"John Cairns" wrote:

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"Meach" wrote:

Here is a link to a Canadian aluminium boat which is
basically what sparked my interest in aluminium hulls.
Note the price is high and out of my range, but non
the less I thought it was an interesting boat:

http://www.labradoryachts.com/a_presentation.htm


I just found a brand new 44' steel Van do Stadt cutter at

http://www.anchoryachts.com/preview.php?ID=67

with more pictures at

http://www.anchoryachts.com/printbrochure.php?ID=67

With a displacement of 31,500 lbs it's not much heavier than
the Labrador 44' (26,500 lbs). It doesn't have a pilothouse
but it has about the same amount of space on the inside.

I used the currency converter on the web site and it says
220,000 EUR = $265,397.58. This is less than half the price
of the Labrador ($580,000). I don't know much about boats
so maybe others can tell me if they think it's a good deal.

No way.

http://www.harbornorth.com/property_details.aspx?p_id=8

The Van de Stadt, according to the website, will need a minimum
of 30k euro just to get ready for sails. While the Brewer doesn't
have an engine or mast, note the price is considerably less than
that of the Van de Stadt, for a comparably sized boat. You could
probably get this boat ready to sail away for well under 200k USD,
Van de Stadt would be north of 300k USD.

John Cairns

I followed your link and the boat looks like it's only about
half finished. It also looks like it's been left in somebody's
backyard for many years.

The Brewer (1984 38' Pan Oceanic cutter designed by Ted Brewer)
is mentioned in another thread so I'm not quite sure which boat
you're referring to.

I was just trying to compare prices of brand new basic steel
and aluminium boats of similar sizes.

Why does steel need a lot more maintenance than aluminium ?