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M/S Northwestern: The 78ft Norwegian Working Boat With a £172k Price Tag and Three Names

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 answer

The $700,000 Nordhavn Is Dead: The Unseen Currency Trap That Killed the N41 and N51

The $700,000 Nordhavn Is Dead: The Unseen Currency Trap That Killed the N41 and N51

How Turkey’s inflation squeeze forced PAE to destroy the moulds on its hit entry-level trawlers and why 54 owners may have accidentally acquired an appreciating asset.

The €450,000 Former Research Ship Turned Explorer Yacht That Can Launch a Submarine

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

WATCH | Salvator: The Honest Truth About Trawler Conversions

WATCH | Salvator: The Honest Truth About Trawler Conversions

She was built to fish, not to flatter. What it really takes to turn a North Sea working hull into a go-anywhere explorer.

Is Living on a Boat Cost Less Than Renting an Apartment? The Real UK Numbers

Is Living on a Boat Cost Less Than Renting an Apartment? The Real UK Numbers

What it costs to live aboard in the UK, and when it beats renting

70 Years of Steel: The $147,000 Gladding-Hearn Explorer

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 requirements.

WATCH | The €149,500 Dutch Classic Wintered Indoors for 25 Years

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 present remarkable value.

Commercial Lines, Private Comfort: Evaluating the €349k Pilot 50

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 her engineering.

84 Feet of Steel for $175,001: The True Cost of a Trawler Conversion

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 finish her.

WATCH | The 30-Knot Steel Explorer: Full Tour of the Finished No Limit 13.20

WATCH | The 30-Knot Steel Explorer: Full Tour of the Finished No Limit 13.20

How does a Dutch yard combine commercial lifeboat pedigree with twin Volvo Penta IPS drives? I examine her Corten steel architecture, her low-profile air draft, and her objective realities

The €995,000 Kempers 2200: A One-Off Steel Cruiser Built for the Long Haul

The €995,000 Kempers 2200: A One-Off Steel Cruiser Built for the Long Haul

Twin Caterpillar diesels, retractable stabilisers, a genuinely comprehensive recent refit, and a builder pedigree that makes her the only one of her kind.

The €235,000 Noorderlicht 50 Spiegelkotter: Evaluating the Owner-Finished Hull

The €235,000 Noorderlicht 50 Spiegelkotter: Evaluating the Owner-Finished Hull

What does a €90,000 price gap actually represent in the Dutch steel market? I examine the mechanical reality of a truck-derived DAF diesel & the specific capabilities of the Spiegelkotter design

What It Actually Costs to Live Aboard a Solar Powered Yacht

What It Actually Costs to Live Aboard a Solar Powered Yacht

The honest numbers behind off-grid boat life, from panel output to the diesel generator nobody puts in the brochure

Inside M/Y ‘Inspired’: An Impressive 2007 Van der Valk Continental 15.50 With Twin Engines, Twin Thrusters and Naiad Stabiliser

Inside M/Y ‘Inspired’: An Impressive 2007 Van der Valk Continental 15.50 With Twin Engines, Twin Thrusters and Naiad Stabiliser

You have probably seen my Yacht Tour video, but join me in this article as we go deep into this multi-chine Steel Dutch Cruiser.

She Laid Buoys in the Wadden Sea for 25 Years. Now She Is an Arctic Explorer, and Her Backstory Is More Interesting Than You Would Guess

She Laid Buoys in the Wadden Sea for 25 Years. Now She Is an Arctic Explorer, and Her Backstory Is More Interesting Than You Would Guess

A Dutch buoy tender, a Plymouth dive boat, and now an insolvent Arctic charter start-up. The full, stranger-than-fiction history of M/Y 'Terschelling'

Kokomo Nights Yacht Charter: The 156-Foot Steel Superyacht You Can Book for a Single Day From £19,000

Kokomo Nights Yacht Charter: The 156-Foot Steel Superyacht You Can Book for a Single Day From £19,000

She's had ten names in 44 years. Today she's the rare superyacht you can charter for a single day

The $3.2 Million Northern Marine 75: Inside the Yard That Refused to Die

The $3 Million Northern Marine 75: Inside the Yard That Refused to Die

What Saginaw Bay tells us about buying into one of America's most storied expedition trawler builders, and why this particular hull might be the best one they ever made.

Boat Charter Croatia: Meet Lady Lola, the Adriatic Day Trip I'd Actually Book Around Omiš and Brač

Boat Charter Croatia: Meet Lady Lola, the Adriatic Day Trip I'd Actually Book Around Omiš and Brač

Looking for a boat charter in Croatia? Lady Lola's 9-hour day trip from Omiš to Brač includes lunch, wine and swimming. My honest take inside.

The €569,000 Dutch Kotter With Just 4,995 Hours on the Clock: Why Valerie's Fuel Tanks Are Smaller Than You'd Expect

The €569,000 Dutch Kotter With Just 4,995 Hours on the Clock: Why Valerie's Fuel Tanks Are Smaller Than You'd Expect

You have just watched the walkthrough. Here is the part the camera could not slow down for: what her low hours actually tell you, why a boat this size carries less fuel than you might assume

The €695,000 Vripack Trawler: A Decade-Old Steel Explorer With Her Ocean Papers Already Stamped

The €695,000 Vripack Trawler: A Decade-Old Steel Explorer With Her Ocean Papers Already Stamped

A CE Category A steel trawler with a 2020 refit and a genuinely thorough 2025 maintenance programme behind her. What €695,000 buys, and what it does not.

A William Garden Original, Quietly for Sale: The Story of Arctic Light

A William Garden Original, Quietly for Sale: The Story of Arctic Light

A William Garden classic that once served a remote BC fishing lodge, now quietly available with no asking price.

The €269,000 Steel Trawler: A Detailed Look at the Ebyca 1300 ‘Plan B’

The €269,000 Steel Trawler: A Detailed Look at the Ebyca 1300 ‘Plan B’

You have just watched me step aboard her. This is the part I could not fit into the video: what is actually bolted to this boat, what she will cost you to run

What Living Aboard an Explorer Yacht Actually Costs (Before You Sell the House)

What Living Aboard an Explorer Yacht Actually Costs (Before You Sell the House)

The real annual numbers behind the liveaboard dream, from berthing to the maintenance sinking fund nobody warns you about.

Tomorrow I Am Heading to the Netherlands to Film Four Boats

Tomorrow I Am Heading to the Netherlands to Film Four Boats

A classic Dutch cruiser, a bridge-hopping vlet, and two more boats, all with the same broker, all worth knowing about.

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