dirtdoc1
Senior Member
- Joined
- Apr 12, 2016
- Messages
- 472
- Location
- United States
- Vessel Name
- Ann-Elyse II
- Vessel Make
- North Pacific 45
Hi Folks,
I've been skulking around this forum for a while enjoying some builds and a lot of great info. Now I'm going to finally post my build since all the documents have been signed and the new North Pacific 45 is officially mine. I hope you enjoy the post. I wish I had done a better job of documenting the build but I'll do my best.
I first contacted Trevor by email in early 2017 and asked him the price of a new NP45. He called me the next day and told me that they had one currently being built and if I was willing to take it as is he would give me a deal on it. It was surprisingly just a little higher than my budget but close enough, so I made the leap! I promised that I wouldn't disclose the price so please don't ask.
They have an agreement with the Ningbo Fuhua factory in China. They have all their tooling and molds. They work very closely with the factory. I got the idea that if Trevor doesn't like something he gives them an earful. Here are a few pics of the factory:
The last picture is of Trevor the owner standing by one of his builds. My next post will have some pics of work being done on my boat. Various stages of construction etc.. It took from early in the year, about April until November that the boat was finally delivered. During that time I got a lot of phone calls and emails from Trevor asking me how I wanted this and that. I thought that I wasn't going to have much input since he said the build was mostly done. It turned out that I did have quite a bit of input and it really felt like I was getting a custom boat. I guess I did to some extent. The overall layout was already determined but I had a lot of input as far as types of counter tops, blinds vs curtains, flexiteak on the swimstep and cockpit, tile in the shower, (he actually added that as a surprise), type of tile in the galley behind the oven, type of stove and a bunch of other stuff. It was fun! More to come.
I've been skulking around this forum for a while enjoying some builds and a lot of great info. Now I'm going to finally post my build since all the documents have been signed and the new North Pacific 45 is officially mine. I hope you enjoy the post. I wish I had done a better job of documenting the build but I'll do my best.
I first contacted Trevor by email in early 2017 and asked him the price of a new NP45. He called me the next day and told me that they had one currently being built and if I was willing to take it as is he would give me a deal on it. It was surprisingly just a little higher than my budget but close enough, so I made the leap! I promised that I wouldn't disclose the price so please don't ask.
They have an agreement with the Ningbo Fuhua factory in China. They have all their tooling and molds. They work very closely with the factory. I got the idea that if Trevor doesn't like something he gives them an earful. Here are a few pics of the factory:
The last picture is of Trevor the owner standing by one of his builds. My next post will have some pics of work being done on my boat. Various stages of construction etc.. It took from early in the year, about April until November that the boat was finally delivered. During that time I got a lot of phone calls and emails from Trevor asking me how I wanted this and that. I thought that I wasn't going to have much input since he said the build was mostly done. It turned out that I did have quite a bit of input and it really felt like I was getting a custom boat. I guess I did to some extent. The overall layout was already determined but I had a lot of input as far as types of counter tops, blinds vs curtains, flexiteak on the swimstep and cockpit, tile in the shower, (he actually added that as a surprise), type of tile in the galley behind the oven, type of stove and a bunch of other stuff. It was fun! More to come.