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The Steeler Ocean Explorer 72 (22M) is an exemplary yacht that combines cutting-edge technology with elegant design, tailored for those who seek adventure on the high seas without compromising on luxury. Crafted in the Netherlands, this 22-meter vessel stands out with its robust GRP hull and a planning hull configuration that offers superior stability and performance. With a beam of 6 meters, the yacht provides ample space for relaxation and entertainment. The interior layout is meticulously designed to accommodate up to eight guests in comfort across two spacious cabins, ensuring privacy and luxury.

The yacht is powered by twin inboard engines, delivering a harmonious blend of power and efficiency. These engines allow the yacht to reach a cruising speed of 8 knots, with a maximum speed of 12 knots, making it perfect for both leisurely cruises and swift journeys. The fuel capacity of 5,000 gal ensures an impressive range, allowing for extended voyages without frequent refueling stops.

The yacht’s exterior and interior design have been crafted by Steeler’s renowned in-house team, embodying a sleek, modern aesthetic that is both functional and inviting. The Steeler Ocean Explorer 72 (22M) is engineered for performance and equipped with the latest navigational technology, ensuring safe and smooth sailing. This yacht is not just a vessel, but a statement of sophistication and exploration, making it an ideal choice for discerning yachting enthusiasts.

Length

22.1M

Beam

6.5M

Draft

1.7M

Day Guests

Sleeping

Cabin

Cruise Speed

8KT

Max Speed

12KT

Fuel

18900L

Range

1000NM

Engine

Twin MAN D2676LE484, 290 kW

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Steeler Ocean Explorer 72 (22M) Price

New Starting From

€3,500,000

High Price Brokerage

€3,100,000

Low Price Brokerage

€2,800,000

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The name promises range. The Steeler Ocean Explorer 72 delivers it with steel underfoot and aluminium overhead, a combination few builders in her class still choose. At over 22 metres she is built less for show than for distance, closer in spirit to a working trawler than a flybridge motor yacht, and she wears that difference well. Steeler builds to the owner’s brief rather than from a catalogue, and the Ocean Explorer 72 reflects that custom approach throughout: a round bilge steel hull for strength and sea-keeping, an aluminium superstructure to keep weight and top hamper in check, and four cabins laid out for genuine ocean passages rather than marina weekends. One sister hull has already proven the point, crossing the Atlantic under her own power on her own keel. For an owner who wants a yacht built to actually go somewhere, rather than simply look capable of it, she is a rare and honest proposition.

Performance

Eight knots does not sound exciting until you understand what it buys.

Twin MAN diesels, rated at 290kW apiece, drive the Ocean Explorer 72 at a steady 8 knot cruise and a 12 knot maximum, figures that mark her out as a displacement cruiser built for efficiency rather than speed. That patience pays off at the fuel dock: with 18,900 litres of fuel carried, she gives an owner the kind of range a planing motor yacht of this size simply cannot match. CE Category A certification for unrestricted ocean navigation confirms what the numbers already suggest. This is a yacht engineered to cross water, not just cover it.

Design & Lines

Her hull tells you what kind of yacht she is before you ever step aboard.

Steeler builds in round bilge steel below the waterline and aluminium above it, a pairing that delivers the strength and sea-keeping of a traditional displacement hull without the weight penalty that an all steel build would carry topside. The result is a lower centre of gravity, better stability at sea and a structure built to take real punishment over thousands of miles rather than a single season of coastal cruising. Styling throughout is the work of Steeler’s own in-house team, who have kept the profile purposeful rather than decorative: a practical flybridge, generous window area and a hull form drawn for distance rather than dockside drama.

Interior & Accommodation

Four cabins, eight guests, and a layout built around weeks aboard rather than a weekend.

The accommodation plan spreads eight guests across four proper staterooms, each designed with the kind of practical comfort an ocean passage demands rather than the theatre of a marina berth. Steeler’s own interior design team has kept finishes warm and durable rather than delicate, a sensible choice on a yacht meant to be lived in for real stretches of time. Day capacity rises to eighteen, so the same accommodation that sleeps a family comfortably for a crossing can host considerably more for an afternoon at anchor. Fin stabilisation and bow and stern thrusters have featured on hulls built to date, easing both close quarters manoeuvring and long open water passages for an owner operated or lightly crewed yacht.

Living Spaces

A fully equipped flybridge turns the top deck into a second home.

Above the main accommodation, the flybridge is built for genuine use rather than occasional sunbathing, with seating and shade sufficient for entertaining underway as easily as at anchor. The aft deck below it is laid out with the same intent, open enough for long lunches in port and sheltered enough for passage making in changeable weather. Lithium battery banks, generator power and shore power conversion keep hotel systems running smoothly wherever she travels, while a full suite of electronics and redundant systems at the helm support the kind of independent, long range cruising this yacht is designed for. Nothing about her social spaces feels bolted on. They read as part of the same considered plan as the hull beneath them.

Range & Autonomy

The Ocean Explorer name is not marketing. It is a mission statement.

A fuel capacity of 18,900 litres gives the Steeler Ocean Explorer 72 a genuine 1,000 nautical mile range at her 8 knot cruise, more than enough for extended coastal and island hopping without constant refuelling stops. Her 1.7 metre draught keeps a wide range of harbours and anchorages within reach despite her 22 metre length, a useful compromise between an expedition yacht’s shallow water access and a displacement hull’s sea-keeping. Solar integration and a substantial lithium battery bank extend her autonomy further still, reducing generator hours at anchor. Built for owners who measure a yacht by where she can take them, not simply how she looks doing it, she earns her name honestly.

The right yacht is about more than specifications. Compare the Steeler Ocean Explorer 72 (22M) side by side with related models, from same-range siblings to its closest rivals, and see length, beam, guests, cabins and speed line up at a glance. A clearer view of where the Steeler Ocean Explorer 72 (22M) stands, and a faster path to the yacht that fits.