Explorer yachts at fifty metres carry the range, construction and equipment to reach places that conventional charter yachts do not visit. Built on commercial or semi-displacement hulls with high bows and reinforced plating, they are designed for ocean crossings, remote archipelagos and conditions that would keep a standard yacht in port. At fifty metres, the hull houses tenders, dive gear and water toys alongside accommodation for nine to sixteen guests.
Fourteen charter yachts in this band hold the Explorer tag. Big Fish, launched in 2010, is one of the original expedition charters and covers Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Drumbeat, a fifty three metre sailing yacht from Alloy Yachts, crosses oceans under canvas. Bhavana, a fifty metre Phinisi, carries fourteen guests with a spa. Silolona sails Indonesia and the Indian Ocean. Valinor, a Westport with a helipad, offers remote-access itineraries. Para Bellvm and King Benji bring pools to the explorer format.
Weekly rates open at ninety eight thousand euros for Otium and reach three hundred thousand for Para Bellvm. The median sits around one hundred and fifty five thousand. Add roughly thirty percent for the advance provisioning allowance, covering fuel, food, berthing and extended stores for remote passages.
Explorer fifties are not tied to the Mediterranean summer. They cruise the Indonesian archipelago, the Norwegian fjords, Patagonia and the Red Sea. Many reposition seasonally, giving clients access to places that fixed-base charter fleets never reach. Tell us where you want to go.
