can eney one tell me what aluminum boat is , i been tring to find info a bout it

[BERT T]

It is I think a Hermine 36, an offshore cruiser.

http://www.fr-lucas.com/base_1093.aspx#Ancredetail

Drawings file for amateur building available on request.

 

[watermint]

i no thats the rong boat i dont want to bild as dont like lift keels , but it is good ther 2 links ther for handey info

of the - Mercator 105.2 the boat im looking for

http://www.relookeur.org/

http://volumondu.over-blog.com/article-26513732.html

 

[Sybarite]

True it's not an OVNI, but not because it has chines; all the OVNIs I've seen have had chines.

They also only do centre boarders.

 

[dk]

Hi
I think the boat in your pic is the Mercator 105-1. I met the builders when i used to keep my boat in Arzal in France, and they showed me over their new boat - i think it was the 120 then. It looked very well built and cleverly laid out below.
If you're still interested i'll see if i can find their business card in my records and a couple of pics i took that day.

Duncan

 

[KellysEye]

> all the OVNIs I've seen have had chines.

Oops, you are right. It's the other French builder of Aluminium yachts that have round bilges, I've seen them but I can't remember the make.

 

[dk]

Allures? It's not one of them either - it's a Mercator.

 

[watermint]

i wood rathe have thr boat with fix kells as i dont want to put up with hasel of winching the keel up or down in side the boat and and findind stress and leeks a rond the lift keel box or replacing the wier what winch keel up or down and i no lift keels take lods of space up on bord the boat
thats whiy i want the Mercator 105.2 as the keels ar fix
http://www.fr-lucas.com/base_1094.aspx#Ancredetail
i have email,d just wating for repliy
i am still looking wher i can biy this boat with alu prey cut to shape and just weld it all to gether
i spent a hole week looking for info and im still at stage 1- no plans yet or wher to get the kit from ?

 

[penfold]

Given that even a well-equipped yard would take 6 months to build it, a week is neither here nor there; DIY you will do well to lauch inside 2 years.

 

[Bajansailor]

> all the OVNIs I've seen have had chines.

Oops, you are right. It's the other French builder of Aluminium yachts that have round bilges, I've seen them but I can't remember the make.

Perhaps the Maracuja yachts?
Here is one for sale :
http://ayc-yachtbroker.com/maracuja-42-for-sale-276

They are built by Garcia - http://www.garcia-yachting.com/

Some friends sailed theirs across the Atlantic in 1989 after buying her in France - 14 days from the Canaries to Barbados, doing a steady 200 miles every day surfing down the trades with twin genoas poled out and the keel wound up.
Gorgeous boat.
Her only failing then was a very cantankerous Volvo MD3B with salt water cooling. Subsequent owners changed to a Yanmar, which was much happier.

Watermint, unless you are absolutely desperate to build a boat yourself, it would probably still 'work out' cheaper in the long run to buy an existing secondhand vessel such as a Garcia or an Ovni?

Alubat build the Ovnis - http://www.alubat.com/?lang=en