540 Adventure

Name: 540 Adventure
Brand: Outer Reef Yachts

In production

Outer Reef Yachts 540 Adventure — photo 1

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Design

Designer: Bernd Weel Design
Naval architect: Studio Delta
Interior designer: Julian Moore Design

Summary

Motor MonohullInboard DieselCE A

Length overall: 56.4 ft
Beam: 18 ft
Range: 2000 nm
Displacement: 85,980 lb
Engine power: 600 hp
Cabins: 3

* A standard reference image, not the actual boat — shown to help visualise this model's published dimensions.

Best Suited For

Bluewater Cruising
From the published figures: explorer · range 2000 nm
Liveaboard
From the published figures: LOA 17.2 m · 3 cabins · fresh water 1267 L

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.

Power to weight

Total engine power per tonne of published displacement — more means livelier acceleration for the hull. Drawn for motor yachts.

not published: engine count

Tanks

Fuel and water on one scale: a tank twice the height holds twice as much.

Fuel1,520 gal
Water335 gal

Design Category

Certified CE design category A (Ocean): the wind and waves the EU Recreational Craft Directive says this boat is designed to take.

D
Sheltered waters
Wind
up to Beaufort 4
Waves
up to 0.3 m
C
Inshore
Wind
up to Beaufort 6
Waves
up to 2 m
B
Offshore
Wind
up to Beaufort 8
Waves
up to 4 m
AThis boat
Ocean
Wind
above Beaufort 8
Waves
above 4 m

Design limits set by the EU Recreational Craft Directive (2013/53/EU), in significant wave height. A category covers the conditions of those below it. It is the limit the boat was designed to, not a promise that it is safe in any conditions within it — that judgement stays with the skipper.

Dimensions

LOA: 56.4 ft (17.2 m)
Hull length: —
LWL: 52.8 ft (16.1 m)
Beam: 18 ft (5.5 m)
Draft (min): —
Draft (max): 3.9 ft (1.2 m)
Air draft: —
Displacement: 85,980 lb (39,000 kg)
Ballast: —
Cabins: 3
Heads: —
Berths: —

Performance

Maximum speed: —
Cruising speed: —
Range: 2000 nm
Guests: —
Crew: —

Engine and Tanks

Engine: 600 hp (Volvo Penta)
Engine count: —
Engine manufacturer: Volvo Penta
Propulsion type: shaft drive
Fuel capacity: 1,520 gal (5,754 L)
Fresh water capacity: 335 gal (1,267 L)
Black water capacity: 125 gal (473 L)

Construction

Hull material: GRP (resin-infused, PVC core)
Deck material: —
Rudder type: —
Steering wheels: —

Builder's Own Figures

Range: 2,000 nm at Eco Speed
Cabins: 3+ Optional Crew
Layouts: https://www.outerreefyachts.com/photos/yachtDocs/438.pdf
Engines: Volvo Penta D8-600 (600hp) diesel engines (standard, as printed)
Engine power basis: per engine as printed
Displacement basis: as printed (39 tons); no load stated; tons taken as metric tonnes

Figures read fromouterreefyachts.com/yachts/540-Adventure/35· Key Specificationsread 10/17/2026

About Outer Reef Yachts

Semi-custom

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.

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.

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