Explorer Yachts List: 40 Expedition Yachts by Length, Range and Ice Class

The longest explorer yacht on Boat International's list is Solaris: 139.7 m, built by Lloyd Werft and delivered in 2021 (Boat International, data 2021). Next come Octopus (126.2 m) and Multiverse (116.2 m). REV Ocean, listed at 194.9 m by YachtBuyer, will be longer but is still in build (Vard).

The table lists 40 vessels: 32 yachts, including three conversions from working ships and six support vessels, plus eight production models. A vessel is included only if Boat International, YachtBuyer or its builder calls it an explorer, expedition or support yacht. Range is given with its speed; ice class only as the source states it.

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Vessels and models in the list: 17,000 nm
Longest stated range in service: Arctic P: 6
Support vessels: 3
Conversions from working ships

Up to about 40 m: yachts and models

The Global Order Book of Boat International indicates that 70% of explorer yachts are 24–40 m long (Boat International, 17 Oct 2023).

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Explorer

Rosetti RSY 38m EXP (Emocean)

Length: 37.83 m
Builder: Rosetti Superyachts
Year: 2021
Range: 5,000 nm at 10 kn
Ice class: Not confirmed

Explorer

Never Say Never Again

Length: 37 m
Builder: Benetti
Year: 2022
Range: 5,000 nm at 10 kn
Ice class: Not confirmed

Expedition

New Journey

Length: 29.4 m
Builder: Nordhavn
Year: 2023
Range: 3,000 nm at 9 kn
Ice class: Not confirmed

Expedition

Bering 65

Length: 19.78 m
Builder: Bering Yachts
Year: 2013
Range: 4,000 nm at 8 kn
Ice class: Not confirmed

Expedition

Familia

Length: 40.04 m
Builder: Bering Yachts
Year: 2024 (sank May 2026)
Range: 4,000 nm at 9 kn
Ice class: Not confirmed

Explorer

Numarine 37XP

Length: 37.14 m
Builder: Numarine
Year: 2021
Range: 5,000 nm at 10 kn
Ice class: Not confirmed

Explorer

Arksen 85

Length: 27.4 m
Builder: Arksen
Year: 2023
Range: 7,000 nm at 9 kn (design figure)
Ice class: No ice class stated (MCA Workboat Code Cat 0)

Expedition (trawler)

Nordhavn 41

Length: 12.6 m
Builder: Nordhavn
Year: 2020
Range: 2,500 nm at 8 kn
Ice class: No ice class stated (CE Category A)

How the list is built

Length is length overall. Range is the figure from the builder or Boat International where they give one; when another source gives a different figure, it is shown in small type under the range. "Not confirmed" means no shipyard, classification society or industry publication we could check states it.

Ice class is given in the words of the source. Many yachts are described only as having an ice-class hull or an ice belt, without a notation; we do not guess one. Le Grand Bleu, Tranquility and Voyager are in Boat International's top ten but are not in this table, because we found no range or ice data for them from a checked source.

Owners are not listed. For the differences between explorer, expedition and support vessels, see What is an explorer yacht? and Yacht support vessels.

All 40 vessels and models

Longest first.

