Linssen Boats - good or bad?

[SimonX]

Boy that is a lot of wood!
Nice looking boat, at 14m it is a typical size for most in our club too, at 11m our boat is at the smaller end of the size with most being over 12m, and 18m the largest in the club
For the Netherlands/Belgium DSC VHF is fine for the sea, for inland it needs to be able to be switched to ATIS, spec looks fine for inland, AIS is starting to become mandatory in some areas and from July it will be the preferred method for going through locks as they start to roll out remote control in more areas.
The stabilisers are a bit over kill for inland unless you are thinking of going places like the Ijsselmeer or other open water areas.
We don't have any bow or stern thrusters but they would come in handy at times, and I have seen some boats that have to use them extensively in the locks, especially some of the larger steel boats.
We do not have a TV system on board, not seen the need, plus there is no "over the air" TV broadcast in Belgium since quite a few years.

BiL is going to have a look but I don't think its a realistic option. We would be stretching financially and its draft and airdraft are getting a bit close for French canals. We've been excluding boats that don't have bow thruster (and stern thrusters on boats with single engines). One of the Brooms we looked at had two stern thrusters!
Yeah, the stabilisation is overkill. The Linssen 40 we are looking at has a Starlink dome on the mast although that obviously would need a subscription and we don't actually watch TV much

 

[Alicatt]

Yes we did look at some flybridge type boats in The Netherlands but the air draught on them was too much,
Hunter is:
4.8m everything up
4m with antennas down and curtesy flagpoles off
3.8m with the radar arch down and mast still up
3.5m to the top of the windscreen all else down
2.5m with the windscreen down too

That can come and go a few cm depending on fuel and water on board. full water and fuel comes to about 1.5tonnes,

 

[SimonX]

Yes we did look at some flybridge type boats in The Netherlands but the air draught on them was too much,
Hunter is:
4.8m everything up
4m with antennas down and curtesy flagpoles off
3.8m with the radar arch down and mast still up
3.5m to the top of the windscreen all else down
2.5m with the windscreen down too

That can come and go a few cm depending on fuel and water on board. full water and fuel comes to about 1.5tonnes,

This has a folding mast which takes it to 3.5m. The 40 is slightly less (3.3) and its screens can be dismantled, not a quick task and not one which you would want to do often.

 

[Skipper Felice]

Hence the idea of trying the 40 before buying. The 45 is very nice but it’s big and more than 150k Euro more.

You will find this ... and that ... and always another one ...: You will find houses - villas - sportscars ... and nice yachts for your dreams.

But you have to come to some basic descision: Size of boat | yachting location / region | budget ! | +/- age.
After looking at different boats our basic descission was Italy - Sardegna - Coast to Naples. We came to the point that an Azimut best fits our plan: 46 - 50 - 55 ... but with a spacious galley, 2 cabin version (!) and the 3th skipper cabin.
We did searches from Spain to France to Italy .... We found a nice Azimut 46 - 20 years old - spacious, a lot of wood internals - good CAT engines - good maintenance ... And we made the deal within one day with owner during a small seatrial in France.

If I would like to have a boat around Holland I would go for a Linssen: 40 / 45 Sedan.
Try Sanzi Yacht Charter for renting all Types of Linssens - thy are also a large dealer: Linssen SL Series - Sportliche Luxus-Motoryacht zu verkaufen in Sneek

 

[SimonX]

More options: In-laws have found two Linssen 43.9 AC which seem a good compromise between the 40 and 45 both size and price-wise.
One has a VolvoPenta D3-150 same as the 40, the other has a Steyr MO126K25, 120Hp. Anybody know anything about this engine?

 

[Greg2]

My understanding is that Steyr engines are okay. Some discussion on 2017 thread here

 

[Sticky Fingers]

Usual caveat of having a nearby service agent would make sense.