Marlow's 70E Heads to Market, Built for the Long Haul

The Marlow Explorer 70E known as Rode Runner II has come up for sale, a boat designed with distant anchorages in mind rather than an afternoon on the ICW. At 70 feet, she's powered by twin Caterpillar C18 diesels, the sort of proven machinery an owner wants under the sole before committing to open water and far-flung islands rather than a weekend loop close to home. It's the kind of build that defines the explorer-yacht category: range and dependability ahead of dockside looks, so a long passage doesn't hinge on a favorable forecast. For a vessel meant to go where most yachts don't, that's the whole appeal.

With reporting from Yachting.