Waarschip 570

[angelsson]

I am looking for a small boat to have fun on locally, (Cardiff Bay) as i have a Nic 38 in the med.

I have been looking at a Waarschip 570, in need of some TLC not to much though, anyone here familiar with the boat, would be obliged for any knowledge avaialable.

 

[monkfish24]

I know of one for sale in Plymouth if your interested.

It has had the cockpit opened out (for the better) and has been recently refurbished. It still needs some finishing up but is almost ready to sail AFAIK.

I'm not sure how much my friend wants for it but I can out you in touch.

 

[Seajet]

I remember 'Small Boat' magazine did a review and the verdict came out well; I'll try to find a copy or someone else may have one ?

I'd want to be or employ a good boatbuilder ( or surveyor ) to check the construction thoroughly after this timespan, which I think will be the major snag to be wary of.

 

[angelsson]

I know of one for sale in Plymouth if your interested.

It has had the cockpit opened out (for the better) and has been recently refurbished. It still needs some finishing up but is almost ready to sail AFAIK.

I'm not sure how much my friend wants for it but I can out you in touch.

Thank you Monkfish, please PM the details.

 

[angelsson]

I remember 'Small Boat' magazine did a review and the verdict came out well; I'll try to find a copy or someone else may have one ?

I'd want to be or employ a good boatbuilder ( or surveyor ) to check the construction thoroughly after this timespan, which I think will be the major snag to be wary of.

She is out of the water so should not be to difficult to inspect, was hoping some previous owners may have been able to advise me about the make and model.
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[aluijten]

Waarschips are considered very sturdy and good sailing vessel in their country of origin (The Netherlands). Obviously the biggest risk is the wood where most of them are made of. If I remember correct most were made of waterproof version of good quality plywood (made by Bruynzeel). I spend a winter in a hall with my boat where someone was repairing one of these boats. He spend considerable time on the part where the keel and the hull 'come together'. This part is most sensitive to water ingress, together with some parts of the deck were hardware is mounted.

 

[angelsson]

Many thanks to all those replying to my post, what a great forum this is.

 

[SvenH]

If you can take some pictures and post them on http://www.waarschippers.nl/forum/ (in English) , you will get great comments.

The 570 is a very spacious boat with a well designed interior.
But in Holland they are often bought as a first boat by inexperienced "craftsmen", resulting in poor maintanance.

When you get to the boat, pretend you're a group of water droplets, where would you want to poole? (on the hard AND in the water).

Check for delamination and rot there. Also check if the inside is painted or varnished. Paint is often used to "remove" water stains.

Sven (former owner of waarschip 600 and 725)

 

[angelsson]

If you can take some pictures and post them on http://www.waarschippers.nl/forum/ (in English) , you will get great comments.

The 570 is a very spacious boat with a well designed interior.
But in Holland they are often bought as a first boat by inexperienced "craftsmen", resulting in poor maintanance.

When you get to the boat, pretend you're a group of water droplets, where would you want to poole? (on the hard AND in the water).

Check for delamination and rot there. Also check if the inside is painted or varnished. Paint is often used to "remove" water stains.

Sven (former owner of waarschip 600 and 725)

Thank you for your help, I have visited the site as you recommended but it is in Dutch which is unreadable for me.
I have some photographs sent to me and i would post them if the site had a conversion to English, which it appears not to have, unusual as many Dutch speak English well.
i will look aout for where water would gather or pool as you suggested, thanks again.

 

[2nd_apprentice]

Once read that they used simple galvanized screws for the hull. Replacing them all would be quite an impossible task. One way to restore them was to thoroughly dry the wood and then coating the hull with epoxy. Not sure about that, in particular with clinker construction but I can see their point.

Here's a link

 

[marko99]

Ti would post them if the site had a conversion to English, which it appears not to have again.

It translates fairly well using google translate though. Certainly well enough to make sense of the half dozen posts that I looked at. If you use Google Chrome, it will do it almost automatically for you.