OCEAN 71
Specifications
Hull
| LOA | 71 ft |
| LWL | 59.3 ft |
| Beam | 17.33 ft |
| Draft | 8.25 ft |
| Displacement | 75,000 lb |
| Ballast | 20,497.5 lb |
| Hull speed1.34·√LWL | 10.3 kn |
About the OCEAN 71
vds design #194. Based on the famed ocean racer STORMVOGEL (1969). Offered as a racing yacht or luxury cruiser. An extremely successful model with more than 20 built. A few were finished by Camper & Nicholson. 'Ocean Spirit', (with Robin Knox-Johnson & Leslie Williams as crew), won the double-handed Around Britain race in 1970. Another OCEAN 71 was owned by Graham Kerr, known, at the time on TV, (in both the UK and USA) as the 'Galloping Gourmet'.
Performance
Pricing
We don't have market pricing data for the OCEAN 71 yet. If you own one, help other buyers — what did you pay for it? Reports build a community price estimate over time.
Estimated Cost of Ownership
Based on 71ft LOA. Actual costs vary by condition, usage, and local rates.
Known Issues & Pre-Purchase Inspection
We don't have enough data on the OCEAN 71yet to publish model-specific findings we'd stand behind — but here's a free general inspection checklist, built from our research into what actually goes wrong on boats of this kind.
Drawn from 7,029 documented issues across 2,391 models, ordered so the areas that most often turn up problems come first.
Own a OCEAN 71? Reports from owners are what turn this into a model-specific checklist — and they're the reason the boats above it have one.
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