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DREAMCHASER is a 2000 Novatec 80’ Motor Yacht that features 4 staterooms with 3 of those with King Size berths with private heads and private staircases to the staterooms. There is a sailors cabin with a berth and head in the bow with an entrance from the foredeck, possible use for storage. The yacht features stand-up engine room with Caterpillar 3412 E, twin generators, stabilizers, bow & stern thrusters, power rotating davit & dinghy, three station controls and easy access to board and maneuver. Also, capable of running the stateroom air conditioning at night at anchor without running the generator via the AC to DC inverter.
Walk Through and Layout
The DREAMCHASER can be boarded through one of 4 side gates and the swim platform from the stern. The yacht has an exceptionally large aft deck with molded-in aft seating, a large varnished teak table and two large comfortable chairs. Going forward through a stainless-steel sliding door you enter the salon with burl wood finishings, large sectional L-shade sofa, 2 chairs and cabinets with retractable TV, wine coolers and plenty of storage. The aft salon staircase leads to the aft King Berth stateroom and the forward staircase leads below to the King Berth stateroom and 4th stateroom with over/under berths. Forward of the salon is the galley, day head and lower pilothouse. Forward on the starboard side is the staircase going to the 3rd King size berth stateroom. All three King Berth staterooms have private ensuite heads. The flybridge is accessed from the port side salon and features the second helm with full electronics, large U-shape dinette, U-line refrigerator, Jenn-air grill and aft boat deck with davit and dinghy.
Important Features:
- Preferred engines, Caterpillar 3412 E
- Three king berth staterooms with ensuite head/shower and private staircase entrance
- Custom AC to DC invertor capable of running the air conditioning in the staterooms at anchor without generator power.
- Large aft deck and fly bridge, interior burl wood high gloss finish.
- Large stand-up engine room
- Constant up-grades.
- All batteries new March 2024
Latest Updates
$40,000 engine and generator work involving Airseps, new water pumps for some of the engines, new lines, etc. New strainers or rebuilding of old strainers at every thru hull
New engine room ventilation fans
Replaced saltwater manifold for A/C system.
New 220v Watermaker (boat has a functional 24v Watermaker as well)
Hull was peeled ($150,000) and then epoxied and painted.
Exterior brightwork redone (Sept 2022)
Exterior soft goods and upholstery redone.
New engine shafts and couplers installed
Windlass motor replaced, and windlass feat housing rebuilt (2) New hot water tanks and expansion tanks installed Dinghy placed on back of the boat
2023 NEW Stern Thruster
Previous Updates
2017 - 2022
Major service interval of main engines, including starters, injectors, ECMs, electrical harnesses, heat exchangers serviced, aftercoolers serviced, new raw water pumps, etc.
Upgraded galley appliances and fixtures, stainless steel Meile
Replace interior hardware and mirrors where needed with new.
All ensuite master heads updated with frameless shower/tub enclosures new carpet runners throughout interior
Custom aft flybridge sunshades with stainless steel supports added Exterior windows recaulked.
Complete overhaul of second Watermaker
2015 - 2016
(6) Camera system added
(4) New CAT color digital engine displays
More updates to A/C system including new raw water pumps and (4) new A/C units
Complete overhaul of one of the two Watermaker 2014
Audio/Video systems upgraded throughout - including HD7 KVH SAT dome, Bose stereo speakers, Fusion head units with multiples zones, largest possible flat screen TVs
(3) New A/C units added
(2) New 28-gallon how water heaters added
Engine room painted with Awlgrip 2013
Garmin 5000 Series touchscreen chart plotters
Garmin GMI 20 4" displays
Simrad autopilot
Electronic engine shifter/throttle control
Thruster controls
(2) Wine chillers in salon wet bar
Custom mahogany lighted ceiling fixture added in salon 2012
Awlcraft hull and topside paint job
New exhaust risers on main engines
Updated all interior soft goods throughout
All lighting upgraded to LEDs
(2) 4Kw Xantrex inverters and battery banks installed
Custom heavy duty fiberglass hardtop with stainless steel supports
Additional storage cabinets in stairwell to center master
(2) Under counter deep freezers in aft deck cabinet, port side
Bosch front loader washer and dryer in 4th stateroom
Marquipt Tide Ride boarding stairs with teak hand rails
176 lb. Bruce anchor
(4) underwater lights - Spectrum multicolor
Custom high gloss teak tables with compass inlay on both flybridge and aft deck
Venturi windshield added
Accommodation:
Aft Deck & Swim Platform:
Hideaway portside aft docking station with MMC engine controls, bow/stern thruster controls, and start/stops Les Jardins (French designer) teak chairs and ottoman
Polished stainless supports for overhead also are attractive decor (overhead extended to cover settee backrest)
Stainless roller hawseholes at outboard aft end of deck and bollard cleats
(2) Flush mounted rod holders with rubber insert covers at aft end of teak cap railings
Portside stairway there is a cabinet containing a freshwater shower wand with hot/cold mixer faucet and a shore water inlet connection
Stainless fold down swimming ladder
Maxwell 1000 electric capstan winch with foot pedal control.
