The Nordhavn 86 is a remarkable luxury explorer yacht, designed to take you on the most adventurous voyages with unparalleled comfort and reliability. Crafted with a robust steel hull and a GRP superstructure, this yacht ensures durability and safety in the most challenging sea conditions. With a length of 26.4 meters, the Nordhavn 86 stands out with its spacious interiors and elegant design, which have been expertly crafted by in-house designers to provide a luxurious experience. The yacht is powered by twin MTU Series 60 engines, offering a cruising speed of 10 knots and a top speed of 12 knots, allowing for efficient and smooth journeys across vast distances. With a fuel capacity of 37,854 liters, the Nordhavn 86 can cover a range of approximately 4,000 nautical miles, making it ideal for transoceanic crossings. The interior accommodates up to 8 guests in its 4 lavish cabins, each designed to offer the utmost comfort and privacy. The layout also includes accommodations for a crew of 4, ensuring top-notch service and maintenance throughout your voyage. The Nordhavn 86’s exterior spaces are equally impressive, featuring expansive decks for relaxation and entertainment. Whether you’re navigating through remote regions or enjoying a leisurely cruise, this yacht is equipped with state-of-the-art navigation and communication systems to ensure a seamless experience. With a starting price of approximately 7,500,000 EUR, the Nordhavn 86 represents a significant investment in luxury and adventure, offering used options ranging from 5,000,000 to 6,500,000 EUR, depending on condition and customization.
Length
26.4M
Beam
7.3M
Draft
2.7M
Volume
162GT
Day Guests
12
Sleeping
8
Cabin
4
Crew
4
Cruise Speed
10KT
Max Speed
12KT
Fuel
37854L
Range
4000NM
Engine
MTU Series 60
Option 1
Caterpillar C18
Option 2
John Deere 6135AFM
Naval
Jeff Leishman
Exterior
Jeff Leishman
Interior
Nordhavn In-house Team
New Starting From
€7,500,000
High Price Brokerage
€6,500,000
Low Price Brokerage
€5,000,000
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Twelve knots at the top. Ten at cruise, and four thousand nautical miles before she needs to stop for fuel.
Power comes from twin MTU Series 60 engines as standard, with Caterpillar C18 and John Deere 6135AFM units offered as alternatives for owners with their own preferred supplier. The full displacement hull beneath her is built for efficiency over speed, carrying 37,854 litres of fuel and translating every drop into range rather than knots. Balanced stern thrusters sharpen her handling at low speed, useful in a tight marina or when holding station to launch a tender. This is a yacht that trades sprint for stamina, and does so deliberately.
Her lines favour function over flourish, and all the better for it.
Jeff Leishman’s naval architecture gives the Nordhavn 86 a purposeful silhouette: a raised pilothouse, a broad flybridge and a full displacement hull shaped for comfort in a seaway rather than for a marina photograph. The sheer line runs long and low, the bow flared to shed water rather than invite it aboard, and every open deck is positioned to keep her stable when the swell builds. It is a profile built by engineers first and stylists second, and it shows in how little she rolls at anchor.
The owner’s cabin sits on the upper deck, with a private terrace of her own.
Marble detailing runs through the ensuite, and a retractable sunshade turns the terrace into a private retreat at anchor, away from guest traffic below. Four further cabins on the lower deck, each with large windows and their own bathrooms, bring total sleeping capacity to eight, with day capacity for twelve when guests come aboard without staying over. A crew of four works from dedicated quarters aft, complete with heads, a fridge, a microwave and a separate shower, kept entirely apart from the guest areas so that service never intrudes on privacy.
The sundeck carries no wheel at all, just space to live.
Autopilot and a full suite of multifunction displays and radar handle the steering from here, leaving the deck free for a barbecue station and room enough for a hot tub where an owner wants one. A table folds down into a day bed for an afternoon in the sun. One level down, the aft deck does the same job for mealtimes, with its own fridge, sink and bimini shade keeping it usable from breakfast through to dusk, while a hinged bathing platform drops to the waterline for swimming, fishing or simply stepping ashore.
A steel hull and GRP superstructure, built for the kind of passages this yacht was designed to make.
Nordhavn’s engineering team sits behind every system aboard, from stabilisation to redundancy, the kind of thinking that comes from building explorer yachts for three decades rather than one season. Twin engine options, four thousand nautical miles of range and a hull drawn to shrug off a seaway give an owner the freedom to cruise where conventional motor yachts cannot follow, with the reassurance of a crew of four to run the yacht properly. The Nordhavn 86 rewards patience over spectacle, and for the right owner, that is exactly the point.
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