Aluminium Boat - Alma Blue 341

[dexneverathome]

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.

 

[Fr J Hackett]

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.

You will need to sort out the insulation as I doubt that it will have much if any.

 

[dexneverathome]

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….

 

[ChromeDome]

I saw that. Nothing different to AI generated crap that pops up…. Thanks for looking anyway.

I’m going to go over beginning of Sept for a look….

Before shouting AI crap at everything you might talk to the original designer
Om Lundström Design / About Lundstrom Design

 

[dexneverathome]

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.

 

[Tranona]

apparently, displacement is about 5k and the lead keel(quality mark for me) draws 2.2m. If the numbers are correct, she will be amazing into the wind. I can’t imagine that she’s tender.

Where have you gotten the info that she’s not ocean rated?

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.