june 19, 2024 - Ava Yachts

New Kando85 build starts at AvA Yachts

AvA Yachts is delighted to announce a new 85 model in its Kando series of long-range explorer yachts.

Construction has begun and a keel-laying ceremony was held at the AvA Yachts yard in Antalya early in June with Kando85 investors SRW Yachting and delivery will take place in the summer of 2025 with the Kando85 making her first appearance at the Cannes Yachting Festival.

At 25.70m length overall the Kando85 is constructed with a steel hull and aluminium superstructure, and with a waterline length of under 24m can either be operated by crew or run privately as an owner-operated vessel.

Designed as a full displacement world cruiser capable of immense distances and long periods at sea the Kando85 boasts an outstanding interior volume of 200 GT and with her 24000 lt fuel tanks and fuel consumption of just 63lts/hr at a cruising speed of 10 knots a range of over 4000 nautical miles is achieved. Powered by twin Volvo Penta D13MG 408 hp engines the Kando85 will reach a maximum speed of 11 knots.

The standard internal configuration is a four cabin arrangement with a main deck forward master suite.

SRW Yachting’s Svein Willadssen commented “To call the Kando85 a Pocket explorer would not do her justice. She’s a superbly well-equipped ultra-safe oceangoing explorer superyacht. We know very well AvA Yachts’ ultra-high quality of construction and excellent finished product and we see the potential of the Kando85 as phenomenal. It is hoped this will be the first of many Kando85s whereby we can establish a series production operation offering the very best of all worlds; the ultimate oceangoing comfort yacht, the proven engineered platform and efficiencies of scale, and whilst still being able to offer layout and customisation options unparallelled in this size range”.

Atilla Küçükdiker the Chairman and Founder of AvA Yachts said “Our ‘soft’ launch last year of the Kando80 demonstrated very strong interest in a proper global explorer in this size range. It’s at the right size point to be able to be either a fully crewed yacht or for an experienced couple or family to run it themselves or with minimal crew operation. The Kando85 has been developed from the 80 and is super strong with an underwater steel thickness of 8-10mm and multiple watertight bulkheads for ultimate safety. With Turkey able to offer a really significant quality yacht construction price advantage, potential buyers will be pleasantly surprised to see how much quality explorer superyacht bang they can get for their buck”

The Kando85 is available for purchase with Q3 2025 delivery.

LOA : 25.70m / 84 ft 4”

LWL : 23.90m / 78ft 5”

Beam : 7.50m / 24ft 7”

Max Draft : 2.3m / 7ft 6”

Displacement (Full Load) : 160 MT / 352,740 lbs

Engines : 2 x Volvo Penta D13MG 408 hp

Maximum Speed : 11 Kts

Cruise Speed : 9 Kts

Range : 5000 nm at 9 kts (45 lts/hr), 4000 nm at 10 kts (63 lts/hr)

Construction : Steel & Aluminium

Classification : CE Category A (Ocean)