Van der Valk Explorer 27M

A yacht delivered new carries no ownership history to weigh, just the yard's own record of building her. The Van Der Valk Explorer 27M left the builder's Dutch yard in 2025 as a stock new build, not a resale with history behind it. Van der Valk shaped her as a monohull, a hull built for distance rather than outright speed.

Build and provenance

She has no refit to record because there is nothing yet to refit: her build year is 2025, and a survey on the Van Der Valk Explorer 27M reads as a delivery inspection rather than a history of repairs. Built, she measures 27 metres, 89 feet, with a beam of 6.6 metres and a draught of 1.7 metres. Her monohull is chosen for efficient long-range running rather than for planing speed.

Layout and accommodation

Four cabins sleep eight guests, and a crew of three run the boat: enough hands for a family group or a couple of couples cruising together, without the scale of crew a much larger yacht would carry.

Performance and engineering

Two 385 hp CAT C12 ACERT engines give her an eleven-knot cruise and 12.8 knots at full throttle, modest figures that back a range-led hull rather than compete with it. A generous fuel capacity, paired with the light aluminium build, is aimed at owners who want to cover distance in comfort rather than arrive quickly.

Where she lies and how to see her

She lies in the Netherlands, close to the yard that built her. We put viewings on the calendar and come along for each one, and once a buyer's offer is accepted, survey and sea trial follow before handover.