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Kelpie is a beautiful Najad 391. She is well-equipped blue-water cruising yacht fitted out for comfortable long-distance cruising.
The 1998 Najad 391 (Hull no. 44) is a high-quality, Swedish-built sailing yacht known for its robust construction, elegant design, and excellent performance. It features a comfortable interior with fine craftsmanship, making it ideal for long voyages. The Najad 391 combines safety, durability, and luxury, appealing to discerning sailors.
The Najad 391 is designed to be a modern long distance cruiser with the highest sailing performance.
The keel and rudder are built up by NACA wing section. The fin keel is relatively long for good course stability and motion at sea. The ballast lead keel with a ratio of 44 per cent is bolted on and a small wing at the bottom of the keel reduced waterflow which results in less drag. The rudder is semi-balanced with a strong half-skeg, which ensure that the steering is light and positive.
This combination of keel and rudder design enables the boat to have a turning circle of her own length. The hull, keel, rudder and rig design have improved the sheeting angles to 10/14 degrees and this has resulted in increased performance and speed. The strong bottom grid and stringers are laminated into the hull in order to take the external and rig loads.
The Najad 391 has got an open uncluttered flush deck with a small coachroof aft which improves the headroom in the aft cabin. The windscreen is forward of the instrument panel in the cockpit to create more space below the sprayhood. The cockpit recesses in the coamings are flush which gives a more comfortable back rest. An integral swimming platform is built into the stern for comfort and security.
Renowned for their seakeeping and good all-round performance the Najad 391 is Swedish yacht build at its best.
Notable recent upgrades and maintenance:
Replaced the standing rigging (Ocean Rigging, Lymington, 2016)
Replaced the batteries (2018) and increased house battery bank from 3 to 5 x 110Ah
Gas hoses and regulator replaced (2018)
Installed a stainless steel arch (2018) with 2 x 120W solar panels
Replace stern pipe, cutlass seal and stern gland (Bishop Marine, Shamrock Quay 2018)
Refurbished/rebuilt cockpit windscreen (2021)
New stack pack and cockpit canopy (NJO Sails, Shamrock Quay, 2022)
New rod kicker piston (2024)
Refurbished wind turbine (2024)
New starter motor (Wight Marine 2024)
Specifications and Inventory List
Construction:
Overall Measured Length: 41’ inc. 1’6” pulpit; beam 12’2”.
RCD Status:
The yacht conforms with the essential safety requirements of Directive 94/25EC (Recreational Craft Directive) and is categorised A – “Ocean” (or Cat B – whichever is appropriate)
Hull, Deck & Superstructure Construction:
- GRP sandwich hull construction using balsa core and Isophthalic resin and NGA gelcoat for improved osmosis resistance.
- GRP sandwich deck with balsa core, laid with solid caulked teak, screwed with acid resistant stainless steel screws and deck laid in silicon.
- Coachroof, cockpit seats, and bathing platform are also teak laid.
- Cockpit sole has removable teak grating.
- Substantial teak-capped bulwark
- Stainless Steel capped rubbing strake which is an integral part of the hull moulding.
- Copper coat applied inside professionally in 2013.
Keel & Rudder:
- Bolted lead keel with small wing at bottom to reduce water flow beneath keel.
- Semi-skegged GRP blade with 50mm stainless steel rudder post. Rudder fittings are cast bronze.
Machinery:
Engine & Gearboxes:
- 1 x Yanmar 4JH2TE 65hp diesel engine.
- Standard fuel filters.
Propulsion & Steering:
- Standard shaft arrangement – 3-bladed Maxprop propeller.
- Bowthruster
- Steering pedestal with chain and wire-cable operated steering.
- Leather covered 900mm stainless steel wheel.
Electrical Systems:
Battery Banks:
- 1 x 120 amp/hr engine battery (2018).
- 5 x Service batteries (2018). 110 amp/hr.
- Domestic and engine batteries can be linked.
- Victron battery monitor.
Battery Chargers:
- Mastervolt battery charger with charge monitor at nav. table.
Alternators:
- 80 amp alternator with Adverc smart regulator fitted 2013.
Electrical Generation:
- Wind generator.
- 2 x 120W Solar panels (2018)
Other Electrical:
- 1000w inverter fitted 2018.
Plumbing Systems:
Fresh Water & Water Heating System:
- Electric hot and cold pressurised water system with discharge pulsation damper.
- Hot water obtained from an insulated 40 litre calorifier heated via engine heat exchanger or immersion heater powered by 220v shorepower.
Bilge Pumps:
- Manual diaphragm bilge pump in cockpit & High output electric bilge pump.
Tankage:
Fuel:
- Total capacity of 230 litres on one stainless tank. Fresh water:
- Total capacity of 340 litres, and a reserve of 60 litres. 2 x tanks.
Grey/Blackwater holding tanks:
- Black water pump is located through a deck fitting.
- 1 x stainless in lazerette
Gas:
- 3 x Camping Gaz containers.
Navigation Equipment:
- All Raymarine new 2007.
- Cockpit E80 chart plotter/Radar screen
- Tridata, at nav. station
- Graphic, depth, speed, wind 360 degrees and also wind expanded (in cockpit).
- Depth sounder is also a full fish finder.
- Raymarine autopilot – control in cockpit.
- Raymarine Ray240 VHF in cockpit and at chart table.
- AIS B receiver wired to chart plotter.
- Brass clock and barometer.
- Full weather station at chart table (2013).
Domestic Equipment:
Galley:
- Plastimo 2-burner gas hob with oven (2011).
- Built in microwave.
- On/off gas valve below cooker.
- Fridge powered by ultra-efficient Frigabo unit. Cooled by water unit (2014).
Heads/Showers:
- Hot and cold pressurized water throughout
- 1 x Jabsco PAR manual heads with discharge directly to holding tank.
- 2 x Showers with electric pump-out.
- Fresh water shower on transom with hot and cold supply.
Heating & Ventilation:
- Eberspacher D5L-C cabin heating with outlets in heads, aft cabin, saloon, forward cabin and shower.
Entertainment:
- Stereo/CD player.
Accommodation:
Summary of Accommodation:
- Standard upholstery in the aft and forward cabins, but in the main saloon all seats are covered in leather.
- Two seats on starboard side of main saloon, and extra cupboards and shelves. (Currently converted to a single pilot berth, but can easily be re-instated to two seat configuration)
Description of layout from forwards:
The interior is based upon the standard layout option A with double berth in the owner’s suite as per layout C (see diagram). This is an example of Najad’s willingness to build yachts to the owner’s exact requirements.
The layout allows for a total of 6 berths, including the 1 saloon settees used as sea-berth and the pilot berth (complete with lee-cloths, together with a large amidship heads and shower
The forward cabin has two singles in the bows which can be converted to a comfortable double (berth lengths 6’7”) with the supplied infill cushion.
The shower cabin is ensuite to the forecabin and located to port. This is trimmed in Corian and teak. Opposite the shower cabin and located to starboard is a large hanging locker. (Note the toilet has been removed from the forward ensuite, but one could easily be fitted if desired)
The saloon features a central folding leaf table on a pedestal base with L-shaped settee seating to port and two seats to starboard. Both settees form useful seaberths with lee-cloths.
The chart table area is forward facing to starboard aft of the saloon seating and forward of the heads and uses a folding chart-seat arrangement. Extensive storage for Admiralty sized-charts can be found in the table and a special chart-locker beneath the deck.
The galley is located aft of saloon seating to port and incorporates an L-shaped work surface reaching aft along the walkway to the owner’s cabin. The galley uses laminated worktops and twin S/S sinks, cooker, top opening refrigerator and ample stowage lockers.
The midships heads is located to starboard aft of the chart table and incorporates a heads, washbasin, mirror, stowage lockers and shower. All surfaces are laminated and finished in GRP, Corian and teak.
The aft owner’s cabin is accessed through the portside walkway and is configured with a large double berth. Sprung base comfortable seating and a dressing table can be found to port along with a large hanging locker.
Rig:
- Masthead sloop with deck-stepped mast and 2 sets of spreaders.
- Spars: Aluminium alloy.
- Sparmaker: Selden.
- Standing rigging: S/S wire 10mm 19 strand with 8mm intermediates and babystay.
- Selden RCD mainsail track with ball-bearing cars on fully-battened mainsail.
- Slab reefing with 3 reefs.
- Second and third reefs lead aft to cockpit
- Selden Rodkick rod vang with gas strut.
- Lazyjacks and stack pack.
- Mainsheet track with trimlines to ball-bearing car.
- Selden Furlex 10C genoa furler.
- Removable inner forestay for storm and working jibs.(Yankee - available but not fitted)
- Separate halyards and cleats for storm and working jibs.
- Cruising chute rigging package with lines led aft along stanchion guides.
- Spinnaker kit and pole.
- Spinnaker topping lift, stopper at mast and ball-bearing sliders with track on mast.
- Aluminium rigging screw protectors.
- Mechanical backstay tensioner.
- Spectra halyards renewed in 2013.
- Staysail halyard 2:1
- Cruising Chute is on high tech non twist spectra luffs with endless rope on Karver furlers.
- Reefing lines and main halyard are lead aft on the port side.
Winches:
- Main winches - Anderson 52s both electric (port winch serves reefing penants and main halyard).
The cockpit layout is configured (as per Pete Goss’s suggestion in Yachting Monthly) so that the main and foresail can be reefed in/out without anyone having to leave the cockpit.
Sails:
- Mainsail Hood woven spectra (2007, unused until 2011. Fully serviced by NJO Sails 2022).
- Genoa furling 130% Hood woven spectra (2007, unused until 2011. Fully serviced by NJO Sails 2021).
- Yankee working jib
- Saunders spectra gennaker (2012) – on spectra luff and karver swivels furler.
General:
- Stainless steel pulpit, pushpit, and guardrail stanchions.
- Boarding gates to port and starboard.
- Bathing ladder.
- Teak seats mounted in pushpit.
- Glass sprayscreen with stainless frame and grab-bars. (Refurbished 2022)
- Gloss varnished companionway top.
- Varnished cockpit table.
- Deck box in front of the cockpit
Anchoring & Mooring Equipment:
- 20kg SS German Bugl 'delta' type anchor.
- Fortress anchor.
- 70m of 8mm German SS chain.
- Chain and warp for fortress anchor.
- Lofrans 12v electric windlass.
- Chain lock fitted for main anchor.
Covers, Canvas & Cushions:
- Sprayhood and cockpit tent renewed in 2023.
- Sprayhood has push away extension giving extra protection in bad weather.
- Windscreen has SS frame.
- Bimini frame with canvas
Tender & Outboard:
- Dinghy (Honwave 2018) and 3hp 2 stroke Mariner outboard (Overhauled in 2021).
Safety Equipment:
- 4 man Seago Liferaft (new 2018)
- Horseshoe lifebuoy.
- Recovery sling and line.
- Webbing jackstays.
- Firedell radar reflector on mast.
- Nav. lights and LED combo tricolour/ around white at masthead.
- Fire extinguishers.
Nicolle Associates offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.
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