I looked for a 50 ft one-mast decksaloon motorsailer that was
reasonably priced. Cause that is what I look for in a cruiser.
After months of sitting behind my screen I found that the Reinke 15m
(www.reinke-yacht.de is the designer) is a ship that is very well
built (just be sure of the yard) it's roomy, it is fast enough for my
way of cruising (I put two (twin-engine) non-folding but turning
propellers on it and that plus the twin keels keep her just under 9
knots. I still call that fast enough but hey thats just me. It's no
racer but you can get one, with an alu hull, beautifully built in teak
and fully equipped (electric winches, 6 kw generator, vacuum toilets,
every nav. instrument you want etc. for 100.000 euro's.
It's just that this ship isn't dutch-built that makes it less courant
and less wanted by the very, very rich. It's robust, spatious and
therefor not as beautifully lined as the Swan, Huisman, Beeldsnijder,
Jongert or whatever. But it's around 500.000 euro's cheaper.

Good Luck,
Len
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(Rickard) wrote:
I recently sailed a Swan 45 on a regatta. She was a true pleasure to
sail but expensive and not a very good cruising yacht. Another nice
boat is the Sweden Yacht 45 but that one is also really expensive. Do
you have any experience of other nice boats in that size?