Sunseeker 95 Yacht

The Sunseeker 95 Yacht measures 92' 1" overall on a 21' 6" beam, draws 7' 0" at full load and displaces 186,731 lbs at half load. Accommodation is four cabins and four heads. Fuel is 3,170 US gallons and fresh water is 462 US gallons. Power is twin MTU 12V 2000 M96Ls, and the yard quotes up to 26.5 knots.

Tankage is what defines this boat inside the range. 3,170 gallons of fuel is 263 more than the 88 Yacht below it, and 462 gallons of fresh water is 92 more than either the 76 Yacht or the 88 Yacht, both of which hold 370. It is the first real increase in water capacity in the line.

What the extra length does not buy is another cabin. Four cabins and four heads is the count from the 76 Yacht up to this one, and the fifth cabin arrives at the 100 Yacht. Against the 88 Yacht, five and a half feet of extra length buys three inches of beam, 263 gallons of fuel, 92 gallons of fresh water and 16,314 lbs of displacement, on the same accommodation count.

At 26.5 knots it is the lowest maximum of the four boats below the flagship, behind the 76 at 32, the 100 at 30 and the 88 at 28. It is built at Poole in Dorset.

Sunseeker quotes up to 26.5 knots for the 95 Yacht on twin MTU 12V 2000 M96Ls. That figure is a maximum.

It is also the lowest maximum of the four boats below the flagship. The 76 Yacht is quoted at 32, the 100 Yacht at 30 and the 88 Yacht at 28. That ordering does not track displacement, which is worth knowing: the 95 is 186,731 lbs at half load and the 100 Yacht is 219,095 lbs and quoted faster, because the 100 runs the M96X variant rather than the M96L. Engine choice, not weight alone, is doing the work at the top of this line.

Fuel is 3,170 gallons, 263 more than the 88 Yacht, and more capacity than any of the three closest rivals carry. Draft is 7' 0", a maximum at full load on this brand, and identical to the 88's. Beam is 21' 6".

What to settle in writing: the MTU rating as installed, rigged weight for your specific hull, tankage as fitted, and observed consumption at the rpm you intend to cruise at, taken on a sea trial with a realistic load aboard. Book the trial with that list in hand.

Accommodation is four cabins and four en-suite heads. Settle the crew arrangement, its position in the boat and its berth count on the general arrangement drawing for your hull, and get it in writing early rather than late.

The best interior number on this boat is the water tank. Fresh water is 462 US gallons, up from the 370 that both the 76 Yacht and the 88 Yacht carry. That is the first meaningful increase in the line, and it decides how long four occupied cabins can stay away from a dock.

The volume story is more modest. Beam is 21' 6" against the 88 Yacht's 21' 3", so five and a half feet of extra length buys three inches of width, and half-load displacement rises from 170,417 lbs to 186,731. Against the cross-shops, 21' 6" is narrower than the Ferretti 940 at 22' 2" and slightly wider than both the Sanlorenzo SL90A and the Riva 90' Argo at 21' 4".

The arrangement drawing and the standard-and-optional equipment schedule attached to your hull number are the documents that govern the layout. Read them line by line.

At 92' 1" on a 21' 6" beam, the 95 Yacht sits in a segment where its three closest rivals are all within a foot and a half of it on length.

The Ferretti 940 is 95' 1" on a 22' 2" beam, with five guest cabins and two crew, 2,378 gallons of fuel, and quoted at 25 knots standard and 27 optional with cruise speeds of 21 and 23. The Sanlorenzo SL90A is 90' 7" on a 21' 4" beam, four cabins and four heads plus crew, 2,378 gallons, up to 29 knots on twin MAN V12-2000s. The Riva 90' Argo is 93' 6" on a 21' 4" beam with four cabins and two crew cabins, 2,298 gallons, and 26.5 knots on the MTU 12V 2000 M96X.

Two clear readings come out of that. The Sunseeker carries substantially more fuel than any of them, 3,170 gallons against 2,378, 2,378 and 2,298. And the Ferretti is the only one of the four offering a fifth guest cabin.

On speed the group is tight. The Riva quotes exactly the same 26.5 knots on a related MTU installation; the Sanlorenzo is quoted highest at 29. The Sunseeker sits mid-pack.

The fair conclusion is that this is a competitive boat on capacity and an average one on speed, in a group where nobody is far ahead. What separates one deal from another at this size is the survey, the sea trial and the contract, which is the reason to bring a broker who will ask for the numbers rather than accept the brochure.

Inside Sunseeker's line, the 95 is a range-and-water step over the 88 Yacht rather than an accommodation one.

The 95 Yacht fits an owner who wants capacity rather than cabins. Fuel is 3,170 US gallons, more than the Ferretti 940, the Sanlorenzo SL90A or the Riva 90' Argo carry, and fresh water rises to 462 gallons from the 370 that both smaller Sunseekers in the line hold. If the boat will spend real time away from fuel and water docks with four cabins occupied, the tankage is its strongest single argument.

It fits an owner content with a moderate speed ceiling. 26.5 knots is the lowest maximum of the four boats below the flagship, and if the plan is passage-making rather than sprinting between ports, that is the right trade for the fuel and the water.

It fits deep-water grounds. Draft is 7' 0" at full load, the same as the 88 Yacht. It is not a thin-water boat, and the 76 Yacht at 5' 7" remains the shallow choice in the range.

It is the wrong boat if you need a fifth cabin. Four cabins and four heads is the count from the 76 Yacht up to this one, and the accommodation step in the range is the 100 Yacht, which adds a fifth cabin, a sixth head and seventeen inches of beam.

It is also the wrong boat for a buyer who will not sea-trial it properly. The MTU rating as installed, the rigged weight of your hull, the tankage as fitted and the observed consumption at your cruising rpm are all settled on the contract and on the water, and they are worth the day it takes to get them.