The ACE 78 sits in the middle of Steeler’s three-boat ACE range, between the 61 and the 111. Twenty-four metres of aluminium on a 6.2 metre beam, three decks, and a specification the owner still gets to write.
That last point is deliberate rather than unfinished. Steeler offers the ACE 78 with pod drives or conventional shafts, and speed, range and displacement all follow from that choice rather than preceding it. A buyer who wants joystick handling in a crowded marina takes IPS. A buyer heading offshore with full tanks takes shafts. Fuel capacity is 6,000 litres either way, with 2,000 litres of fresh water, which is long-range provisioning for a yacht this size.
Accommodation is where the flexibility pays. The lower deck takes three or four cabins with four or five bathrooms including a day head, and crew quarters for two sit apart from the guest areas, so staff and owners never share a passage. The flybridge is a full deck rather than an afterthought, and the main deck runs saloon, galley and helm as one volume.
Construction is Dutch and conventional in the best sense: aluminium hull and superstructure, double insulated glazing, thermal foam insulation and an Awlcraft finish, certified CE category A.
For a buyer who wants a 24 metre built to order without a five-year wait, the ACE 78 is a short specification conversation away from a build slot.
Length
23.9M
Beam
6.2M
Draft
Day Guests
Sleeping
Cabin
4
Crew
2
Cruise Speed
Max Speed
Fuel
6000L
Engine
IPS or shaft drive (TBC)
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The ACE 78 is built around a choice, not a compromise.
Steeler offers pod drives or conventional shafts on the same hull, and that choice runs through the whole specification rather than sitting as a surface option. A buyer who wants joystick handling in a crowded marina takes pod drives. One heading further offshore with full tanks takes shafts. Fuel capacity holds at 6,000 litres under either arrangement, with 2,000 litres of fresh water aboard for genuine range. Hull and superstructure are aluminium, insulated with thermal foam and glazed with double insulated units, finished in Awlcraft and certified CE category A. It is Dutch boatbuilding in its most literal sense: conventional, considered, and built to be used hard rather than admired from the dock.
Three decks, and a flybridge that earns its place.
Bold exterior lines and generous glazing carry across three full decks, with the flybridge treated as proper living space rather than a sundeck afterthought. Side decks run wide enough to move about in weather, and the main deck gives saloon, galley and helm one connected volume rather than three separate rooms stitched together. Windows are sized to pull the horizon inside rather than frame it from a distance. At 6.2 metres across the beam, she carries enough width to make that main deck genuinely open, and the three-deck arrangement keeps guest, owner and crew circulation apart without anyone feeling boxed in.
Four cabins, five bathrooms, and a line nobody has to cross.
The lower deck takes three or four cabins depending on the specification an owner chooses, served by four or five bathrooms including a dedicated day head for guests who never make it below. Crew quarters for two sit apart from the accommodation, their own passage rather than a shared one, so staff and owners never cross paths by accident. It is a layout drawn for genuine use: a family cruising for a fortnight, or a charter guest list that wants privacy built in rather than negotiated. Finishes follow the same bespoke principle as the propulsion, left for the owner to specify rather than fixed at the yard.
A flybridge built to be lived on, not just looked at.
Steeler treats the top deck as a fourth room on the yacht rather than a bonus. Dining, lounging and a proper helm station share a connected space built for hours of use rather than minutes in port. Below it, the main deck’s single volume means a cook working the galley never loses sight of the saloon or the helm, useful on a passage and just as useful at anchor with guests aboard. The aft spaces at main deck level extend that connection to the water, so moving between inside and outside never means ducking through a doorway or around a stair.
A 24 metre yacht built to the owner’s answer, not the yard’s assumption.
Steeler’s approach to the ACE 78 is semi-custom in the most useful sense: hull layout and propulsion all move to meet the buyer rather than the other way round. That shortens the distance between deciding to buy and taking delivery, an advantage in a market where good build slots do not sit empty. Construction standards hold regardless of configuration: aluminium hull and superstructure, thermal foam insulation, double insulated glazing and an Awlcraft finish, all certified to CE category A. For an owner who knows roughly what the next ten years of cruising should look like but has not yet fixed every detail, the ACE 78 is built to have that conversation.
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