- Founded
- 2000
- Headquarters
- 2601 E Oakland Park Blvd, Suite 601, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33306, USA
- Shipyard location
- Taiwan (Classic and Trident series) and the Netherlands (Adventure 780 and ASV series)
- Official website
- https://www.outerreefyachts.com/
Brand Overview
Fort Lauderdale builder of semi-custom long-range motoryachts whose first Classic was launched in 2000 — 24 models from the 17.2-metre 540 Adventure to the 27.4-metre 27 YXT in the Classic, Trident, Adventure and ASV series, built in Taiwan and, since the 2024 merger with Lynx Yachts, the Netherlands.
YachtCodex Analysis
AI-generatedAn independent reading of this builder written by AI. Unlike the specifications and descriptions elsewhere on this page, it is interpretation rather than a sourced fact — treat it as a starting point, not a citation.
What this builder is
Outer Reef Yachts marked in 2025 the 25th anniversary of its first Classic Motoryacht; led by President and CEO Jeff Druek, the group has its corporate office in Fort Lauderdale, a European office at Mandelieu-La Napoule and offices in Sydney and Auckland. Its Classic Series — semi-displacement long-range motoryachts that the yard says are built to ocean Category A standards at an ISO 9001-certified, family-managed shipyard in Taiwan, in hand-laid fibreglass from a small number of major moulds — is divided by mould and beam into the X Class (21 ft 0 in / 6.4 m beam: 750 to 900 Motoryacht, Cockpit and Deluxbridge versions), the M Class (650, 700/720, 720/740 Deluxbridge) and the S Class (580 to 670 AZURE). The Trident Series, 620 Trident EVO and Solara, was developed with Setzer Yacht Architects. The Adventure Series brings Dutch design: the 24-metre steel 780 Adventure built at the company's facility in the Netherlands after its September 2024 merger with Lynx Yachts, the 540 Adventure designed by Bernd Weel Design with Studio Delta and Julian Moore Design, and the aluminium 540 Adventure Sport on four 500 hp Mercury outboards, introduced in September 2026. The ASV Series — 20 YXT, 27 YXT and 27 Crossover — are Dutch-built explorer and support vessels. Every yacht is semi-custom, with interiors chosen through the yard's in-house designers.
Who sails them
Outer Reef owners are cruising couples and families stepping up to a 17- to 27-metre yacht they often run themselves or with a small crew — people who plan long passages, the Great Loop, Alaska or the Mediterranean, value stabilised, quiet, ocean-rated boats and a builder that trains new owners, services them worldwide, hosts owners' holidays and rendezvous and later handles the resale.
Signature models
The Classic Motoryachts with the full-width Deluxbridge flybridge — the 700/720 and 720/740 and the 82- to 90-foot X Class cockpit motoryachts — are the core of the brand; the 780 Adventure, Outer Reef's first steel explorer, launched in 2025 and opened the Dutch-built Adventure Series.
Strengths
Outer Reef is known for long-range motoryachts with stabilisers, stand-up engine rooms and large tanks (up to 3,000 US gallons on the X Class), ocean Category A construction, three beam classes that share moulds, semi-custom interiors with an allowance and in-house designer, an owner community with holidays and rendezvous, and global sales, service, training and brokerage support.
Considerations
The model pages print figures in feet with metric in brackets but quote speeds as ranges across the engine options; several pages cover two lengths at once (700/720, 720/740, 800/830, 820/860); layouts are offered only as PDFs except on the 780; the 670 AZURE and Trident pages print drafts whose feet and metres disagree; the Dutch-built boats give displacement in 'tons' with no unit basis; the Classic pages give no cabin count; and the 27-metre ASV boats are RINA-coded rather than CE above 24 metres.
Analysis generated 10/17/2026
Part of
Fleet at a Glance
Calculated from the models in the YachtCodex catalog, not from the builder's claims.
- Models in catalog
- 24
- Length range
- 17.2–27.4 m
- Hull forms
- Motor Monohull 24
- Cabins
- 3–5
Models by this brand
24 models
Adventure3
Classic S Class6
Classic M Class3
ASV3
Classic X Class7
750 Motoryacht
LOA: 22.96 m
800 / 830 Motoryacht
LOA: 24.38 m
820 Cockpit Motoryacht
LOA: 25 m
860 Cockpit Motoryacht
LOA: 26.11 m
820 / 860 Deluxbridge Motoryacht
LOA: 26.3 m
880 Cockpit Motoryacht
LOA: 26.82 m
900 Motoryacht
LOA: 27.18 m
History
Outer Reef Yachts marked in 2025 the 25th anniversary of the launch of its first Classic Motoryacht, describing what began as a vision that grew into a global community of owners and adventurers, under its President and CEO Jeff Druek. The company says all its Classic yachts are built to ocean Category A, 'unrestricted navigation' standards at an ISO 9001-certified shipyard run as an experienced, generational family business, in hand-laid fibreglass with vacuum-bag infusion, and that computer-aided design lets it build every model from only a few major moulds. In September 2024 Outer Reef announced a strategic merger in the Netherlands with Lynx Yachts, and its first steel-hulled explorer, the 24-metre 780 Adventure, was built at the company's Dutch facility and launched in 2025, opening the Adventure Series alongside the Classic and Trident lines.
History written fromouterreefyachts.com/news/Celebrating-25-Years-of-Outer-Reef-Yachts/5988· The Outer Reef Yachts Differenceread 10/17/2026