This Rugged Military-Style 83-Foot Explorer Yacht Can Cruise Nearly 10,000 Miles on a Single Tank

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It can cruise halfway around the globe on one tank.

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Top up the 2,600-gallon fuel tanks and, at 10 knots, it can cover 9,800 miles. That’s a third of the way around the globe without refueling. At the sweet-spot 12-knot cruise speed, it can run for an equally impressive 6,000 miles covering an easy 250 miles a day.Courtesy Berthon International

On another voyage, the Dashews ventured farther north than they’d ever been on any of their sailboat adventures, ending up in remote Svalbard, between mainland Norway and the North Pole.. She was truly our magic carpet ride,” says Steve Dashew who designed the yacht as the first-of-many, look-alike Dashew Offshore FPBs—short for Functional Power Boats.

“The bare aluminum exterior with its military-commercial look, really opened doors that would have been closed to a typical shiny, in-your-face motoryacht,” he says. Powering the yacht is a pair of near-indestructible, commercial-grade John Deere 150hp diesels that spin 32-inch-diameter propellers. They push the yacht to a top speed of 14 knots. The engines currently have around 7,000 hours.Courtesy Berthon Internationalis surprisingly big on liveaboard comfort. The spacious salon, with its ring of 19mm-thick tempered glass windows, is lined with golden Burmese teak that took New Zealand craftsmen over 3,000 man-hours to finish to a high gloss.

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