Stainless center aft bollard for mooring
LED courtesy lighting of aft Euro stairways
(4) SEABLAZE multicolor underwater lights at transom
Salon:
Portside forward is a floating curved stairway to the flybridge with brushed stainless steel railings
Beyond the stairway to the portside is a teak and holly landing by a side deck watertight door
(2) Wine coolers are forward beneath granite topped display alcove with mirror, artwork, and lighting
Plush leather sofa with curved seat aft, ottoman forward, and great storage beneath
Starboard side are two freestanding wood chairs upholstered with aft deck cushions matched fabric and one matched rattan décor ottoman
Between chairs cabinet housing Hi-Lo pop up 55" Samsung curved HD TV next cabinet aft has slide out A/C component storage, Bose system, KVH controller, Samsung Blu-ray player, DirecTV TiVo, Fusion stereo, etc. Décor glass Turtle sconces (2) in corners below upholstered valence panels with A/C diffuser vents
Forward starboard side are display shelves with glass doors and mounted on the wall World Time clock between the forward end of the couch and stairway is granite topped cabinet and above a built-in shelf with a decorative table lamp and various tabletop artworks.
Galley & Dinette:
Whirlpool side by side refrigerator/freezer/icemaker with water/ice dispenser on door
Full size Sharp Insight Pro oven and glass cooktop with four burners
Drawer style microwave on top of the oven Miele dishwasher
Undermount stainless steel sink with Delta Esque touch control single handle faucet and pull down spray head InstaHot water tap
In sink garbage disposal
Enlarged deckhouse window on starboard side
Overhead cabinets for dish and glass storage
Drawer storage beneath countertops
Day Head on port side
Electronics & Navigational Equipment:
MMC engine controls and SidePower bow/stern thruster controls
15" KEP daylight view display for Nav computer, running Nobletec Passport Deluxe software
Simrad Autopilot AP28
(3) Garmin GMI 20s, digital data speed, depth, and wind 4" color LED displays
Garmin 5212 touchscreen GPS chart plotter
Furuno FCV 600L recording depth sounder/fish finder, dual frequency
Furuno 72 mile radar with open array scanner
Garmin HD 48mile radar (dome)
Garmin Sirius Weather module
Naiad MultiSea II digital stabilizer control panel
CAT color digital Marine Power 6.5" engine displays
(3) Stainless Steel windshield wipers with washer sprays
Hydraulics power steering with 3-spoke stainless helm wheel
ICOM M127 VHF radio with hailer function and Command Mic
Color video monitor to see engine room and (5) other cameras - 4 on aft deck, 2 forward aft, 1 in salon Fuel/water "Tank Tender" type gauge
6" Ritchie Compass
Bilge alarms, high water, and running light indicator lights
Horn button, switch for high/low idle, synchronizer throttle handle selector
Keyed ignition starts switches and push button stop switches
Remote windlass control
Remote control panel for bow spotlight, ITT Jabsco 225SL dual beam
Remote control panels for 2 HRO watermakers
Fireboy Fire Suppression system remote panel and manual deploy cable pull
Intercom phone, 6 stations
(2) Schneider Inverter monitor and control panels, Xantrex XW SCP
Stidd helm chair (chrome/white) with pilothouse mount, stored off the boat
8" Garmin color MFD in master stateroom
4" Garmin GMI 20 digital data display in fourth stateroom
KVH Tracvision HD 7 SAT TV antenna
(6) DirecTV receivers, digital recorders in the salon and master
Bose Lifestyle sound system throughout main salon
Fusion Audio System, 3 zones
Samsung 55" curved 4K TV in salon on Hi-Lo lift
HD flat panels in all staterooms, 55" aft, 46" in mid and forward, 32" in fourth stateroom
Samsung 20" flat panel TV on galley cabinet facing dinette
All screens have either Blu-ray or DVD players and stereo sound systems
Flybridge has a 32" Samsung flat panel TV
Flybridge:
CAT color engine display panels, MMC controls, Bow & stern thruster controls (2) Garmin 5215 multi-function 15" displays
Garmin GMI 20 digital 4" display wind, depth, speed & temp.
