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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 | €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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WATCH | Steeler Explorer 50 Pilothouse: Inside the Dutch Steel Yacht Built to Actually Live Aboard
A 15-metre Dutch steel pilothouse with a genset, a watermaker and solar panels doing real work, built for two people who intend to actually live aboard…
Aug 28
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M/S Northwestern: The 78ft Norwegian Working Boat With a £172k Price Tag and Three Names
A genuine commercial hull from an established Norwegian yard, currently sitting in Godøya and asking questions most brokerage listings never have to…
Aug 26
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The €450,000 Former Research Ship Turned Explorer Yacht That Can Launch a Submarine
She spent 24 years finding out what lives at the bottom of the Baltic and North Sea before entering the explorer yacht market
Aug 17
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70 Years of Steel: The $147,000 Gladding-Hearn Explorer
From her original heavy-weather design brief to her current Alaskan listing. I look at her capabilities, tankage modifications, and insurance…
Aug 11
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WATCH | The €149,500 Dutch Classic Wintered Indoors for 25 Years
We step aboard 'Timeless', a 1991 Klaassenvlet 13.60. Built in steel with a 1.25m draft, her 25 years of indoor winter storage and recent 2026 refit…
Aug 7
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Commercial Lines, Private Comfort: Evaluating the €349k Pilot 50
Built in steel by VDL Shipyard, this 32-tonne motor yacht borrows heavy-weather pilotage DNA for genuine offshore cruising. We examine the reality of…
Aug 6
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84 Feet of Steel for $175,001: The True Cost of a Trawler Conversion
M/Y ‘Jezebelle’ offers a staggering entry price into the heavy-displacement market. I break down her commercial Gulf Coast pedigree & budget required to…
Aug 3
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