Dutch forumites?

[mickshep]

Any Dutch forumites out there? I bought a classic Van de Stadt (built 1958) over in Holland last year and brought her back to England, Apparently she is the first of her type and differs slightly from later examples which numbered some 6 or 7 in total. The second one built was for an English man but all efforts to trace her over here have up to now failed. As I speak no Dutch I wondered if there was anyone over there who would post on any Dutch sites in the hope of contacting other owners. The boat details are as follows;

Class, Marsdiep.
Designer, E G Van de Stadt.
Built 1958 and called 'AVANTI'. Long keeled, Later vessels had a Centreboard.
LOA 32' (All later ones 34').
BM 9'6"
7/8ths sloop rig when first built. (Converted to masthead in 1964)

See picture in side header

Thanks in advance, Mike.



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[westhinder]

Have you tried the van de Stadt website? www.stadtdesign.com

They also appear to have a sort of owners' netword. Look on http://home.austarnet.com.au/eddierooms/news.htm :

"
Club Van de Stadt -
Owners Register and Network Marketing Service - Second and subsequent owners of our designs may be interested in this owners registration scheme. Registration is free for existing owners of amateur or pro-built boats who are not already on our files. If you are a second owner you may not be on our files. Aims of the scheme are to keep an up to date a register of Van de Stadt vessels on our data base, to give sellers targeted access to prospective buyers keen on a Van de Stadt design, (this includes professional yards if required) and to give buyers access to owners of Van de Stadt Designs on offer for sale, new or second hand.
"

So far I haven't found a Dutch equivalent to this forum, but I keep an eye open.

I hope this helps.


<hr width=100% size=1>Johan