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C$250,000 for a 1962 Wooden Patrol Vessel: What Does It Take to Keep Her as a Home?
She was the queen of British Columbia’s Forest Service fleet. Now her liveaboard owners would like her to go back to sea.
Oct 7
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16,000 Nautical Miles at 9.5 Knots: Scintilla Maris Goes to Auction With No Reserve
I followed this 45.6m Damen Maaskant explorer through the end of her build. On 5 November she sells online to the highest bidder.
Oct 5
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31 Million Views, Twin 1,000hp MTUs, and a Closed Valve: Inside Mat Armstrong’s M/Y Capri
Buying a 22-metre wooden Italian superyacht without a survey makes fantastic viewing—now the real shipyard arithmetic of Cádiz berthing, 35-year-old…
Oct 4
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What It Takes to Own the €1,595,000 Prestige X60
A closer look at her indoor-outdoor living, the practicalities of longer stays and the costs behind a season aboard.
Oct 2
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Nordhavn 47 HAPPY: A $849,000 Home Afloat for Two
A two-cabin trawler with a guest-room desk, a separate wing engine and a rather interesting bigger sister on the market.
Sep 30
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He Designed It Himself. Now His $15,000,000 Solar-Powered Floating Mansion Is Looking for a New Owner.
Jun 2
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The $435k Dutch Kotter: The Romance and Reality of Commercial Iron
Mar 11
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What Does It Really Cost to Sell Up and Live Aboard a Nordhavn? The Honest Guide
Jun 21
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She Was Built to Serve. Now She Could be Yours to Command
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€299,000 for a 52ft Trawler: The Flevolution 1500 RE
Traditional trawler lines, a Dutch custom-building background and three cabins, with a closer look at life aboard and annual costs.
Sep 28
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WATCH | Kruiskamp Bakdekker 1400: A €229,900 Dutch Steel Cruiser with Room to Settle In
Classic Dutch lines, a Perkins diesel and a low profile that puts inland cruising firmly in the picture.
Sep 25
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The $89,500 Converted Trawler Yacht, Sea Prince III: A 42ft Crab Boat Rebuilt Into a Cruising Explorer
A Fraser River workboat rebuilt in 2010, with a bulbous bow and 2 gallons an hour at 7 knots. What she offers, and what she’d cost to run.
Sep 22
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WATCH | The €489,000 Vripack Searocco 1500 ‘Aegir’: Dutch Steel Rated for Winds Beyond Force 8
What her CE Category A rating really means, the 2023-2025 refit work, and what a 23-year-old steel hull asks of her next owner.
Sep 18
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$675,000 for 60ft of Australian Steel: The Reality of Bringing ‘Reel Steel’ Home
An ex-NZ Hakker displacement build with a Gardner diesel and 3,000nm range and the $250,000 shipping, delivery, and tax arithmetic that decides the…
Sep 17
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A 91ft Steel Explorer Yacht You Can Actually Afford?
Lady Marjan’s unique seller-financing makes this commercial-grade conversion a smart investment.
Sep 10
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WATCH | First Look: The Rugged No Limit Ships 1320
A premium preview of a swift trip to the Netherlands to explore a remarkably seaworthy, Corten steel motorboat before the full video drops
Sep 8
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WATCH | €595,000 for a CE Cat A Ocean Cruiser: Inside the Aquanaut Global Voyager 1500
34 tonnes of Dutch steel, twin diesels, and hydraulic fin stabilisation built to punch through Force 8 seas and the true arithmetic of transatlantic…
Sep 4
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Twelen: The Ex-Government Sounding Vessel Turned Explorer Yacht Now Asking €149,500
A steel-hulled, round-bilged 1979 former survey vessel from an established Polish yard, freshly certified and asking €149,500
Sep 2
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