SERENITY - 25.3m

Burger Boat Company launched SERENITY in 1982 with the shallow-draft Great Lakes in mind, though her 25.3-meter hull proves equally at home threading through the protected waters of the San Juan Islands or exploring the intricate coastline of Maine's Down East region. Motor yachts of this vintage were built for different waters than today's ocean-crossing giants—designed instead for the kind of intimate coastal exploration where anchorages reveal themselves around every headland and dinner might be had in a different cove each evening. Her proportions suit the inside passages of the Pacific Northwest, where channels narrow between forested islands and tidal currents demand a captain's attention. The yacht's size allows access to harbors that larger vessels cannot reach, opening up fishing villages and protected bays where the only company might be a family of seals or the occasional fishing boat heading home with the day's catch. SERENITY's vintage places her among the last generation of American-built yachts before the industry shifted overseas, when Burger Boat Company still operated from their Wisconsin shipyard with craftsmen who understood both freshwater and saltwater demands. The result is a motor yacht that moves comfortably between Lake Superior's dramatic shorelines and the rocky coast of Nova Scotia, equally suited to a week exploring the Thousand Islands or a month working up the Inside Passage toward Alaska. Her cruising range opens up itineraries that unfold slowly—the kind of voyages where arrival matters less than the journey itself, and where the best discoveries happen not at marinas but in the quiet anchorages that only a yacht of this size and draft can reach.