35R

A revolution in volume, not just length

Ocean Alexander built the Revolution series around a single idea: that interior volume, not raw length, is what buyers actually feel aboard a yacht. Exterior and interior designer Evan K. Marshall drew the 35R with a bluff, near-vertical bow and hull sides that flare out early, rather than the tapered, low-freeboard profile of a classic flybridge motoryacht. The result, according to Yachting Magazine's review, is a boat that feels like it is roughly 15 feet longer than its actual 116 feet, because the volume gained by the hull shape shows up as wider walkways, taller cabins and a genuinely full-beam main-deck owner's suite rather than a narrower, more traditional layout squeezed into the same footprint.

The 35R sits at the top of the Revolution family, above the 27R and the 30R, both of which use the same bluff-bow formula at smaller scale. It debuted at the 2021 Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, where it won the show's NBC Sports Best of Show award, a result Ocean Alexander and multiple trade outlets have cited since as validation of the series' design direction. On the wider Ocean Alexander site the 35R now sits alongside the existing 90R and 100, plus the newer Legend and Puro series, but it remains the largest and most established model built specifically around the Revolution hull concept, with roughly ten hulls sold and delivered by 2026 according to a Denison Yacht Sales listing for hull number ten.

Naval architecture and construction

The hull and structural engineering come from Arrabito Naval Architects, working with Marshall on the styling, and the boat is built in GRP for both hull and superstructure with teak decking, per Boat International's superyacht directory listing. Ocean Alexander's own technical sheet lists the 35R at 115 feet 6 inches (35.21 meters) length overall, 104 feet 3 inches (31.78 meters) on the waterline, a beam of 24 feet 10 inches (7.56 meters) and a draft of about 6 feet 11 inches (2.10 meters), with an approximate displacement of 395,950 pounds (179,600 kilograms). The general arrangement spans four decks, described on the builder's own site as Lower, Main, Bridge and Sky, which is how the boat fits a gym, a sky lounge and a full-beam owner's cabin into a hull under 300 gross tons.

Standard propulsion is twin MAN V12 diesels rated at 1,900 horsepower each, paired with twin Kohler 55 kW generators, confirmed on Ocean Alexander's own specification page and echoed in a Denison Yacht Sales listing for a recently delivered hull. Boat International and Yachting News both report that later hulls have also been ordered with optional twin MTU V16 diesels rated at 2,600 horsepower, a heavier and more powerful package aimed at buyers who want a faster boat rather than maximum range. Because both engine packages have been sold across different hulls, published performance figures for the 35R vary depending on which engine a given boat actually carries, which is worth checking against a specific hull's build sheet rather than assuming one number applies to every 35R on the water.

Reviewers who have been aboard describe the sensation as being on a yacht roughly 15 feet longer than its actual 116 feet, because on the 35R, as Yachting Magazine put it, voluminous volume trumps literal length every time.

Performance at sea

With the standard twin MAN V12 1,900 hp engines, itBoat's listing and a Denison Yacht Sales brokerage post for hull number ten independently agree on a cruising speed of 14 knots, a maximum speed of 22 knots, and a range of roughly 2,200 nautical miles at a 10-knot displacement speed, figures that also match Asia Pacific Boating's account of the same standard engine package. Boats specified with the optional twin MTU V16 2,600 hp engines are reported by both Boat International and Yachting News at a higher 23-knot top speed and an 18-knot cruise, with Yachting News citing a cruising range above 1,200 nautical miles at 10 knots for that heavier-engined configuration. Motor Boat and Yachting's first-look coverage also cites a 23-knot top speed, without specifying which engine option that figure assumes.

None of the major yachting outlets that have covered the 35R report an independent, instrumented sea trial with logged speed-versus-rpm curves or fuel-burn figures, so every number above traces back to builder or brokerage specification sheets rather than a magazine's own testing. What reviewers who have actually been aboard do describe consistently is a comfortable, stable ride and unusually good sightlines, thanks to the sole-to-ceiling glazing and cut-down bulwarks that Yachting Magazine highlighted in its review. That combination of volume and visibility, rather than outright speed, is the boat's stated performance pitch: Ocean Alexander is selling a big, steady, efficient cruiser built for at-anchor living and modest passages, not a fast express motoryacht built to cover long ocean miles quickly.

Life aboard: accommodation and social spaces

The signature accommodation feature is a full-beam owner's suite on the main deck, forward, with picture-window portholes, dual toilets, an oversized bathtub and a walk-in shower, per Yachting Magazine's review of the layout. Below deck, four further en suite guest cabins sleep up to eight additional guests, for a total of five cabins and ten guests across the boat, matching the accommodation figures listed by both Ocean Alexander and Boat International. Sole-to-ceiling glazing and cut-down bulwarks run around most of the main living areas, a deliberate choice by designer Evan Marshall to keep the ocean visible from inside rather than hidden behind a high, traditional hull side.

Upstairs, the bridge deck carries a wet bar and a jacuzzi, and the sky deck adds an open-air lounge, while Yachting Magazine's review singles out a dedicated gym with a sauna and its own separate head as an amenity more commonly found on considerably larger megayachts. Aft, a drop-down hydraulic platform opens into a sea-level beach club and cabana space, with a T-shaped glass overhead that Yachting Magazine notes lets parents supervise swimmers from inside without having to stand at the rail. Crew live and work out of dedicated quarters for up to five, reached through a discreetly hidden lower-deck access door, alongside a galley Asia Pacific Boating describes as sized to cook for ten guests, complete with a walk-in pantry, wine chiller and icemaker.

Market position, sales and buyers

Ocean Alexander does not publish an official base price for the 35R, so every figure available comes from brokers pricing individual, differently equipped hulls. Yachting Magazine's brokerage listing for the 2024-built Serenity Now asked $19.995 million in early 2026, while Yacht Buyer's listings put recent new-build asking prices from $18.995 million, and a pre-owned hull has separately been offered in Europe from around 14,004,000 euros. Those figures suggest a boat that has held its value reasonably well over its first few years, though with only a handful of resales so far it is too early to call that a firm trend rather than a snapshot of a still-young model.

Sales momentum has been steady rather than explosive: Denison Yacht Sales' April 2026 announcement of hull number ten's sale implies roughly ten deliveries across five years since the 2021 debut. Yachting News reported one 2024 sale in which the buyers originally shopped pre-owned yachts around $10 million before ultimately ordering a new 35R for close to $20 million, with broker Michael Tyrrell of MarineMax Pompano, who has 13 Ocean Alexander sales behind him, crediting the model's quality, fit, finish and equipment package for the upgrade. Set next to the 90R and 100 already established in Ocean Alexander's range, the 35R functions as the builder's volume-focused entry point into the large-yacht segment, a production boat rather than a full custom build, aimed at buyers moving up from smaller motoryachts into their first big one.

Who it is for: Buyers who want megayacht-scale volume, four full decks and a Med-style beach club and gym on a sub-300GT hull that a small crew can run, and who value at-anchor living over covering long ocean miles at speed.