The Arksen 85 is a remarkable vessel designed for those who wish to explore the world’s oceans with both style and substance. This yacht embodies the spirit of adventure, offering an impressive blend of luxury and rugged capability. With a length overall of approximately 26 meters, the Arksen 85 is crafted to navigate the most challenging conditions, making it perfect for long-range cruising. The yacht’s design features a robust aluminum hull, ensuring durability and efficiency in various sea states. The interior is elegantly appointed, providing a comfortable and sophisticated environment for up to 12 guests. The layout includes multiple cabins, each designed to offer maximum comfort and privacy. The main salon is spacious, featuring panoramic views and luxurious seating, perfect for socializing or relaxing. Powered by twin diesel engines, the yacht boasts a cruising speed of 10 knots and can reach a maximum speed of 14 knots. With a fuel capacity that ensures an impressive range of over 4,000 nautical miles, the Arksen 85 is built for extended voyages. The engineering team behind this vessel has focused on sustainability, incorporating eco-friendly technologies to minimize its environmental footprint. This includes advanced waste management systems and energy-efficient appliances. The Arksen 85 is not just a yacht; it’s a platform for adventure, offering its owners the opportunity to explore remote locations in comfort and style. Whether navigating icy waters or tropical seas, this yacht is equipped to handle it all.
Length
26M
Beam
6.8M
Draft
1.8M
Volume
125GT
Day Guests
12
Sleeping
8
Cabin
4
Crew
4
Cruise Speed
10KT
Max Speed
14KT
Fuel
17000L
Range
4000NM
Engine
2 x Caterpillar C12.9
Option 1
2 x Caterpillar C18
Naval
Humphreys Yacht Design
Exterior
Humphreys Yacht Design
Interior
Design Unlimited
New Starting From
€8,500,000
High Price Brokerage
€7,500,000
Low Price Brokerage
€6,000,000
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Four thousand nautical miles is not a number explorer yachts usually reach without serious compromise.
Twin Caterpillar C12.9 diesels drive the Arksen 85 to a cruising speed of 10 knots and a top speed of 14, figures that look modest until the range appears alongside them. A 17,000 litre fuel capacity, paired with a shallow 1.8 metre draught, lets her cross oceans and still tuck into anchorages larger motor yachts cannot reach. Owners who want more reserve power can specify twin Caterpillar C18 engines instead. The aluminium hull, drawn by naval architects with decades of offshore sailing experience, is shaped for sustained efficiency rather than a headline top speed, and it shows in every mile she covers without a fuel stop.
She wears her aluminium the way a good expedition jacket wears its scars, unfinished and left to darken naturally with age.
The hull and superstructure are built from aluminium rather than composite, a choice that trades showroom gloss for genuine durability and easy repair far from a shipyard. Wide side decks with concealed storage run the length of the boat, and a walkaround Portuguese bridge keeps crew moving safely in open water. Outrigger booms double as stabilisers and tender davits, while the open aft deck swallows ROVs, diving gear or a RIB without fuss. Reinforced 25 millimetre glazing and a self righting hull form mean the thinking runs deeper than the finish, built to come back upright if the sea ever gets the upper hand.
Arksen’s engineers build to a simple rule: nothing critical exists only once.
Generators, steering and watermaking systems are all duplicated, so a single failure far from land never becomes a crisis. Roll is controlled through a combination of fins, interceptors and flopper stoppers, giving her a settled ride at anchor as well as underway. A roof mounted solar array supplements the twin diesels, and the aluminium itself carries a meaningful share of recycled content, reducing both the yacht’s footprint and the cost of eventual recycling. Arksen’s in-house engineering team, working alongside Humphreys Yacht Design, has pushed structural specification beyond class minimums throughout, the kind of over-engineering that only shows itself when it is tested.
Inside, the mood is Scandinavian rather than nautical cliche, pale wood and clean lines standing in for gilt and glass.
Four cabins sleep eight guests overnight, while the open saloon and deck areas comfortably host twelve for a day on the water, with a crew of four keeping the whole operation running. Design Unlimited has used whitewashed oak, sustainable leather and recycled fabric upholstery throughout, giving the interior warmth without reaching for ostentation. The galley is large and open, laid out with the same logic sailing yacht designers apply to small, hardworking spaces, and a proper utility room and workshop sit below, ready for genuine expedition use rather than appearances alone.
At a new price of 8.5 million euros, the Arksen 85 occupies a rare space between serious explorer and genuinely liveable family yacht.
She measures 26 metres on a 6.8 metre beam, built in aluminium to commercial grade standards rather than styled to merely look the part. Humphreys Yacht Design’s naval architecture and Design Unlimited’s interior give her a coherent identity from hull to furnishings, while Arksen’s own engineering team keeps the systems resilient enough for genuine long range cruising. For an owner who wants to anchor somewhere properly remote and still come home to a comfortable, well finished interior, she represents a considered alternative to yachts that promise adventure but rarely deliver it.
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