Yacht	Length	Builder	Year	Range	Ice class
REV Ocean	194.9 m^3,2 639 ft	Vard	In build Vard: completion Q4 2026; YachtBuyer: 2027	21,120 nm at 11 kn	Polar Class 6 (YachtBuyer)
Solaris	139.7 m^81,1 458 ft	Lloyd Werft	2021	Not confirmed	Not confirmed
Octopus	126.2 m^5,1,82,4 414 ft	Lürssen	2003	12,500 nm at 12 kn YachtBuyer: at 12.5 kn	Ice-class 1A hull (full notation not published)
Multiverse ex-Ulysses	116.2 m¹ 381 ft	Kleven	2018	8,000 nm^94,95 speed not stated	DNV Ice(C)⁹⁶
Luna	114.2 m^100,97,98 375 ft; 115 m in some reports	Lloyd Werft	2010	9,500 nm at 16.8 kn^97,98,100 BI directory: 7,600 nm at cruising speed	Ice-class steel hull to Lloyd's Register standards (notation not published)^99,97,98
Andromeda	107.4 m^6,75 352 ft	Kleven	2016	8,500 nm at 12 kn	DNV Ice(C)
Ice	90.1 m^1,8 296 ft	Lürssen	2005	6,000 nm at 15 kn	None (DNV register)¹⁰⁴
Olivia O	88.5 m^83,9,10 290 ft	Ulstein Verft	2020	Not confirmed	Ice-class steel hull to Lloyd's Register standards (notation not published)
Arctic P	87.57 m^11,84,76,85 287 ft	Schichau Unterweser	1969 1970 in Lloyd's Register; yacht 1994–95; rebuild 2020	17,000 nm at 12 kn	Germanischer Lloyd E3 as built (current notation not published)
Bold	85.3 m¹⁴ 280 ft	Silver Yachts	2019	5,500 nm at 12 kn YachtBuyer text: 4,500 nm at 14 kn	None stated
Legend Conversion; now Aqua Lares	77.4 m^17,86,87,88 254 ft	IHC Verschure (1974 tug); conversion Icon Yachts	1974 rebuilt 2014–15 (Icon); BI dates the redelivery 2016	7,640 nm speed not stated	Lloyd's Register Ice Class 1A (Icon Yachts); built as a Class 1 icebreaker
La Datcha	76.9 m^77,78,18 252 ft	Damen Yachting	2020	6,000 nm at 11 kn YachtBuyer: at 12 kn	DNV Ice-C; Polar Ship Certificate
Yersin now Albatros	76.6 m^20,21 251 ft	Piriou	2015	15,000 nm at 11 kn BI, Fraser, YachtBuyer: 12,000 nm	Bureau Veritas Ice Class IC
Cloudbreak	75.3 m^26,25,27 247 ft; BI at delivery: 72.5 m	Abeking & Rasmussen	2016	8,500 nm at 13 kn	Ice belt (notation not confirmed)
Abeona Support vessel	75.25 m^105,22,23 247 ft; 75 m in Boat International	Damen Yachting	2023	5,000 nm at 15 kn	No ice notation published^106,105
Planet Nine	73.2 m^89,90,91 240 ft	Admiral	2018	More than 10,000 nm at 10 kn More than 6,000 nm at 14 kn	Lloyd's Register Ice Class 1D
Game Changer Support vessel · now Indratus	72 m^28,29 69.15 m before 2021 refit	Damen Yachting	2017	4,500 nm at 16 kn	Not confirmed
Ragnar Conversion · now Q	68.2 m^30,31,102 224 ft; 72.45 m as Q since 2025	Royal Niestern Sander (2012 hull); conversion Icon Yachts	2012 conversion 2020	About 6,000 nm^101,102,103 at cruising speed, not given in knots	Ice-class hull; press reports Ice Class 1A Super^103,30 notation not published by a class register; Conoship cites Polar Code 5
Nebula Support vessel	68.2 m^32,33 224 ft	Astilleros Armón	2022	5,000 nm at 12.5 kn	None stated
Hodor Support vessel	66.2 m^34,35 217 ft	Astilleros Armón	2019	5,500 nm at 14 kn	None stated
Scout	63.72 m^79,36 209 ft	Royal Hakvoort	2019	4,800 nm at 12 kn YachtBuyer: 6,300 nm at 12 kn	Lloyd's Register Ice Class 1D
Anawa	62 m³⁸ 203 ft	Damen Yachting	2020	Not confirmed	Polar-class hull (notation not confirmed)
Damen Xplorer 60 Model	60 m^40,41,39 197 ft	Damen Yachting	2025 After You	5,000 nm at 11.5 kn	Ice Class hull (notation not stated)
Pink Shadow	58 m^42,43 190 ft	Damen Yachting	2023	5,000 nm at 11.5 kn	Ice-class hull (notation not confirmed)
Chasing Romance Support vessel · ex-Shadow	55.5 m⁴⁴ 182 ft	Damen Yachting	2017	5,000 nm at 10 kn	Not confirmed
Hanse Explorer	47.76 m^92,45,46 157 ft	Fassmer	2006	5,000 nm at 12 kn BI: 9,000 nm at cruising speed	DNV E3 (Germanischer Lloyd E3 as built)
Ocean Dreamwalker III	47 m^47,48 154 ft	Sanlorenzo	2018	4,000 nm speed not stated	Not confirmed
Sanlorenzo 500EXP Model	47 m^47,48,49,50 154 ft	Sanlorenzo	2018	4,000 nm at 11 kn	An Ice Class unit was under construction in 2018 (Boat International)
Bad Company Support Support vessel	45.6 m⁵¹ 150 ft	Damen Yachting	2019	5,000 nm at 12 kn	Not confirmed
Cantiere delle Marche Flexplorer 146 Model	44.3 m^52,74 145 ft; builder: 44.46 m	Cantiere delle Marche	2024 Maverick	Over 5,000 nm^52,74 speed not stated; builder: over 5,000 nm at 10 kn	22 mm ice belt (no class)
Heeus	44.2 m^{55,80,54,93,53} 145 ft	Bering Yachts	2022	5,000 nm at 10 kn BI directory: 8,000 nm at 8 kn	Ice belt, no class notation (Bureau Veritas)
Bering B145 Model	44.2 m^55,56,73 145 ft; model page: 44.46 m	Bering Yachts	2022	Over 5,000 nm^55,56,73 SuperyachtNews 2021: over 4,000 nm; model page: 4,000+ nm	Ice belt (no class)
Familia ex-PHNX	40.04 m^57,58,59 131 ft; 38.04 m before 2026 refit	Bering Yachts	2024 sank May 2026	4,000 nm at 9 kn	Not confirmed
Rosetti RSY 38m EXP (Emocean)	37.83 m^60,61 124 ft	Rosetti Superyachts	2021 delivered Sep 2021	5,000 nm at 10 kn Boote: at 11 kn	Not confirmed
Never Say Never Again launched as Goga	37 m⁶² 121 ft	Benetti	2022	5,000 nm at 10 kn	Not confirmed
Numarine 37XP Model	37.14 m^64,63	Numarine	2021	5,000 nm at 10 kn YachtBuyer: 6,000 nm	Not confirmed
New Journey	29.4 m^65,66 96 ft	Nordhavn	2023	3,000 nm at 9 kn	Not confirmed
Arksen 85 Model	27.4 m^67,68 90 ft	Arksen	2023 Project Pelagos	7,000 nm at 9 kn design figure	No ice class stated (built to MCA Workboat Code Cat 0)
Bering 65 Model	19.78 m⁶⁹ 65 ft	Bering Yachts	2013 earliest delivery listed	4,000 nm at 8 kn	Not confirmed
Nordhavn 41 Model	12.6 m^70,71,72 41 ft	Nordhavn	2020 production ended 2026	2,500 nm at 8 kn	No ice class stated (CE Category A)

