Nomad 70
| 21.5 m LOA, 6.04 m beam, 1.59 m draft | |
| 5 guest staterooms plus 2 crew cabins | |
| Twin MAN V8-1200 diesels, CAT and MTU options | |
| About 26 knots top, 2,000 nm range | |
| 6,814 l fuel, 28 kW generator | |
| GRP semi-displacement hull, about 66 t | |
| Design developed with Phathom Studio | |
| Launched 2022 |
Five staterooms where four is ambitious
The Nomad 70's defining number is below deck. Five guest staterooms on a 21.5 metre hull is a count the mainstream European yards do not attempt at this length, and it converts directly into how the boat gets used, three generations aboard for the school holidays, or two families sharing a season without anyone sleeping in the salon. The plan also earns its keep at anchor, five cabins means five doors that close, and privacy is the scarcest commodity on any yacht.
Two further crew cabins keep the option of professional help open without surrendering a guest cabin to it. The trade-off is honest, individual cabins prioritise berths over floor area, but for the owner whose limiting factor has always been beds, the 70 solves the actual problem.
Built on the 2022 refresh
The 70 arrived in 2022 as the explorer range's newest platform, and it shows in the details. Phathom Studio, the Dutch practice behind the modern Majesty generation, worked on the design, bringing lighter interiors and cleaner exterior surfaces to a line that had leaned rugged, and the 6.04 metre beam is carried well forward for volume where the cabins live.
The engineering stays classic Nomad, GRP semi-displacement hull, tall protective bulwarks, deep side decks and systems sized for anchoring out, a 28 kW generator and 6,814 litres of fuel among them. Gulf Craft pitches her as an owner's yacht for genuine distance, the kind of boat that treats a Sydney to Great Barrier Reef season as its design basis.
Five staterooms and 2,000 miles of range on 21.5 metres, with a 26 knot sprint the trawler crowd cannot answer.
Twenty six knots or two thousand miles
Standard power is a pair of MAN V8-1200 diesels, with Caterpillar and MTU alternatives offered for owners with fleet loyalties or regional service preferences, and the top end sits around 26 knots. That is fast company for an explorer, most boats wearing the label give up ten of those knots before leaving the dock. The pace matters on real itineraries, weather windows are short, and a fast explorer uses them.
Settle to displacement speed and the hull returns better than 2,000 nautical miles, the Gulf to the Maldives with margin, or an Aegean summer without a fuel berth in the plan. The 1.59 metre draft slips over the sandbars and inside the reef lagoons that deeper explorer hulls admire from outside, which in this size class is where the good anchorages are. It is a draft that lets the boat follow its own tender most of the way to the beach.
Deck space that works for a living
The exterior follows explorer logic scaled to owner-operation. The foredeck carries seating and sun space clear of the anchor gear, the flybridge runs helm, dining and lounging under one span, and the cockpit connects to the swim platform for tender and toy operations that one adult can manage while another watches the children.
Bulwark height and rail design are drawn for open water first, a detail families notice the first time the boat rolls through a ferry wake with a toddler on deck. The salon's panoramic glazing keeps the anchorage in view from the galley, and cold storage and stowage volumes are specified for provisioning weeks out.
The gateway explorer
In the line's architecture the 70 is the boat that converts flybridge owners into Nomad owners, close enough in speed and handling to feel familiar, different enough in range and berths to change what a season looks like. She sits below the 75 in the hierarchy but postdates it in design, which makes her the freshest thinking in the fleet at this size. She also carries the newest interior standard in the line, which matters to buyers arriving from the style-led flybridge brands.
The buyer profile is specific, an owner who counts berths and miles before counting lounges, runs the boat personally most weekends, and wants the option of crew for the long legs. For that profile the 70 has almost no direct rival, and the 2022-generation interior removes the last aesthetic excuse for staying with the fashion brands.
Motoren und Technik
| LOA | 21.5m per most aggregators and the official Nomad Yachts spec page, though the 2026/27 redesign sold under the same name is instead described as 21.3m in newer press releases. This discrepancy is unresolved in the public record. |
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| Beam | 6m. |
| Draft, full load | Reported inconsistently: 1.43m on one aggregator versus 1.59m on the official spec page. |
| Displacement | About 66 tonnes per the official spec page. A gross tonnage figure of 111 GT appears elsewhere, likely a different measurement basis rather than a true conflict. |
| Hull and construction | GRP semi-displacement hull and superstructure. The wider Nomad hull family is attributed to British naval architect Andrew Wolstenholme, not independently confirmed as the specific 70's designer of record. |
| Engines | 2x MAN V8-1200 diesels, 1,200hp or 882kW each at 2,300rpm. |
| Top speed | 25 knots per most sources; one aggregated result instead states 26 knots. |
| Cruise speed | Not published by any source found. |
| Range | 2,000 nautical miles, a manufacturer-sourced figure, not independently verified by any sea trial. |
| Generator | 28kW, 230V AC, 50Hz. |
| Fuel tankage | About 6,722 to 6,814 litres, minor rounding variance between sources. |
| Fresh water tankage | 946 litres. |
| Grey and black water tankage | 340 litres each. |
| Thrusters and stabilisers | A bow thruster is fitted per general spec listings, but no source specifies make or model. None confirmed whether gyroscopic or fin stabilisers are standard or optional. |
| Accommodation, 2022 to 2026 boat | 5 en-suite cabins, 1 master on the main deck, 1 VIP, 1 double, 2 twin on the lower deck, sleeping up to 10 guests, plus 2 crew cabins and 1 crew head. |
| Accommodation, 2026/27 redesign | 4 en-suite guest cabins plus a separate full-beam owner's suite forward on the main deck, plus 2 crew cabins. Full engine, speed and range specs for this version had not been published as of this research. |
Was gut ist und worauf zu achten ist
Stärken
- Full-beam main-deck master suite with wide viewsPositions the owner's cabin on the main deck rather than below decks, with panoramic glazing. Comparison guides frame this as giving the ambiance of a much larger yacht and note it particularly suits owners who prefer not to use stairs to reach their cabin, a genuine layout advantage over three-cabin rivals like the Outer Reef 700/720 that keep the master lower.
