Yacht meant for tough conditions has large windows near water line??????
Yes, I assume Sea Glass or Equivalent. Not anything odd or unique.
I just have to ask of Nordhavn, "Why?"
Typical reason given for moving up is your existing owners are looking to move up, but I don't see that with Nordhavn owners. I haven't seen them demanding 100'+ and definitely not to 148' and haven't seen them asking for steel. Now, I'm sure there's one somewhere thinking I'd like to spend $30 million for an Ice Class Yacht.
However, there are plenty of people already doing it. What special does Nordhavn bring to it? They're not a yacht builder. Vripack does know the business. Reality is this won't be a Nordhavn in any real sense of the word. Even the N41 has more in common with their other boats and it has very little.
This is like RIVA building a 161' Superyacht. Steel hull, Aluminum structure. Slow boat. That's not a Riva. However, they have one advantage, they can build it in a factory used for building other boats for other Ferretti owned brands (CRN).
Westport moved up to 164' years ago as buyers would go from 112' to 130' and then wanted bigger and they didn't want to lose them. Still fiberglass and same heritage in same plants. Now, for a couple of years, they've talked about building a 200' or so megayacht (213' was last I heard). It would be steel/aluminum. The reason given was 164 owners wanting to move up and they hated sending them elsewhere. Sounds a little less insane only when you realize the owner of Westport owns Edison Chouest and they build a lot of commercial vessels. This wouldn't be a true Westport, but a boat built by Chouest and labelled Westport.
Nordhavn has none of the convenience Riva or Westport has and so as little sense as it appears to make for them, it makes even less for Nordhavn.
Anyone who wanted to could go to the same yard Nordhavn will use, get a design from a proven Naval Architect and build a boat under any brand they chose. I just don't see the synergy with the rest of Nordhavn's business nor any factor that says it is a logical move.