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I want an ALI boat for cold water sailing, I also want a boat I can handle alone, it’s difficult to find smaller ALI boats. This one ticks a lot of boxes.
Aluminium Boat - Alma Blue 341
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Fr J Hackett
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You will need to sort out the insulation as I doubt that it will have much if any.
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Yep, there are options for that. One of the upgrades it might need….
I’m happy to take any advice to mind, metal boats are new for me….
I’m happy to take any advice to mind, metal boats are new for me….
ChromeDome
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Before shouting AI crap at everything you might talk to the original designer
Om Lundström Design / About Lundstrom Design
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I already have! They sent me a drawing. It shows the rig sizes, but little else.
I feel a little entitled to refer to AI crap as crap. In my field, I am plagued by inaccurate productions by AI. It’s not helpful to me.
I feel a little entitled to refer to AI crap as crap. In my field, I am plagued by inaccurate productions by AI. It’s not helpful to me.
Tranona
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It was built long before the RCD was thought of so does not have any kind of rating for specific usage. However there is nothing unusual in that. As I suggested earlier it is a typical cruiser racer of the period with a big rig biased to the foretriangle which is not the most friendly for single handing. Very few boats were built specifically for ocean cruising let alone high latitude sailing so people adapt what is available or they already own. Metal hulls are maybe more common for high latitude but would guess the majority who go there do it in GRP hulled boats simply because there are so many more available.
Don't get too worked up about the hull material - it has lasted 40+ years and is 10 000 miles away from where it was built. It is a bargain compared with what you would pay for a similar boat in Europe simply because it is located so far away from potential buyers and is limited in where it can be used. It seems to have a lot of good gear and been kept up to date. So all you can do is inspect it and assess for yourself whether it will be suitable for your purposes. However do not underestimate the cost and logistical hassle involved in buying out there and sailing north. Boring things like getting clear title and registering it in a way that will not give you problems later on. Plus of course having an eye on what you will do with it when your are finished.
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Hi All,
Just an update to the thread, I have bought this boat and just spent two weeks on her in Panama giving her a proper once over. Sixteen bags of rubbish removed from her leaving her much tidier.
Hull thickness is all good all over, I serviced the engine, up and running properly.
Rig is old as expected, mast and boom in good nick, needs new standing rig.
Sails are one mainsail and 3 jibs in good order, actually hardly used.
She does need a rewire, but does have 560ah of lithium installed.
Anchor winch works intermittently, needs a proper look at connections…
I’m really pleased to have found her….
Just an update to the thread, I have bought this boat and just spent two weeks on her in Panama giving her a proper once over. Sixteen bags of rubbish removed from her leaving her much tidier.
Hull thickness is all good all over, I serviced the engine, up and running properly.
Rig is old as expected, mast and boom in good nick, needs new standing rig.
Sails are one mainsail and 3 jibs in good order, actually hardly used.
She does need a rewire, but does have 560ah of lithium installed.
Anchor winch works intermittently, needs a proper look at connections…
I’m really pleased to have found her….
Wansworth
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There is a YouTube couple who bought a Aluminium yacht for high lat sailing ,they have a lot of experience might be worth tracking down the vids theUK transited the Northwestpassagethis year……Alluring artic,that’s the title
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Thanks Wansworth. I’ve followed them for years now, through various boats. Their latest find for the North West Passage transit is a fine yacht. I have the same goal in mind for my boat. I just need to make it happen now that I have the right boat for me.
PabloPicasso
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The photos are from 2010 it seems
Now how bad can she have got in the intervening 16 years....
Now how bad can she have got in the intervening 16 years....
ridgy
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Have you read the bit where he bought it and is living his best life?
Ceirwan
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I wouldn't recommend YouTube vloggers as a reliable source of info on buying and maintaining an Aluminium boat, there's plenty of info on the subject available in books that is probably more trustworthy, and there are plenty of knowledgeable yards over here & abroad that know the material.
I can't speak for the boat that Vy mentioned above, but I can say that we certainly never had to hang anodes over the side in the Alloy Windcats I worked on, they were just bolted to the hull in the usual manner. Same for Ovnis, Garcia, etc.
Careful attention does need to be paid to the electrical system, commercial vessels generally have a stray current leakage detector so you can make sure your Hull hasn't unintentionally become an anode.
I can't speak for the boat that Vy mentioned above, but I can say that we certainly never had to hang anodes over the side in the Alloy Windcats I worked on, they were just bolted to the hull in the usual manner. Same for Ovnis, Garcia, etc.
Careful attention does need to be paid to the electrical system, commercial vessels generally have a stray current leakage detector so you can make sure your Hull hasn't unintentionally become an anode.