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$349,000 for Aegis, a Nordhavn 40 With 8,600 Engine Hours: What Does It Take to Keep Her Going?

$349,000 for Aegis, a Nordhavn 40 With 8,600 Engine Hours: What Does It Take to Keep Her Going?

The 40ft Nordhavn you can no longer buy new, steadied by flopper stoppers and lived aboard full-time

€549,000 for Ge-Jo, a 22m Dutch Luxe Motor With 425 Engine Hours: What Does It Cost to Live Aboard Her?

€549,000 for Ge-Jo, a 22m Dutch Luxe Motor With 425 Engine Hours: What Does It Cost to Live Aboard Her?

My video tour of a steel liveaboard with room to spare, her full spec sheet, and what a year on Europe’s waterways takes

€195,000 for Atlas, the 24m Ex-Fishing Boat a Family Spent 8 Years Turning Into Their Home: What Does It Take to Keep Her?

€195,000 for Atlas, the 24m Ex-Fishing Boat a Family Spent 8 Years Turning Into Their Home: What Does It Take to Keep Her?

A 1974 steel cutter in Bergen with a single Cat, 11,500 litres of fuel and 8 years of family work inside: what she offers, and what she asks of her next owner.

The $1.1 Million Bering 60 ‘Dzam’: How Would You Finance a Steel Explorer Like Her?

The $1.1 Million Bering 60 ‘Dzam’: How Would You Finance a Steel Explorer Like Her?

A 97-tonne steel explorer with a 3,000-nautical-mile listed range and, according to her builder, engines rated to run all day. So how would you pay for her?

WATCH | €395,000 for a CE Category A Steel Explorer: Could the Vripack-Designed Stentor 1600 Be Your Home?

WATCH | €395,000 for a CE Category A Steel Explorer: Could the Vripack-Designed Stentor 1600 Be Your Home?

A 2004 steel yacht with two en-suite cabins and 5,000 litres of fuel. What her numbers mean for life aboard and longer passages.

What Does It Really Cost to Sell Up and Live Aboard a Dutch Steel Explorer Trawler? The Honest Guide

What Does It Really Cost to Sell Up and Live Aboard a Dutch Steel Explorer Trawler? The Honest Guide

Three real budgets from boats I’ve featured, the rules on living aboard in the Netherlands, the UK and France, and what it costs to keep her

She Cost $6.9 Million to Build. She's Now $995,000. What Does It Take to Keep Her?

She Cost $6.9 Million to Build. She's Now $995,000. What Does It Take to Keep Her?

A 76ft Rayburn Custom built for a retired couple who took her across the Atlantic and back. Her story, and what it takes to keep her.

WATCH | €355,000 Moonen 56 With 65-Hour Engines: What Does It Cost to Live Aboard?

WATCH | €355,000 Moonen 56 With 65-Hour Engines: What Does It Cost to Live Aboard?

A 1991 Dutch steel motor yacht with new engines, a bath and room for six, and the berth costs behind life aboard

C$250,000 for a 1962 Wooden Patrol Vessel: What Does It Take to Keep Her as a Home?

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.

16,000 Nautical Miles at 9.5 Knots: Scintilla Maris Goes to Auction With No Reserve

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.

31 Million Views, Twin 1,000hp MTUs, and a Closed Valve: Inside Mat Armstrong’s M/Y Capri

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 tanks, and timber maintenance begins

What It Takes to Own the €1,595,000 Prestige X60

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.

Nordhavn 47 HAPPY: A $849,000 Home Afloat for Two

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.

€299,000 for a 52ft Trawler: The Flevolution 1500 RE

€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.

WATCH | Kruiskamp Bakdekker 1400: A €229,900 Dutch Steel Cruiser with Room to Settle In

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.

The $89,500 Converted Trawler Yacht, Sea Prince III: A 42ft Crab Boat Rebuilt Into a Cruising Explorer

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.

WATCH | The €489,000 Vripack Searocco 1500 ‘Aegir’: Dutch Steel Rated for Winds Beyond Force 8

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.

$675,000 for 60ft of Australian Steel: The Reality of Bringing ‘Reel Steel’ Home

$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 deal.

A 91ft Steel Explorer Yacht You Can Actually Afford?

A 91ft Steel Explorer Yacht You Can Actually Afford?

Lady Marjan’s unique seller-financing makes this commercial-grade conversion a smart investment.

WATCH | First Look: The Rugged No Limit Ships 1320

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

WATCH | €595,000 for a CE Cat A Ocean Cruiser: Inside the Aquanaut Global Voyager 1500

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 shipping, servicing, and range.

Twelen: The Ex-Government Sounding Vessel Turned Explorer Yacht Now Asking €149,500

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

The Nordhavn 46 MK II: What the New Entry Point Into Ocean-Crossing Ownership Actually Offers

The Nordhavn 46 MK II: What the New Entry Point Into Ocean-Crossing Ownership Actually Offers

What the new entry-level boat in the range actually gives you, now that the 41 is gone

WATCH | Steeler Explorer 50 Pilothouse: Inside the Dutch Steel Yacht Built to Actually Live Aboard

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 her

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