Silver Fast is a 77m all-aluminium yacht launched in 2015 by SilverYachts in Henderson, Western Australia, with naval architecture by Espen Øino and a top speed north of 27 knots. She is the second of the SilverYachts long-range series after Silver (the 73m predecessor, launched 2007), and she is the platform that proved the SilverYachts case: that an aluminium superyacht built on a fine-entry, low-displacement hull can deliver displacement-yacht volume with passage-maker range and double the top speed. Current as of May 2026, the historical charter rate band has been €700K to €950K per week, low to peak, and her availability requires a direct enquiry through a broker with current SilverYachts central-agent contact.
If you are reading this because someone described her as "the fastest big yacht in charter," that is approximately correct and the wrong reason to charter her. The right reason is range. Silver Fast is the yacht you book when the itinerary is Maldives to Seychelles to East Africa, or Phuket to Komodo to Raja Ampat, or anything else that involves three to five 800-nautical-mile passages between guest changeovers. She is a poor fit for a 7-day Med island week. She is the right fit for a 21-day Indian Ocean expedition with three guest cohorts.
What Silver Fast actually is
The SilverYachts platform is the closest the superyacht market has come to a passage-maker the way a North Sea pilot vessel is a passage-maker. Aluminium construction (lighter than steel), high length-to-beam ratio (longer and narrower than a conventional 77m), and a powertrain optimised for transit speed rather than displacement-yacht silence at anchor.
The verifiable spec:
| Spec | Value |
|---|---|
| LOA | 77.0m |
| Beam | |
| Draft | |
| GT | |
| Year built | 2015 |
| Builder | SilverYachts (Hanseatic Marine), Henderson, WA |
| Naval architecture | Espen Øino |
| Exterior design | Espen Øino |
| Interior design | Vain Interiors |
| Engines | 4 x MTU [VERIFY series] |
| Top speed | 27 knots |
| Range | 6,500 nm at 14 knots |
| Cruising speed | 22 knots |
| Guest cabins | 6 |
| Guests | 12 |
| Crew | 18 to 20 |
| Tender garage | Yes, internal |
| Helideck |
Two numbers matter more than the rest. The first is the 6,500 nm range at 14 knots, which is a transatlantic and a half. The second is the 3.6m draft, which is shallow for a 77m. That draft opens up anchorages a 4.5m+ steel displacement yacht of equivalent LOA cannot reach: many of the Maldives, the inner channels of Raja Ampat, and shallow reefs off East Africa.
Where she has cruised
Silver Fast's published charter route has tracked her capability. She has spent Mediterranean seasons in the western Med (Balearics, Corsica, Sardinia, occasionally as far east as the Aeolians) but her stronger record is in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia: Maldives in the November to April window, Seychelles in the same window, and Phuket-to-Komodo runs in the window. She has done at least one Pacific season, and the trans-Pacific delivery passage is precisely the use case the platform was designed for.
What is missing from her record is heavy Caribbean charter. Silver Fast goes to the Caribbean if the owner takes her there, but she is not a yacht that competes for the Caribbean week-charter market. The 77m steel displacement yachts (Lürssens, Feadships, Oceancos) win that market because the Caribbean is a short-passage cruising ground where the SilverYachts range advantage is wasted and the slightly less luxurious finish of an aluminium passage-maker shows.
What a week aboard actually looks like
12 guests in 6 cabins, with a full-beam owner suite and five guest cabins. The interior brief was contemporary, not classical: light woods, white surfaces, large window areas. This is a yacht built around the view from the saloons, not around mahogany panelling. If your guest list expects the dark-wood Lürssen aesthetic, Silver Fast will feel sparse to them. If your guest list is reading the Wallpaper Design Awards, she will feel current.
The deck flow is the second thing to understand. SilverYachts deck plans run long and narrow, which gives you exceptional view lines along the side decks and a smaller-than-expected aft cockpit relative to a 77m steel yacht. The beach club and the upper-deck dining are where your guests will spend their day and dinner. The aft cockpit is functional, not the social heart of the yacht.
Toys are a function of the captain and the operator. Past charter brochures have shown a 9m custom limousine tender, a 7.5m secondary, two SeaBobs, four jet skis, paddleboards, kayaks, full snorkelling and dive gear, and a pair of personal watercraft for the children's circuit. Helicopter operations are touch-and-go on the foredeck, not a certified pad, which limits guest changeovers via heli to specific aircraft and weather windows.
