M/S Northwestern: The 78ft Norwegian Working Boat With a £172k Price Tag and Three Names
A genuine commercial hull from an established Norwegian yard, currently sitting in Godøya and asking questions most brokerage listings never have to answer
John Johnson | Yacht Buoy
If you love boats, then you will enjoy this publication!
Live Last read · last published · next check
Latest posts
The $700,000 Nordhavn Is Dead: The Unseen Currency Trap That Killed the N41 and N51
How Turkey’s inflation squeeze forced PAE to destroy the moulds on its hit entry-level trawlers and why 54 owners may have accidentally acquired an appreciating asset.
The €450,000 Former Research Ship Turned Explorer Yacht That Can Launch a Submarine
She spent 24 years finding out what lives at the bottom of the Baltic and North Sea before entering the explorer yacht market
WATCH | Salvator: The Honest Truth About Trawler Conversions
She was built to fish, not to flatter. What it really takes to turn a North Sea working hull into a go-anywhere explorer.
Is Living on a Boat Cost Less Than Renting an Apartment? The Real UK Numbers
What it costs to live aboard in the UK, and when it beats renting
70 Years of Steel: The $147,000 Gladding-Hearn Explorer
From her original heavy-weather design brief to her current Alaskan listing. I look at her capabilities, tankage modifications, and insurance requirements.
WATCH | The €149,500 Dutch Classic Wintered Indoors for 25 Years
We step aboard 'Timeless', a 1991 Klaassenvlet 13.60. Built in steel with a 1.25m draft, her 25 years of indoor winter storage and recent 2026 refit present remarkable value.
Commercial Lines, Private Comfort: Evaluating the €349k Pilot 50
Built in steel by VDL Shipyard, this 32-tonne motor yacht borrows heavy-weather pilotage DNA for genuine offshore cruising. We examine the reality of her engineering.
84 Feet of Steel for $175,001: The True Cost of a Trawler Conversion
M/Y ‘Jezebelle’ offers a staggering entry price into the heavy-displacement market. I break down her commercial Gulf Coast pedigree & budget required to finish her.
WATCH | The 30-Knot Steel Explorer: Exclusive Look Inside the New No Limit 13.20
How does a Dutch yard combine commercial lifeboat pedigree with twin Volvo Penta IPS drives? I Examine her Corten steel architecture, her low-profile air draft, and her objective realities
The €995,000 Kempers 2200: A One-Off Steel Cruiser Built for the Long Haul
Twin Caterpillar diesels, retractable stabilisers, a genuinely comprehensive recent refit, and a builder pedigree that makes her the only one of her kind.
The €235,000 Noorderlicht 50 Spiegelkotter: Evaluating the Owner-Finished Hull
What does a €90,000 price gap actually represent in the Dutch steel market? I examine the mechanical reality of a truck-derived DAF diesel & the specific capabilities of the Spiegelkotter design