Circumnavigator for £50,000?

Just had a quick look at the biscay 36 in scotland(on t'internet) and you have turned me onto a new boat i never knew exsisted, being a big fan of the tradewinds too, i'm wondering what the average price of a B36 is? also how many were produced, what period and were they home fitted or pro?
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If you don't mind Ferro boat .... then there are plenty that fit the bill .....

Recently could have sold you a 60ft Clipper boat Ferro, designed by Castro ... already circumnavigated .... in good cond. ready to go again .... for 50K ~ But she's already sold and new owners have big beaming smiles from ear to ear .....
 
Wecome aboard the Mad House! The Biscay 36 was designed by Alan F Hill (who also designed the Halberdier, Sabre, Cutlass, Claymore, West Coaster 33 and others - see YM a month or so ago for his Bio) and the first one was launced late 74 or early 75. They were originally built by Falmouth Boat Construction who also built the Falmouth Pilot, but much later (mid 80s?) the moulds were sold to a company trading as Biscay Yachts who supplied the mouldings, but to the best of my knowledge, never fitted out hulls themselves. Some of the later boats were home completed, some were fitted out professionally. As to how many were built, no one seems to know. FBC destroyed their records once they had sold the moulds on, but estimates are generally somewhere in the region of 30-40, with the last that I know of (mine!) being launched in 1990. The moulds still exist with Cygnus Marine and one hull is currently being fitted out privately in Cornwall. As for price, the one at Ardfern is the lowest asking price I have seen, whilst I know of another particularly well equipped and newer example which was advertised at about £70k, although I have no idea what it actually sold for. They are very solid boats, and I suspect that their solidity combined with the late 70s oil prices meant that they proved uneconomic at a time when most builders were turning to fin keels and the niche market for this type of boat was shrinking. There is a Yahoo! group for Biscay owners and the site has photos of 20 odd different boats which would show you how different some of them are. The main external difference is a choice of sloop or ketch rig with numbers being (I'd guess) roughly 60:40 in favour of the ketch. The mast heights were almost identical and our ketch has never seemed to be at a disadvantage when sailing against the sloops - off the wind, we seem to have a significant advantage in fact. Internally, most had settee berths each side, plus a pilot berth to port but as you will have seen on 't net, there are variations. As for sailing performance, they are extremely seaworthy and a lot faster than you might expect. As a rough guide, the performance is about the same as a Rustler 36 or Nic 35. They don't appear on the brokers often and I suspect that the boat in Scotland's inaccessibility has something to do with the fact that she hasn't sold. At that price she seems a very solid buy at a price which should allow for some updating if required. If you have any specific questions, drop me a PM (Private Message) by clicking on my user name and scrolling down to where it says Send a Private Message. When I reply you will see a little flashing icon on the dark blue bar at the top of the page when you log on. Open that to see my reply. I'm glad the boat has awakened some interest - I'm biased but rate them very highly indeed (after 23000nm in one).
 
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