ICOM M604 VHF radio with hailer
Simard AP28 autopilot remote
(2) search light controls, forward and aft.
Furuno LCD display 72-mile radar repeater
Naiad MultiSea II digital stabilizer control panel
Remote windlass control, 12v lighter plug, arch light switches
Fusion stereo remote panel
(2) White Stidd helm chairs with black piping trimmed cushions
Intercom phone handset
Access to hatch to expansive storage area beneath forward bridge brow.
Teak deck, Fiberglass hard top w/lights, U-shaped dinette w/varnished teak table, cabinet with refrigerator, Jenn-Air grill, and sink, 2 Stidd helm & companion chairs, Boat deck with power rotating davit and AB hardbottom inflatable w/40 HP Evinrude E-TEC engine, freshwater outlet.
Staterooms:
There are three stairways down to the lower deck, each having one large king sized, full beam stateroom and ensuite head. The mid stairway has a small landing with doorway to the mid king stateroom, as well as an entry door to the fourth guest stateroom. All staterooms have the same rich, book matched burl as the main deck and are smartly carpeted with plush, neutral toned, short pile.
The three king staterooms all have multiple climate control systems, which accommodates air conditioning on evenings even when on anchor without generator running (110V by inverters).
Each has its own plat panel TV/DirecTV receiver/Blu-ray or DVD player, and stereo system. Berths all have tasteful linens and padded headboards, granite topped end tables to either side of the bed with decorative sconce lights above. All the heads have freshwater VacuFlush toilets, glass bath enclosures, and stainless steel undermounted sinks with chrome plumbing fixtures. They also all have granite vanity tops and floors with large mirrors. The mid and aft stateroom heads have bidets and Jacuzzi tubs, also with shower wand fixtures.
Exterior Decks & Equipment:
Full walkaround decks with courtesy and overhead lighting (LED)
Varnished teak cap rail
Integral swim platform/cockpit, Euro stairways, aft deck, walkarounds to midship, and flybridge beneath hardtop all with teak decking
Lewmar Bruce type 80Kg primary anchor with 300' of 1/2" chain, stainless anchor chute with roller & stainless strike plate on hull below
Maxwell 3500 windlass forward with pilothouse remote and oversized foot pedal controls on bow
Maxwell 1000 warping line windlass on aft platform with foot pedal control
FRP molded settee on aft deck with upholstered cushions
Flybridge enclosure with 3 sides acrylic and aft side isinglass
Fresh water (or saltwater) washdown in anchor system so chain can be washed as it comes back into the chain locker
(2) Deckhouse watertight side doors with stainless pantograph hinges, one from starboard deckhouse, one from forward portside salon
Twin pairs of stainless steel mooring holes midships with spring cleats
Twin pairs of stainless steel bow a& stern mooring hawse holes with rollers
Chain locket latch
Fender stowage cabinet
Fold down stainless steel ladder aft
Foredeck oversized lounge cushions with canvas storage cover
Foredeck "gullwing" hatches open to a spacious trunk storage area in upper deckhouse
Deckhouse windows on sides and forward have snap on black textaline mesh shade covers
(4) Boarding gates - 2 forward, 2 aft deck
Marquipt 7-step collapsing Sea Stair with teak handrails and wheels
Marquipt side mount ladder
Dockside boarding stairway with nonskid steps and chrome banister
Aft deck/salon camera system for safety and security are linked to TV system
Cable TV and telephone inlet plugs
Electrical System:
220v and 110v outlet AC electrical systems, 12v and 24v DC electrical systems
(2) 32Kw Northern Lights generators in sound shield enclosures - 4550/4535 hours
(2) 50amp shore power cables (100' each) with Glendenning Cablemaster auto reels, aft deck
Batteries: 26 8D AGM, 2 4D, 1 1100CA New March 2024
Battery chargers: (2) 60amp 24, (1) 40amp 24v, (1) 25amp 24v, (1) 90amp 12v, (1) 24v to 12v step down transformer; 2 New March 2024
Inverter/chargers: (2) 150mp 24v Xantex XW 4D24
Alternators: (2) 80amp 24v, (1) 100amp 24v
Note on electrical and air conditioning systems:
Inverter systems are capable of powering the entire 110v system of the yacht for up to eight hours. There are automatic starts for generators if desired.
