Bestevaer 53 M/Y

Design

Naval architect

Dykstra Naval Architects

Summary

Best Suited For

• Bluewater Cruising

  From the published figures: explorer · range 1450 nm

Tags are derived from certified class, length, sail area, accommodation and tankage using the criteria described on the Sources page; an editor may add or remove one.

Speed, Power & Tanks

What the builder publishes about how fast, how strong and how much the boat carries.

Dimensions

LOA

52.4 ft (15.97 m)

Hull length

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LWL

51.2 ft (15.61 m)

Beam

16.3 ft (4.97 m)

Draft (min)

2.8 ft (0.85 m)

Draft (max)

—

Air draft

11.2 ft (3.4 m)

Displacement

39,683 lb (18,000 kg)

Ballast

—

Cabins

2

Heads

2

Berths

4

Performance

Maximum speed

—

Cruising speed

—

Range

1450 nm

Guests

—

Crew

—

Engine and Tanks

Engine

110 hp (Yanmar)

Engine count

2

Engine manufacturer

Yanmar

Propulsion type

—

Fuel capacity

528 gal (2,000 L)

Fresh water capacity

454 gal (1,720 L)

Black water capacity

—

Construction

Hull material

Aluminium

Deck material

—

Rudder type

—

Steering wheels

—

Builder's Own Figures

Waste Water

310 L

Cruise Speed

8-18 kts standard

About Bestevaer

Semi-custom

Dutch builder of go-anywhere aluminium explorer sailing and motor yachts, designed by Gerard Dijkstra since 2003 and built by KM Yachtbuilders in Makkum.

The line began with a naval architect building for himself: Gerard Dijkstra, a polar sailor as well as a designer, drew the Bestevaer II as his own ideal boat -- unrestricted short-handed sailing, safe, comfortable and good-looking -- and brought to it what he had learned racing, designing and sailing in ice. What followed became a family of go-anywhere aluminium yachts built by KM Yachtbuilders. Tranquilo, a 56-footer meant for singlehanding, has sailed the Northwest Passage alone twice, in 2012 and 2017, explored Patagonia and the Antarctic peninsula and wintered ten months in the frozen seas of northern Canada. The first 49-footer, Katharos, came in 2009; Morning Haze, a 55-footer with a lifting keel, left on a world voyage straight from delivery, has been to Greenland three times and crossed the Northwest Passage in 2018; and the 66-foot Anabel was the first able to reach the far corners of the world entirely self-reliantly, on batteries, deck solar and two telescopic wind generators. The semi-custom Pure series, derived from the Bestevaer II and offered at 45, 49 and 53 feet, arrived in 2016, and the 45 was nominated Sailing Yacht of the Year. A 53-foot explorer motor yacht followed in 2020, drawn on the same principles; the 72-foot Symbiose is the largest one-off; and the Bestevaer 36, the smallest and greenest, shallow enough to dry out in the Wadden Sea, won a European Yacht of the Year 2024 special mention for sustainability.

The Bestevaer Range

Every model Bestevaer publishes, by length — where this one sits in the range.

1. Bestevaer 63 M/Y67.3 ft
2. Bestevaer 53 M/Y· this model52.4 ft
3. Bestevaer 49 M/Y49 ft

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