Amer Yachts delivers “Even Further”, the first 41.45-metre Amer 42 Explorer, featuring steel construction, custom design, and remarkable fuel efficiency.
Amer Yachts announces a major milestone, as the first unit in the Amer 42 Explorer series, christened “Even Further”, has been officially delivered to her owner. The shipyard’s first steel vessel and the founding model of its new custom steel production line is a 41.45-metre explorer yacht with aluminium superstructures. It is equipped with the Volvo Penta Professional Platform propulsion system, featuring two IPS40 drives and four D13 engines.
During the first open-sea trials, the yacht achieved a record fuel consumption of just 60 litres of diesel per hour in Eco Mode, which uses two of the four engines connected to the drives. To put this figure into perspective, this is a yacht with a full-load displacement of 440 tonnes, capable of accommodating up to 19 people between guests and crew, with a range of 8,900 nautical miles and two 8-metre tenders on board, consuming less than many leisure yachts of significantly smaller size.
This result comes from an unprecedented design synergy. The steel hull, genuinely innovative in both form and construction, has been combined with aluminium superstructures to optimise weight and mass distribution. Amer designed the yacht to adopt Volvo Penta’s propulsion system, consisting of two new IPS40 pods powered by four D13 engines compliant with IMO Tier III standards, with twin forward-facing counter-rotating propellers delivering up to 30% fuel savings compared with traditional inboard shaft installations. With a 56,300-litre fuel tank, the vessel can cover 8,900 nautical miles in Eco Mode—from Sanremo to Australia, non-stop—in conditions of exceptional comfort and quietness.
The project is designed by Luiz De Basto, with naval engineering by Optima Design Italy. The philosophy conceals its vocation as a true long-range explorer—with Ice Class certification—behind the aesthetics of Mediterranean luxury: aft areas open to conviviality, a 17-metre flybridge (over 40% of the yacht’s overall length), and bright, contemporary interiors. Beneath the profile, it features a high bow, cranes with a lifting capacity of 8,000 kg each, a touch-and-go helipad on the foredeck, and a wheelhouse with 270-degree visibility and a full-height, forward-raked windshield.
Such remarkable efficiency is made possible by the hull’s waterlines, the outcome of over fifteen years of research and development. When Amer decided to apply IPS to yachts of this size, the industry was sceptical. Shipyard founder Fernando Amerio and his son Rodolfo first believed in this technology for large hulls, building over twelve years of experimentation and unique know-how.
Technical commentary by CEO Rodolfo Amerio highlights that during acceleration, the system initially activates two engines, while the other two remain at operating temperature. Up to 1,550 rpm, the active engines operate at 80% load before the remaining two units progressively engage. In Eco Mode, the yacht reaches 9.5 knots consuming 60 litres/hour. At 12.5 knots, consumption is 150 litres/hour. Cruising speed is 14 knots with a consumption of 280 litres/hour, while maximum speed reaches 16.3 knots.
