This walkthrough skips the sales gloss and heads straight for the davits, day tanks and engine rooms that make a 2012 Sunreef 82 Double Deck a genuine long-range cruiser.
Most yacht videos linger over cushions and cocktail tables. This one, presented by broker Staley Weidman, does something more useful: it walks a prospective owner through the working parts of Houbara, a 2012 Sunreef 82 Double Deck, and shows them actually being used.
Toys handled properly
The tour opens at the stern, where a passerelle extends off the back of the boat and articulates up and down — the arrangement you want for Med mooring in Europe, backing into a dock and stepping ashore over the transom. A second section raises up for boarding, then rolls back in when you’re done.
From there the video demonstrates the tender handling system in full, which is where the engineering starts to speak for itself. Twin davit arms extend out over the transom, cantilevered brackets swing back and lock into place, and the captain hooks a bridle to the dinghy while working from wherever he needs to be — a wireless remote lets him raise and lower from the water or the transom. Because the two winches operate independently, he simply levels the tender in mid-air, then swings the chocks out, brings the dinghy in and sets it down on deck. It is a quietly impressive sequence, and it makes the point that this deck space is not just aesthetic.
A separate crane arm handles the personal watercraft: a full-size, two-person Sea-Doo lifts out of its own bay on a bracket and winch, with the arm sliding out to drop it into the water alongside the tender. Alternative chocks are fitted if an owner prefers a different craft. Stowed in the same area are carbon-fibre poles for a shade tent, a wakeboard, and fishing gear including a Penn International 80. Close the hatch, drop the cushions over the top, and the whole lot disappears.
Two engine rooms, symmetrically equipped
Each hull has its own machinery space, and the layout is deliberately balanced: a 21kW generator on each side so weight distribution stays even. The main engines are Cummins turbo diesels, and the narration notes very few signs of corrosion or paint chipping — the spaces have clearly been kept clean.
The highlight for anyone planning ocean passages is the fuel management system. Day tanks on both sides draw from the main fuel tanks and circulate the diesel through filtration and algae separation, cycling continuously until a sight gauge confirms the fuel is clean enough to run. You can hold it, keep polishing, or release it straight to the engines — exactly the reassurance you want when bunkering in remote places of uncertain quality.
Alongside that sit a 220-volt high-capacity Sea Recovery watermaker plus a 24-volt backup unit, a dual chilled-water air conditioning system with two compressors, the hydraulic steering reservoir with its own pump, filter and tank, and a sophisticated switching panel for selecting between port and starboard generators or shore power on either leg. Forward, the video finds battery banks for two independently operating bow thrusters — one per hull — and, beneath the owner’s closet floor, a cavernous space with five feet of headroom, large water tanks and an almost comical amount of storage.
Where the model sits today
The Sunreef 82 DD is a rare face in the brokerage market, which makes a detailed systems tour like this one worth the watching time.
| Active Sunreef 82 DD listings | 1 |
|---|---|
| Asking range | $3,000,000 |
| Median asking | $3,000,000 |