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1998 Navigator 5300

1998 Navigator 5300

  • Name: WHY KNOT
  • Make: Navigator
  • Model: 5300
  • Year: 1998
  • Length: 53 feet
  • Hull Material: Fiberglass
  • Engine Brand: Volvo
  • Located In: Richmond, CA

To schedule a showing  please contact: 

Wayne Goldman



BOAT INFORMATION

 

This is the nicest Navigator 5300 that you will find.

WHY KNOT has been tastefully and meticulously upgraded and modernized in the past year by the current owners. Navigator 5300 have long enjoyed the reputation of being a true luxury yacht. Her timeless beauty and seagoing capabilities along with her many upgrades, have made her a favorite among yachtsman living aboard or on extended cruising.

Navgitator Yachts are a popular pilothouse design that were built on the West Coats U.S.A with a modified -V hull design. There are three spacious staterooms, two heads, a spacious salon with galley forward, and a dinette in the pilothouse. There is also a pilothouse with side deck access door.

The fly bridge is huge and has an extended Bimini top with enclosure and tender storage. The aft cockpit is very spacious for enjoying sunsets or dock tail parties.

This Classic Navigator with Pilothouse design has been one of the most sought-after layouts for years. You can buy this meticulously well-kept yacht and be living aboard or cruising immediately. Perfect for living in comfort and style! This boat has some nice upgrades :

  • New, modernized, porcelain countertops throughout
  • New 48′ QLED LG TV on a lift
  • New VitriFrigo fridge/freezer
  • Bamboo flooring
  • Propane stove
  • New PSS dripless shaft seals
  • and more…

The Navigator 5300 offers space for entertaining, 3 staterooms, a dedicated pilothouse and a large flybridge making her a great boat for cruising or living aboard.
Features:

  • Twin Volvo TAMD63P-A 370hp engines
  • Kohler 9kw generator
  • Wesmar bow thruster
  • Full canvas flybridge enclosure
  • Two station hydraulic engine controls
  • Full boat air conditioning
  • Webasto diesel heating

 

Key Specs

Specs

  • Builder: Navigator
  • Flag of Registry: United States
  • Hull Shape: Semi-Displacement

Dimensions

  • LOA: 53 ft
  • Beam: 15 ft
  • Maximum Draft: 4 ft 50 in
  • Dry Weight: 43000 Lbs

Engines

  • Engine Brand: Volvo
  • Engine Type: Inboard
  • Engine/Fuel Type: Diesel
  • Number of Engines: 2
  • Engine Model: TAMD63P
  • Total Power: 740 HP
  • Engine Hours: 1750
  • Drive Type: Direct Drive
  • Engine Power: 370 HP

Tanks

Accommodations

  • Number of heads: 2
  • Number of cabins: 3
Updates and Services

WHY NOT has had many recent upgrades and improvements over the past year:

  • New dripless PSS shaft seals
  • New QLED 48” LG TV and lift in saloon
  • New Furuno Navigation System – electronics package cost $11,000
  • Recent engine service
  • New VitroFrigo frig/freezer
  • New porcelain countertops and sinks in galley and both heads
  • New couch
  • New teak lift table – flybridge
  • New carpet – pilothouse and staterooms
  • New forward hatch
  • New window coverings
  • Both vacu-flush heads completely cleaned and rebuilt
  • Abundant spares
ACCOMMODATIONS

WHY NOT is built on a solid fiberglass hull with an integral swim platform, the Navigator’s 15-foot beam is easy to manage for a motor yacht this size. This is a three stateroom, two head Navigator 5300 Classic with birds-eye maple interior. It has full boat air conditioning and Webasto diesel heating.

Stepping aboard from the swim platform, you enter a large open cockpit, partially covered by the upper deck. There is a lazarette hatch for access point to the engine room.

Through the double sliding doors, you enter the salon designed for comfortable entertaining with a couch to starboard and a chair to port. The light-colored rich birds-eye maple cabinetry is complimented by bamboo flooring throughout. A built-in bar is forward to starboard, and the breakfast counter and galley are forward to port.
The spacious galley has new porcelain countertops, a full-sized VitriFrigo refrigerator/freezer, GE microwave, oversize sink, propane stovetop and ample storage.
Up two steps to the pilothouse, then a further six steps up to the flybridge. The large leather dinette has seating for six and a great pilothouse view. The pilothouse has helm seat, steps leading up to the flying bridge. The helm is conveniently positioned on the centerline and has great 360 degree visibility and unobstructed access to all gauges, hydraulic controls, and electronics. A pilothouse door to starboard provides immediate access to the foredeck.

