Jolanta - £30K

[dylanwinter]

just up the pontoon from me in Kirkwall is this

http://www.jolanta.southronaldsay.co.uk/index.html

£30K

 

[pvb]

Somewhat of an acquired taste, I feel. Hope the boat works better than the website.

 

[jerrytug]

"Convergent Evolution"?

 

[johnphilip]

Any ad which promises "genuine reason for sale " immediately arouses my suspicions.

 

[johnphilip]

Somewhat of an acquired taste, I feel. Hope the boat works better than the website.

I doubt it, huuuge wetted area = slow sailing, offset prop, manoeuvering nightmare.

 

[michael_w]

The expression "tub" springs to mind. Candidate for Cruising Anarchy's Ugly boat appreciation society thread.

 

[Hial]

Very heavily constructed so should be a safe boat with good seakeeping. Is it worth 30k?

 

[causeway]

I think it looks great. Down below looks like a nice place to be too.

 

[JomsViking]

Very heavily constructed so should be a safe boat with good seakeeping. Is it worth 30k?

Heavy does not equal good seakeeping in itself (ask any naval architect) + Fram had reportedly a very bad motion that made everyone seasick, she was built for another purpose.

 

[Hial]

I was thinking of buying it at one point as its so unusual, but it could be difficult to sell on.

 

[Sybarite]

I doubt it, huuuge wetted area = slow sailing, offset prop, manoeuvering nightmare.

> 18 tons laden.... for 34'...!!

 

[Giblets]

> 18 tons laden.... for 34'...!!

Perhaps it comes complete with a lifelong supply of FB pies on board!!! :encouragement:

 

[KenMcCulloch]

I remember noticing it/her in Kirkwall a couple of years ago. 'Staring in disbelief' actually. A very strange vessel indeed and I very much doubt anyone will pay £30k for it.

 

[JumbleDuck]

I had a bit of a browse of the website, but couldn't find a build date. Anyone know? 1930? 1990?

 

[alahol2]

I had a bit of a browse of the website, but couldn't find a build date. Anyone know? 1930? 1990?

Laid down 1929, completed 1966. A long gestation.

http://www.jolanta.southronaldsay.co.uk/history.html

 

[Eyore]

I was thinking of buying it at one point as its so unusual, but it could be difficult to sell on.

I think that is perhaps an understatement. A very acquired taste, perhaps suitable for high latitude exploration. Then again you woulden't want to be in a hurry!

 

[ffiill]

Heavy does not equal good seakeeping in itself (ask any naval architect) + Fram had reportedly a very bad motion that made everyone seasick, she was built for another purpose.

Yes Fram was built to Colin Archer design to such a shape with no visible keel as such so as to pop out of the ice.
That's why she survived her trip across the Arctic Ocean ;took Amundsen down to Antarctica and continued as a Norwegian research vessel well into the 1930s.
And still looks as good as new 124 years on!

 

[JomsViking]

Yes Fram was built to Colin Archer design to such a shape with no visible keel as such so as to pop out of the ice.
That's why she survived her trip across the Arctic Ocean ;took Amundsen down to Antarctica and continued as a Norwegian research vessel well into the 1930s.
And still looks as good as new 124 years on!

Agree that she was great for that purpose (surviving ice) but she was not a good sea boat. She rolled terribly in any sea and wasn't very manouverable.
Very impressive feat by Archer, Nansen, Sverdrup and others - but definitely not a boat designed for blue Water voyages and very different to a Redningsskøyte which were designed for rescue purposes. So while being part of my heritage, I believe that they would embrace modern technology now, as they did then.