dutch steel boats - pros & cons

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what are the pros & cons of such boats? the way I see it is:-

pro - good sea keeping
con - sea water in bilges surely will cause drastic corrosion

but what are other peeps views
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Pros:

They don't suffer from Osmosis, or Woodworm.

Cons:

They rust.


No difference otherwise, apart from earthing electrical appliances is easier /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
Dutch Steel Boats, Ahh!

Pros:
Good sea keeping
Lovely lines
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Cons
They DO rust

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Just thought of a major plus, when you cut out the bad steel and replace it, the boat is a good a new. Where as a repair in a fibreglass hull is a repair!!

Mal
 
Dutch steel................
I'm looking at going down this route (STILL)

Pros Good specification, great value, strong, fuel efficient, new ones are epoxy coated and have aircraft type paintwork. ect ect. If buying new the manufacturers are very customer focused! Hands down better value for money than most of the plastic stuff about

Cons........................ they still rust if you don't look after them, good anodes are a must! They are not all sea going vessels and some are only CAT "C"

Kapitan, come on pull your finger out I want a trip on "Sultan". /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Tom
 
Not just Dutch but all steel stuff ,tough and able to take the sort of knocks that will cause serious and expensive to repair damage on plastic soap dish boats.
You get more actual boat with sensible styling and decent side decks,no souffle bubble boat poncyness here,plus windows you can actually see out off.
Steel boat probably designed by a marine architect as opposed to somebody who was designing lipsticks or shampoo bottles in his last job and though this might be useful when designing sports boats for certain boat builders who shall remain nameless.
Ps My invite to the Bavaria stand at SBS arrived today.
 
They are great boats for displacement cruising and many will offer interior space and high quality traditional comfort that so many of the "bling" plastic boats lack nowadays. It's about interior comfort rather that cruising speed. Don't worry about steel hulls, if maintained properly they are fine. There are barges that have been afloat for over 100 years, long before GRP was invented. Some have more a "little ship" feel and many folk percieve them to offer a "classier" appeal. We are GRP ourselves at the moment because we cruise both inland and on the SW atlantic coast, hence needing speed at times, but if just inland we might switch to steel for space and classic elegance, although we do like the interior of our current GRP boat (ie lots of mahogany inside). It's just a personal choice thing in terms of looks, and displacement versus planing for cruising.
 
My kit built Dutch steel De-Groot is 25 years old and no rust thanks to careful epoxy coating inside and out during building. If an amateur job can stand the test of time, no worries with pro-built stuff!
 
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