- More guest capacity than direct-length rivalsAt the same roughly 21.5 metre LOA, the Nomad 70 SUV sleeps 10 guests in 5 cabins versus the Outer Reef 700/720 Motoryacht's 3 cabins and 6 guests, a real, spec-verifiable accommodation edge in its size class.
- Sustainable-materials interior work by Phathom StudioPhathom Studio's own project page describes specifying hemp and recycled fishing-net carpets and composite stone made from recycled plastic bottles and quartz for the interior, a concrete design credential rather than generic marketing language.
- Faster and more powerful than pure explorer-style rivals of similar lengthA top speed of 25 to 26 knots, on twin MAN V8-1200 engines, is well above typical displacement or semi-displacement explorer competitors of similar size.
Worauf zu achten ist
- GRP hull, not steel, a real limitation against true expedition rivalsThe Nomad 70 is built in fibreglass, not steel or aluminium. Trade commentary on hull materials is consistent that steel remains the benchmark for genuine long-range or remote-region expedition yachts, because of its impact resistance and worldwide repairability, and that GRP prioritises cost efficiency over that kind of ruggedness. Despite the explorer branding, this is not a true steel expedition vessel in the way a purpose-built steel passagemaker is.
- Range is modest next to a same-length, range-focused direct rivalRange is stated at 2,000 nautical miles. The Outer Reef 700/720 Motoryacht, an almost identical 21.49 metre LOA competitor, is credited with 3,541 nautical miles range in the same comparison tool, a roughly 75 percent range shortfall against a direct rival of the same size.
- Public specification record is thin and inconsistentLOA is given as both 21.5m and 21.3m across otherwise reputable aggregators; top speed as both 25 and 26 knots; cabin count for the newest boats sold under the same name differs from the original. No manufacturer spec sheet could be directly verified during this research, so these discrepancies remain unresolved.
- No independent press sea trial exists to verify performance claimsNeither Boat International nor Motor Boat and Yachting has published a Nomad 70 sea trial. Every performance and ride-quality claim currently in public circulation for this model traces back to Gulf Craft marketing copy or dealer-produced video, not third-party verification.
- The model name covers two different boatsA 2026-launched redesign for the 2027 model year, sharing the Phathom Studio soft-minimalism design language just introduced on the Nomad 101, is being sold under the same Nomad 70 name as the original 2022 to 2026 boat, with a different cabin layout, a full-beam owner's suite forward instead of a lower-deck master and a stated LOA of 21.3m against the original's 21.5m. No source has given the newer boat a Mk2 designation in print, so future buyers, brokers and researchers should expect the same naming confusion already documented for the Nomad 75.
Praktische Angaben
| New price (2022 build reference) | $3,720,150 for a 2022 Nomad 70 SUV, per a brokerage-sourced listing. This is a build or sale price for a specific hull, not a fixed manufacturer list price. Gulf Craft yachts are typically custom-quoted per specification. No current price for the 2026/27 model was found. |
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| Where to buy new or charter | New builds are ordered through Gulf Craft's official Nomad Yachts dealer network; Smart Yachts is named as an official Gulf Craft distributor. No dedicated Nomad 70 charter listings were found on charter aggregators during this research, so charter availability appears limited or not yet established for this specific model. |
| Secondhand market | Pre-owned and available hulls have circulated through brokers in the US, UAE, Australia, Spain and Croatia. |
| What to check before buying | First confirm whether a listed Nomad 70 is the original 2022 to 2026 boat, GRP, 5 cabins, 10 guests, 21.5m, or the 2026/27 redesign, 4 guest cabins plus a separate owner's suite, 21.3m, since specs, layout and hull details differ enough that a quote or appraisal for one does not transfer to the other. Beyond that, a buyer planning genuine remote-region use should independently verify range, 2,000 nautical miles claimed versus 3,541 on the similarly sized Outer Reef 700/720, and hull impact resistance against actual intended cruising grounds rather than relying on the explorer branding alone. |
| Crew and running costs | Not published by any source found. The spec sheet notes crew capacity is not mandatory, but the boat carries 2 dedicated crew cabins and 1 crew head, implying it is commonly run with at least a small paid crew for charter or heavy-use ownership. |
Für wen: An owner who counts berths and miles first, wants five cabins for family cruising, and expects explorer range without giving up 26 knots.