What the speed actually buys you
A 27-knot top speed and a 22-knot cruise is meaningful in only two scenarios. The first is the run between island groups: Phuket to Penang, Maldives Male to the southern atolls, Mahé to Praslin and onward to the outer Seychelles. At 22 knots Silver Fast gets you between guest swim stops in two-thirds the time a 14-knot displacement yacht does, which compounds across a 7-day week into approximately one full extra day of dinner-or-anchor time.
The second is the repositioning passage. Between owner trips Silver Fast can move 2,500 nautical miles in a week. A conventional 77m at 13 knots takes 8 days for the same passage and burns the time at a delivery cost the owner pays. For a private owner, the difference is real. For a charter client booking a single 7-day week, it is irrelevant unless the itinerary specifically uses it.
The flip side is fuel. At 22 knots Silver Fast consumes substantially more fuel per mile than at 14 knots. In Med charters where fuel is APA-passed-through, this matters. A captain who runs the yacht hard at speed for a 7-day Med charter can move the APA over by 5 to 10 percentage points. Ask before you sign whether your charter captain plans to run her at displacement speeds or at her design speed, and budget accordingly.
What needs work before signing
Galley and provisioning brief. The aluminium-yacht aesthetic has historically shown up in the galley, where the space is competent rather than generous. On a 77m steel displacement yacht the chef typically has two ovens, a four-burner induction stack, and the ability to plate 12 hot mains simultaneously. On Silver Fast the layout is tighter [VERIFY current galley spec]. A good chef can produce a 12-cover dinner in this galley. A chef with ambitions for a 12-cover six-course tasting menu cannot. Brief the menu accordingly.
At-rest stabilisation. Silver Fast has fin stabilisers underway and at-anchor capability is dependent on the system spec. Owner reports through brokers have characterised the at-anchor performance as "competent for the size and hull form, less still than an equivalent displacement yacht." If your itinerary involves long anchored stays in exposed conditions (Indian Ocean monsoon transitions, exposed Indonesian anchorages), confirm the at-anchor stabiliser spec before booking.
The crew brief. A SilverYachts platform is a different beast to crew than a Lürssen. The captain has to think about hull-loading on a fine-entry hull at speed, the engineers are running a four-engine MTU configuration that is not standard at this LOA, and the deck team is handling tender operations from a beach club with a different geometry than a steel-yacht alternative. Ask the broker for the captain's CV, the chief officer's CV, and the chief engineer's CV. Continuity matters more on this platform than on a more conventional yacht.
The headline rate and what is included. APA on a yacht like this is non-trivial. Build a 40 percent contingency on top of the headline rate, request a line-item APA from the most recent comparable charter, and pay attention to whether the helicopter, jet-ski, and dive-gear use is APA-passed or week-included.
What we said no to
We would pass on Silver Fast as a Mediterranean week-charter at peak August in the western Med. She is overspecified for that itinerary and the charter market has 75m to 80m steel displacement yachts (newer Heesens, refitted Feadships, ex-Lürssens) that will deliver a more conventional and likely higher-finish week at the same or lower rate. The Med west-coast Italian-French-Spanish week is not where Silver Fast earns her premium.
We would pass on her for a guest list that expects the late-Lürssen interior aesthetic. Silver Fast is contemporary. If your guests want the panelled dining room with the old-money lighting, this is not the right yacht.
We would pass on her for a charter at any rate above the €950K historical peak unless the central agent can demonstrate substantial recent refit investment (interior refresh, AV upgrade, galley overhaul) that justifies the premium.
How she compares
Inside the long-range fast superyacht class, the close comparables are:
- Bold (85m, 2019, SilverYachts). Newer, larger, similar platform. Read our Bold profile.
- Silver Fast (77m, 2015, SilverYachts). Current subject.
- Silver (73m, 2007, SilverYachts). The original. [VERIFY current charter status].
- Smeralda (77m, 2018, SilverYachts) [VERIFY name spelling and details].
- Wayfinder (68m, Astilleros Armon). Different category, support vessel rather than charter platform. Read our Wayfinder profile.
Inside the broader 75m to 80m motor-yacht charter market the comparables are different beasts: the steel displacement yachts of equivalent LOA win the western Med, Silver Fast wins the long-passage routes. They are not substitutes. They serve different itineraries.
How to enquire
Silver Fast's central agency has shifted across SilverYachts and external brokers over her history. As of May 2026 the most efficient enquiry path is through one of the four brokers with active SilverYachts charter listings:. Ask the broker to confirm three things before quoting a rate: current central agent, current refit status (was the 2024 yard period extended? has the AV stack been refreshed? what is the current condition of the tender garage?), and the captain's confirmed willingness to operate at the speeds you need for your proposed itinerary.
A broker who quotes a rate without confirming the central agent and the refit status is selling you a brochure number, not a charter.