Owen Clarke Explorer Yachts
A well established and regarded name in the offshore racing world, the Owen Clarke studio has in recent years been making a reputation for its bespoke explorer yacht creations. The most notable is arguably the 2018-launched 20m Qilak which was the cover model and main feature boat in Yachting World’s May 2019 issue.
It helps that naval architect Merf Owen has plenty of high latitudes cruising experience, and that his wife, Ashley Perrin, is an ice pilot and expedition leader who has been taking yachts to high latitudes for nearly a decade. The couple have just completed a circumnavigation of Newfoundland via Greenland and Labrador.
Owen Clarke currently has two notable alloy explorer projects in construction which have spawned from Qilak in terms of looks, layouts and learnings: a lift keel 15m and a centreboarded 18m.
15m Explorer Yacht Lynx
LOA 15.15m 49ft 8in • Hull length 14.45m 47ft 5in • Beam 4.59m 15ft 1in • Draught 3.51-1.41m 11ft 6in-4ft 8in • Displacement 16,800kg 37,037lb
This 15m is very much a descendant of , and is even dubbed ‘little ’, thanks to its similar looks,
