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The Explorer

Range, ice class, a helicopter on the aft deck and a plan that does not include Saint Tropez.

The Explorer

You are interested in the places the fleet does not go: the high latitudes, the Pacific, the parts of Indonesia that take three weeks to reach. That means an expedition yacht with genuine range, tankage, spares, a crew who can fix things far from a yard, and an owner who accepts that the boat will be away from home for years at a time.

What works about it

Nobody has a better time on the water than a well run expedition programme. You get anchorages with no other boat in them, a crew who are there for the voyage rather than the season, and a boat whose value is in her capability rather than in her fashion.

What to watch

Support. Everything that is easy in the Mediterranean is hard where you are going: parts, fuel quality, medical cover, insurance, weather routing and crew rotation. Budget more for logistics than for the boat, and hire an engineer whose CV includes somewhere unpleasant. And accept that the resale market for an explorer yacht is small and slow.

The boat it points to

  • A displacement hull with 4,000 nautical miles of range at ten knots
  • Genuine spares holding and a workshop, not a locker
  • A certified helideck if the plan includes remote coasts
  • A crew on rotation, because the boat does not come home
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