Stop me buying this turkish wooden beauty

all the ones I have seen being built have "tree wood" keels, they laminate the keel from lots of bits of wood and fashion it into a "one piece" stem, keel and stern post - a bit like a Viking long ship
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and then encapsulate with steel, bolted through.; notice the new anodes.

I am in Turkey at the moment, they make these things at the end of our street. like so many of them its NEVER been a sail boat, Where is the track for the mainsail?

I'ii wager there are no winches or clutches either, the rig is purely for display purposes.
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Didn't realise is was obligatory to have a track to be called a sailboat and necessary to have winches - how did they go on in the Cutty Sark? The reality is that like many gulets its a motor sailor and will probably only put up sails when off the wind.

Like most of us they have taken off the sails,mainsheet etc whilst she is on the hard and you can see what look like green mouses for the halliards. Knowing what similar boats go for near us she seems a little expensive , particularly given her age and the identified work needed. Wonder what all the recent very heavy rain we have had here will have done to her internally given the need for a new deck.
 
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and then encapsulate with steel, bolted through.; notice the new anodes.



Didn't realise is was obligatory to have a track to be called a sailboat and necessary to have winches - how did they go on in the Cutty Sark? The reality is that like many gulets its a motor sailor and will probably only put up sails when off the wind.

Like most of us they have taken off the sails,mainsheet etc whilst she is on the hard and you can see what look like green mouses for the halliards. Knowing what similar boats go for near us she seems a little expensive , particularly given her age and the identified work needed. Wonder what all the recent very heavy rain we have had here will have done to her internally given the need for a new deck.
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MMMM, not so sure about that, the boat moored next to me is a small turkish wooden thing about 12mtrs long typical of the type, he has no winches, no clutches but he does have sails - a cutter rig with no main these are controlled by tying the sheets to the guard rail and only used down the wind. You may be right about the keel but I am sure all those I ve seen built here are ballasted with concrete and the engine, there is definitely no steel in the keel. Water ingress is always a problem when its hot the timbers above the water line shrink and motoring into a chop can cause gallons of water to enter the same when it rains, not such a problem in the winter and we have just enjoyed 24 hours of rain, but I bet the timbers haven't swollen yet to keep it out.

They do look nice though

The Cutty Sark had a crew
 
MMMM, not so sure about that
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about what ? you seem to agree with virtually everything I have said including the rain, mind not quite as bad as they are having in UK :) .A number of the boats in our harbour have steel encapsulation and I was being interpretive on the basis that they have fitted new anodes to the keel of this boat.My neighbour has a converted wooden fishing boat and apart from an initial pump out does not get water ingress of the magnitude you suggest. Watching the fishermen restoring a boat recently they spread two pack flexible filler over the hull before painting; its the same as I have used but I have only used where a joint has flexed.
 
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Thanks again for your comments.
Above some photos under sail (with the previous owner). The seller has done mostly motoring.
Hull is pine frames are walnut.
During the winter ashore the boat has a full covering.
Gros/Net: 12,08/7,62 tonnes

The worm problems...there are thousands of wooden boats in the med, and i do not think all the fishermen has "ANGST" going fishing, that the boat will sink.
 
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I don't think the boat is expensive. There is a similar boat for sale on Crete, although the interior isn't half as nice as your pics show, with an asking price of 25,000 Euros (20,000 GBP).

Have no idea what the seller would accept, probably a lot less, as times are pretty tough here.

John
 
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Beautiful but I'd want to cut down the size of that doghouse a little bit.
Me too, by about 100%.
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.... and then put on a bimini and a "stargate" on the transom ??? ;)
 
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about what ? you seem to agree with virtually everything I have said including the rain, mind not quite as bad as they are having in UK :) .A number of the boats in our harbour have steel encapsulation and I was being interpretive on the basis that they have fitted new anodes to the keel of this boat.My neighbour has a converted wooden fishing boat and apart from an initial pump out does not get water ingress of the magnitude you suggest. Watching the fishermen restoring a boat recently they spread two pack flexible filler over the hull before painting; its the same as I have used but I have only used where a joint has flexed.
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well it really dosnt matter but my Mrs was able to put her hand through the cracks in the planking at the bow on one memorable round the islands day and take her mobile phone off me - she was sitting in the bow heads at the time enjoying a sea water shower!!!!

The pics above look good but I would still suggest the skipper is a very brave man and I take my hat off to him.

happy christmas
 
Thanks again. Your comments well recieved.
After all i think we are better served keeping our beloved 27 feet boat.
No headache concerning wood maintenence in the quite hot climate.
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Again merry x.mas.

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Go on - dont be a wuss. Buy the thing then we can all get loads of pleasure from your 11000 posts as you discover all the snags
I guess being in Turkey, it probably doesn't have an eberspacher just to add a whole new line of threads - consider getting one?
 
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