Aqua Vista

Some yachts arrive with a full paper trail and some do not. Aqua Vista does: Sunseeker built her as an 86 Yacht in 2019, and the record that follows her, down to a recently completed engine service, is described as exquisitely maintained and ready for immediate cruising. She lies now in Fort Lauderdale.

Build and provenance

Aqua Vista is a Sunseeker 86 Yacht, a monohull motor yacht in flybridge style, built in fibreglass. At 26 metres (86 feet) with a 6.5-metre beam and a 2-metre draft, she carries a genuine flybridge deck rather than a token one, and at 128 gross tons she reads as a boat with real volume for her length.

Layout and accommodation

Four cabins sleep nine guests, with the owner's suite set full-beam amidships and a further stateroom forward; two more cabins to port and starboard convert between twin and double berths. A crew of four berth aft in their own quarters, with a mess and laundry kept apart from the guest decks, the kind of separation that keeps a nine-guest boat feeling private rather than crowded.

Performance and engineering

Twin MTU 12V 2000 M96L engines, rated at 1,950 hp each, give her a 22-knot cruise and a 27-knot top end, enough to close a long weekend's passage quickly or hold a fast line between islands. Hydraulic stabilisers with an at-anchor mode keep her level once the anchor is down, and bow and stern thrusters make close-quarters handling straightforward for an owner running her without a full crew forward.

Where she lies and how to see her

Aqua Vista lies in Fort Lauderdale, within easy reach for most American buyers. Boatcrowd sets up viewings and comes along to each one, and once an offer is accepted we bring in the surveyor and put her through a sea trial before anything is signed.