This vessel has three separate HVAC systems aboard. The primary ships system is 220v consisting of 7 units totaling 152,000 BTUs. These units are seawater cooled by two large raw water pumps plumbed in tandem.
The three large staterooms all have independent 110v air conditioning systems capable of operating without shore power or generator courtesy of this vessel's inverter system.
These units total an additional 24,000 BTUs. In the mid stateroom there is a single 24v air conditioning producing 10,000 BTUs. These two systems are not seawater cooled.
Plumbing:
1200 GPD HRO Watermaker
400 GPD HRO Watermaker
24v DV Powered remote control panels in pilothouse for both Watermakers
(2) 20 Gallon water heaters
(2) 100v Fresh water system pressure pumps, (1) 24v fresh water pump
Hot/cold shower wands on swim platform & flybridge deck
Fresh water washdown down system with foredeck and aft deck spigots
Fresh water outlet and sink in engine room
UV filtered + 2 micron filter at galley and house system
Vacuflush fresh water heads (day head, 3 ensuite head, crew quarters)
50 Gallon and 100 gallon holding tanks
Fuel System
2210 Total gallons in aluminum 5052 fuel tanks (6+ day tank) with bypass valves/sight gauges
Fuel changeover valve system to permit each engine to draw fuel from a gravity fed day tank and return fuel to a selection of four out of six total tanks
Filler & vent for each tank
Racor primary fuel filters (engines & gensets)
Engine Room / Mechanical Equipment:
Twin 1400HP diesel Caterpillar 3412E engines
Engine exhaust outlets are underwater type with bypass outlets above the waterline and at the boat side
Oil change system on engines and gensets
Fireboy manual/automatic engine room fire suppression
CAT engine room premium mechanical gauge package
Engine room air intake and air outlets with blower motor covers
Armco Aquamet stainless steel shafts with Duramax dripless shaft seals (3 1/4")
Stainless steel rudders
NAIAD digital stabilizers (Multi Sea II controls)
Bow & stern thrusters with controls at all three stations, side power, DC 24v and 48v individual battery operated
5" Vise, 6" grinding/polishing wheel, wash sink
Sea cocks on all inlets/outlets that are below the water line
Fireboy automatic engine room fire suppression system, manual override in pilothouse
Color TV camera in engine room
LED & 12v lights in engine room
5-Blade Nibral propellers
Electric clutch off starboard main engine for firefighting saltwater pump system to hose outside in aft deck starboard cabinet
Engine room bilge high water level alarm
Automatic bilge pump in each watertight compartment with high water alarm
Manual bilge pump in each bilge compartment
Visual/audible bilge alarm panel in pilothouse
Construction:
Nova Marine Company Ltd produces the Novatec line of yachts and have been building yachts since 1983, including military patrol boats
Hand laid GRP
Ophthalic gelcoat
Isophthalic main layup use orthophthalic resin with mat & woven roving & unidirectional fiberglass reinforcement
Divinycell foam core construction above water line
Solid fiberglass construction below water line
Longitudinal & transverse strengthening stringers throughout hull
Deckhouse side doors are solid with stainless steel counter balance opening mechanism
Hull & deck joints bolted & FRP bonded
Watertight bulkheads
Salesman’s comments:
Dreamchaser offers some exciting features for an 80’ motor yacht including 3 staterooms with king size berth with ensuite heads & shower, dependable Caterpillar 3412 E engines, burl wood interior, large aft deck & flybridge and excellent equipment. Dreamchaser is capable of island cruising with tremendous accommodation. Located in Stuart, Florida and avaible to see with little notice. Check her out before someone makes her their dream.