The flybridge has a raised double helm bench providing comfort and visibility with large wraparound settee aft. The flybridge is enclosed with full canvas in excellent condition.
The pilothouse and flybridge cockpit stations are equipped with hydraulic engine controls, autopilot and bow thruster controls.
Down and forward from the pilothouse brings you to the accommodation spaces. The stylish master stateroom is amidships and has a walk-around island queen athwartship with ample storage and cedar-lined hanging closets. The ensuite head has a vacu-flush toilet, new porcelain countertop and full-sized shower stall. There is separate washer/dryer.
The VIP stateroom is forward in the bow and has a queen island bed with ample storage and closets.
The 3rd guest stateroom has two single bunks and is located across from the guest/day head.

Galley The large port side galley has generous counter space, bamboo floors, abundant deep cabinets, and five drawers provide largest-in-class storage for the discriminating chef. A Princess propane stove provides 3-burner cooking. A large, depp single sink makes clean up easy. A large pneumatic-controlled hatch in the galley with step down ladder provides direct access to a huge mid-ship storage area for additional provisions.

  • U-shaped galley forward to port
  • New porcelain countertop
  • Breakfast bar with two stools
  • New VitroFrigo refrigerator/freezer
  • Princess 3 burner propane stove with oven
  • New single over-sized sink with faucet
  • GE microwave
  • Generous drawer and cabinet storage
  • Island counter with two stools
  • Fresh water tank gauge
HULL & DECK
  • 11’ Zodiac with 30 hp Mercury outboard
  • Brower Systems 800 lb davit
  • (6) 8″ cleats
  • (4) fender holders on the bow
  • Spotlight with remote
  • Muir vertical windlass w foot controls
  • 45 lb CQR anchor with chain and rope rode
  • Starboard pilothouse access door
  • Easy walk-around to aft cockpit
  • Bow pulpit with stainless rails
  • 8′ 8″ X 12′ cockpit
  • Walk-thru transom door
  • Swim platform
  • Stainless steel boarding ladder
  • Bimini top with full enclosure
  • Double wide bench seat on flybridge
  • U-shaped fllybridge seating
  • Radar arch with lights
ELECTRICAL
  • 50AMP service
  • Glendinning Cablemaster with 50′ of 50A 125/250V shore power cable
  • Onan 9kw generator in sounds shield (932 hours)
  • Outback 2500 inverter charger
  • 1 Pro Mariner – Pro Sport HD20 chargers
  • 2 Charles 80 amp chargers
  • 110V 20 gallon Raritan hot water heater
  • 12vdc water pump
  • Full boat AC unit
  • 2 Bilge Pumps
  • 3 windshield wipers (inop. New arms included)
  • G.E. washer and dryer
ELECTRONICS

Pilothouse

  • Inritsu radar
  • Simrad Robertson AP20 autopilot
  • Shipmate RS8300 vhf
  • Wesmar bow thruster controls
  • Ritchie Compass

Flybridge

  • Garmin GPSMap4010 chartplotter
  • Simrad Robertson AP20 autopilot
  • Shipmate RS8300 vhf
  • Wesmar bow thruster controls
  • Ritchie Compass
MECHANICAL
  • Twin Volvo TAMD63P-A high performance 370hp engines (~1750 hrs port, ~1750 hrs stb)
  • ZF Hurth transmissions
  • Kohler 9 kw generator (932 hours)
  • Wesmar bow thruster
  • Bronze 32“ 4 blade propellers
  • Bronze rudders 26“ x 14“
  • New dripless PYI shaft seals
  • Glenndinning engine synchronizer
  • Racor fuel filters
  • Hydraulic steering system
  • 20 gallon Raritan water heater
  • 3 8D house batteries
  • 2 8D start batteries
  • 4 L16 6volt inverter batteries
  • Glendinning shore power cord retrieval system
  • 2 aluminum fuel tanks 305 gal each
Personal Belongings (Not INCLUDED IN Sale)
  • Blue wave picture in stateroom with bunk bed
  • Canvas picture in master stateroom
  • Personal clothes and shoes in master stateroom
  • Personal toiletries in master head
  • Personal décor in salon and heads (picture frames, plants, trays, and candles)
  • Dishes (including pots and pans and silverware) in Galley
  • Keurig coffee pot
Additional Units Included
  • Zodiac 11
DISCLAIMER

The Company 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.