lights, VHF

Deck

- Andersen 58ST electric primary winches
- Andersen spinnaker winches
- 2 x Andersen winches on the mast for halyards
- Genoa tracks with Cars
- Two gates in the guardrails port and starboard
- Two seats on the pushpits
- 2 x outboard brackets
- Full sprayhood fitted to a fixed glass windscreen
- Sprayhood extension that completely covers the cockpit
- Fresh water shower on the aft deck (hot and cold)
- Shore power connection in the starboard cockpit coaming
- Lofrans electric anchor windlass upgraded to Albatross model 1500W
- Reinforced double bow rollers with bronze rollers
- Deck wash pump forward
- Harness points in the cockpit
- Decking Type: Teak
- Anchor Locker
- Anchors: 33Kg Rochna (73lb), 30Kg CQR
- Anchor Chain / Warp: 75m, 10mm galvanised chain
- Pushpit / Pulpit
- Boarding Ladder
- Cockpit Table
- Cockpit Lockers
- Rope cutter

Sails and Rigging

- Selden silver anodised mast with Harken Batten Cars and track
- Selden 12D Furlex Genoa furling system
- Removable inner forestay with adjuster
- Backstay adjuster hydraulic Navtec 22.
- Two spinnaker poles and lifts
- In boom preventer
- Fully battened mainsail fitted with Harken batt cars and lazy jacks NEW (2024)
- Jeckells 110% furling Genoa (2016)
- Hyde 135% furling Genoa (2011)
- Hank on Genoa for inner forestay
- Cruising Chute
- Spinnaker
- Three reef lines led back to cockpit
- Stainless steel granny bars
- Double insulated backstay (Two insulators at top and bottom)
- Fitted stainless steel arch and davits. Allows you to access bathing platform with dinghy attached. The davits can be rotated inwards when not in use so doesn’t affect boat length. It holds solar panels, radar, 2 x GPS ariels, 4G Wi-Fi receiver, Wi-Fi booster ariels, EPIRB and can also store boat brooms and hooks etc.

Mechanical and Electrical

- Vetus bow thruster (very powerful)
- Lombardini 6KW diesel generator Engine hours 723hrs
- SeaFresh 24V dc water maker, 15 gallons per hour with fresh water backflush
- Shore supply (240V) with outlets throughout the boat and electric immersion heater for the hot water tank
- 6 x 12V 140Ah connected in series/parallel to produce 24V DC (NEW). Total of 420Ah at 24V (equivalent to 840Ah at 12v)
- Dedicated 12V DC Engine battery (2022)
- Dedicated 12V DC Generator battery (2022)
- 12v 30Ah lithium battery for USB sockets /entertainment
- 2 x Solar panels (1 x 330W (Panasonic) + 1 x 100W (Photonic Universe)) 330W for house batteries, 100W for lithium battery. These panels can tilt so you can charge from sunrise to sunset. Once fitted the generator has hardly been used. We would be at anchorages for the whole summer and the panels would be sufficient to meet the demands of the boat and keep the batteries full.
- 2 x Victron MPPT’s for solar charging
- Victron Multiplus 24V 3000W – Inverter/charger
- USB charging points throughout


Safety

- Foghorn x 2 forward (on Mast) and rear facing (on Rear Arch)
- Radar Reflector
- Jackstays
- Fire Extinguishers ( need servicing)
- Fire Blanket
- Bilge Pump(s) Manual
- Bilge Pump(s) Electric
- Offshore Sea-Safe 6 person Life raft (needs servicing) including grab bag Purchased new in July 2018.


Construction
- Type: Sail
- Builder / Designer: Najad
- Make / Model: 441-21
- Year Built: 1998
- Where Built: Sweden
- Construction Materials: GRP (Kevlar reinforced)
- Keel / Hull Form: Fin keel
- Steering Type: Wheel
- Helm Position(s): Centre Cockpit
- Rudder Type: Half skeg
- Deck Materials: Teak
- Superstructure Materials: GRP
- Hull Colour: White with blue trim

Dimensions
- Length Overall: 13.5m
- Beam: 4.0m
- Draft: 2.1m
- Displacement: 14,000/14,500kg
Lying ashore - Ipswich UK

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