The small numbers after a length are the sources for that row in the list at the bottom. For models, the year is the first hull or the first delivery given in the source.

Questions

What is the largest explorer yacht?

Solaris, 139.7 m (Lloyd Werft, 2021), on Boat International's list of the largest explorer yachts (Boat International, data 2021). REV Ocean (194.9 m per YachtBuyer) is larger but not yet delivered (Vard).

Which explorer yacht has the longest range?

Among delivered vessels in this list, Arctic P, a former salvage tug, at 17,000 nm at 12 knots (Boat International), followed by Yersin at 15,000 nm at 11 knots (Piriou). REV Ocean, still in build, is listed at 21,120 nm at 11 knots (YachtBuyer).

Which explorer yachts under 40 metres are worth looking at?

This list includes the Arksen 85 (27.4 m, design range 7,000 nm at 9 knots; Arksen, MBY), the Benetti B.Yond 37M (5,000 nm at 10 knots; Boat International), the Rosetti RSY 38m EXP, the Numarine 37XP and the Bering 65 and Nordhavn 41 trawler-style models. Which one suits depends on the range and crew you need; compare them in the table.

Can a working ship be converted into an explorer yacht?

Yes. Arctic P was built in 1969 as a salvage tug (Boat International), Legend started in 1974 as an icebreaking tug and was converted by Icon Yachts (Boat International), and Ragnar was built in 2012 as the icebreaking support vessel Sanaborg (Conoship).

Are there explorer yachts with a Polar Class rating?

Few publish one. YachtBuyer lists REV Ocean as Polar Class 6 (YachtBuyer); Conoship cites Polar Code 5 among Ragnar's class rules (Conoship). Most yachts state only an ice-class hull. See Ice class yachts.