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Always In Style: Ocean Alexander 85E For Sale

We review a four-stateroom 2011 Ocean Alexander 85E with an 18-knot top speed and a $2.699 million price tag.

By Jake Lamb

September 12, 2024

The Ocean Alexander 85E called UnCorked is Bahamas-ready with a 5-foot, 4-inch draft and a nearly 1,000-nm range. Courtesy MarineMax

“From the dock, the 85E is almost a contradiction in terms: modern yet ageless. She has the requisite reversed transom, too often called euro, that embraces and protects a wonderfully large swim platform; she has the large windows in her topsides, and everything from the window pillars to the electronics arch is raked,” Yachting previously wrote. “Yet anyone who loves the lines of a vintage Rolls-Royce or a classic Trumpy motoryacht will be right at home here. Ten years down the line, the 85E will still turn heads.”

Chris Caswell couldn’t have been more right in his assessment, the Ocean Alexander 85E is still turning heads over 13 years later. The 85E was a platform that bridged the gap between traditional Ocean Alexander styling and a more European-style design, a trait you see magnified in the builder’s newest models. MarineMax currently has UnCorked, a 2011 Ocean Alexander 85E, listed with a $2.699 million asking price.

Guests can find sun pads on the foredeck and the flybridge. If it’s time for cocktails there’s a two-stool bar on the aft deck or a five-stool bar on the flybridge. Courtesy MarineMax

“UnCorked is a 2011 Ocean Alexander 85E that has been maintained with pride. She is a marvel in yachting engineering and a beauty on the water,” says MarineMax.

Stepping into the salon guests will appreciate the natural light flooding the space from the nearly waist-to-ceiling windows running the length of the room. Lounge seating is aft with an L-shaped sofa to starboard and two barrel lounge chairs to port. A formal dining space sits amidships, forward of the lounge area, with a six-chair dining table.

Past the forward bulkhead, the pilothouse has the lower helm station forward to port while the rest of the area is dedicated to the country galley. Galley appliances and amenities include:

Custom JennAir French door refrigerator and freezer
Whirlpool garbage disposal
Wood flooring
30-inch electric cooktop
Gaggenau microwave/convection oven
JennAir electric oven
Two Fisher and Paykel dishwashers
Granite countertops
Sink with pull out faucet
Filtered water spigot
Dinette table
Two wooden bar stools

The salon has a traditional layout with lounge seating aft and formal dining forward. An L-shaped sofa and two lounge chairs complete the lounge seating. Courtesy MarineMax

Exterior entertainment spaces onboard UnCorked are abundant and varied. If guests are looking to enjoy alfresco dining outside the cockpit is a go-to spot with transom seating and a fixed dining table. If it’s sun they’re after, the 85E has sun pads on the foredeck and the after section of the flybridge. Speaking of the flybridge, there’s shaded lounge seating forward under the hardtop—which has a sunroof—or an open section aft that can house loose lounge chairs.

After a fun day on the water, owners and their guests can head belowdecks where all four staterooms await. Amidships, the full-beam master stateroom has a king berth with under berth stowage, sofa seating to port, nightstands, a vanity with a seat to starboard, two full-size cedar-lined closets, a 32-inch flat-screen TV and a his-and-hers en suite head. The forepeak VIP has a queen berth with under berth stowage, a cedar-lined hanging locker, a 22-inch flat-screen TV and an en suite head. The port VIP stateroom has two twin berths and a flat-screen TV while the final starboard stateroom has two twin berths that can convert to a king with a mattress insert.

Amidships, the full-beam master stateroom has a king berth, a flat-screen TV and a his-and-hers en suite head. Courtesy MarineMax

UnCorked has the same powerplant Yachting’s test 85E had—twin 1,600 hp MTU 10V 2000 diesels—which push UnCorked to an 18-knot top hop and a 15-knot cruise speed. Slowing to 10 knots decreases full consumption to two gallons per mile, giving the 85E a nearly 1,000-nautical-mile range.

Some other notable features on board UnCorked include: