Be honest -Which Vertue?

[absit_omen]

OK all you woodies - try to be unbiased! Which one:

a. GRP Vertue II 1995 or

b. All teak original 1963 - very nice nick!

Both same price. Head says a. Heart says...........!

All comments much appreciated.

 

[aztec]

depends if you think you'll still have the plastic one in 43 years time.

the proper one will still be going strong.

 

[FWB]

Genuine question....why wont the plastic one also be going strong?

 

[trouville]

the wooden vertue is just better! As for maintaining her its a pleasure as shes just a comfortable size to liveaboard,and easy and enjoyable to keep her looking tip top.
Go below and see if you like the layout as they are all a bit different made to the first owners wishes
A vertue is a very good boat.

 

[adrianmorgan]

Wood, without a doubt. But I would want to know a few things. Was she a Cheoy Lee Vertue, and what is the asking price. It seems hard to believe that the price would be the same. Either the wooden Vertue is too dear or the grp too cheap.

The latter is a rather overblown version of a once simple boat.

Finally, to compare like with like you will have to say what condition the survey suggests they are in.

As owner of V2 (1937) I have to say I am biased.

Get in touch adrianmorgan@viking-boats.com

 

[Mirelle]

I have to declare an interest.

I am not unbiassed.

V203, the gaff rigged Vertue owned by my late friend Ian Wright, a contributor to this website and a much admired amateur seaman. built of iroko on oak at the IBBTC Lowestoft, fifteen years ago, may come on the market, presently, and she is the best Vertue I have ever seen. Done a good few miles already, so nicely run in...

Here she is.

Speaking more generally, I don't know if this applies to the glass Vertue but it certainly aopplies to the glass Twister - the modifications to the lines made to help moulding don't help performance. So - wood.

 

[snowleopard]

I think you've pre-determined the answer by posting the question on this forum. You might as well walk into a mosque and ask 'should I convert to Islam or Judaism?'

So here's an alternative viewpoint - do you want dry bilges, an extra 3" accommodation all round where the frames would have been and freedom from the annual repaint?

(ducks & runs for cover)

 

[absit_omen]

I quite like frames! But thank you anyway.

If we all applied your logic we would all still be single men.

I am going with my heart. Only complication is that another one has just come on the market, damn!!!!!

 

[LittleShip]

Come out come out wherever you are.............. and what’s this about dry bilges. My wood boat has dry bilges!!!

Anthony, there is no way you will get an unbiased answer to this question, every boat has drawbacks as you will probably know, .............your bio states you have owned one before…………. go with the heart !!!

Tom

 

[Mirelle]

My wooden boat has dry bilges! And, thanks to the thickness of the wood and the framing creating an air gap. we have excellent insulation, so that I'm still enjoying weekends afloat at this time of year, with no condensation.

In fact, this is the time of year when my GRP-boat-owning friends all want to come for a weekend sail - a thick wooden hull and a coal stove make all the difference!