Category Guide · Live Inventory
Live explorer and expedition yacht listings with full detail pages, curated from the YATCO MLS. Built to leave the marina behind - and vetted by someone who has taken boats where they go.
Explorer yachts - expedition yachts - are built for range and self-sufficiency: displacement hulls, serious tankage, redundant systems, and the ability to carry tenders, tools, and time away from any dock. As owners look past the Bahamas toward Patagonia, the Northwest Passage, and the South Pacific, this has become one of the most searched categories in yachting.
It is also the category where the gap between the marketing word "explorer" and a genuinely expedition-capable vessel is widest. Greg Gaus spent 20+ years as a working captain; he reads an explorer the way a delivery skipper does - range at load, systems redundancy, classification, and what the boat can actually do. Buyer representation costs you nothing; the seller pays the commission.
14 explorer and expedition yachts for sale, drawn live from the YATCO MLS and updated August 19, 2026. Every card opens a full detail page. Greg Gaus represents you as buyer's broker at no cost to you.
162' Expedition Yacht • 1970
$19,900,000150' Expedition Yacht • 1988 • Brunswick, Georgia
$16,000,000104' Expedition Yacht • 2017 • Jupiter, Florida
$12,750,00086' Expedition Yacht • 2024 • Fort Lauderdale, Florida
$10,500,00089' Expedition Yacht • 2025 • Monaco, La Colle
$7,220,00086' Expedition Yacht • 2009 • Sydney, New South Wales
$6,700,00088' Expedition Yacht • 2023 • Singapore, Central Singapore Community Development Council
$5,574,72090' Expedition Yacht • 1996
$5,000,00095' Expedition Yacht • 2005 • Fort Lauderdale, Florida
$4,995,000106' Expedition Yacht • 2006 • Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
$3,350,00079' Expedition Yacht • 2014 • North Miami, Florida
$2,450,00065' Expedition Yacht • 2019 • Limassol, Limassol District (Leymasun)
$1,300,00060' Expedition Yacht • 2012 • Antalya, Antalya
$1,200,00059' Expedition Yacht • 2013 • Fort Lauderdale, Florida
$699,000Live selection from the YATCO MLS - a subset of the full market. Listings shown are offered by their listing brokerages; Double G Yacht Sales acts as buyer's representative at no cost to the buyer. Don't see the boat you want? Greg can source it, on or off market.
What makes a yacht a true explorer yacht? Displacement hull, transocean range at passage speed, fuel and water capacity for weeks of autonomy, redundant critical systems, and often commercial-grade classification. Many boats wear the label for the look - the specs on each detail page above show which ones can actually deliver it.
How much does an expedition yacht cost? As of August 2026, brokerage explorers run from converted commercial hulls under $1M to purpose-built expedition superyachts in the tens of millions. Steel and displacement tonnage make even smaller explorers feel like ships - and survey accordingly.
Can an explorer yacht cross the Atlantic? A genuine one, yes - transocean range at displacement speed is the defining feature. Verify the range claim at survey with real consumption numbers at loaded displacement, not brochure figures. That verification is part of Greg's process.
Why buy an explorer through Double G? Because the category punishes buyers who shop on looks. A former captain checks the things that matter offshore - range at load, redundancy, classification, maintenance discipline - and the seller pays his commission, so the representation costs you nothing.
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