Sea Pearl 2

Seventy-four gross tonnes on an eighty-five-foot hull is a heavy number for her length, and it shows in how Sea Pearl 2 carries herself at sea. Aicon built her in 2015 as an 85 Fly, a solid, heavy-set motor yacht rather than a lightweight flybridge cruiser. She comes to market from Istanbul with a documented run of recent yard work behind her.

Build and provenance

Sea Pearl 2 is a monohull motor yacht with a fibreglass hull, built to Aicon's 85 Fly design in 2015. At 26 metres length and a beam of 6.4 metres, she carries a wide-body layout that gives her interior its scale, seventy-four gross tonnes of volume inside an eighty-five-foot footprint.

Layout and accommodation

Eight guests sleep across four cabins, with a crew of three to run the boat. That is a compact complement for a yacht of this size, one that keeps day-to-day operation straightforward rather than aiming at a resort-scale service.

Performance and engineering

Twin 1,800 hp Caterpillar C32 engines give her a 14-knot cruise and a 25-knot top speed, output built for covering ground quickly rather than for economy. On the Turkish coast, that is a yacht for reaching the next anchorage in good time rather than dawdling between them.

Recent works

Recent work has focused on the mechanical and structural basics rather than the cosmetic. Her Caterpillar engines have been serviced through to the heat exchangers, her fuel and water tanks removed and professionally cleaned, and her hull bottom stripped and prepared afresh, the kind of unglamorous groundwork a new owner benefits from without having to schedule it themselves.

On deck and at anchor

On deck, a jacuzzi and foredeck seating turn the bow into a second lounge, and a hydraulic swim platform lowers to the water for boarding and watersports. Her stabilisers work underway to smooth her ride, and a bow thruster makes her easy to handle close to a berth, with sunpads for the afternoons in between.

Where she lies and how to see her

Sea Pearl 2 lies in Istanbul. Boatcrowd sets up viewings there and is present for each one, and once an offer is accepted, survey and sea trial follow before she changes hands.