What make of motor cruiser is this, please?

Looks like a typical Dutch canal cruiser, lots of very similar ones for sale over here, a lot of different makes but similar in construction

The style is called Vechtkruiser here and in the 9m to 11m in size with most around the 9.5m
 
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A typical "Dutch style" steel boat, popular on the Thames where a 8 kph speed limit rules supreme. Usually powered by a small but very economical simple diesel.
We have one on our moorings it might do 7/8 knots on good day, but against a two knot tide it takes ages to go any distance, the skipper also has a sailing boat which he uses if he wants to go anywhere before winter sets in.
Unlike virtually indestructable Glass Fibre, anyone considering the purchase of a more mature example of this type of vessel would be well advised to find somebody with expertise of steel hulls to check the integrity of the hull.
 
A friend with a 12m steel hulled cruiser, with open cockpit with the upper helm covered by a Bimini, stairs to the port side lead down to the large lounge area. There is one big cabin in the stern with a island double bed and a hatch on the transom that allows emergency egress, a large open lounge area with the lower helm and then a galley and dining area leading to a V berth at the bow, it is powered by a 150hp Ford Mermaid diesel engine, cruises at 14km/h, it is shallow draught and only rated for inland waterways. He lives aboard and the boat is in a beautiful condition.
That seems to be the kind of standard layout of a lot of the inland boats here.

There is a smaller version of the boat in your first post @Poignard for sale at our club but it's side decks are too narrow, the side doors lead directly overboard :oops: it would not be safe to take the kids out on for us.
 
Poignard said:
So, a chipping hammer would be a necessary addition to my toolkit? 😁
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Steel boats generally rust from the inside out, and as any boat owner knows, many areas of any boat’s bilge are inaccessible so identifying where you’ve got a problem can be nigh on impossible. Surveys rely on visual internal checks where possible and checking hull thickness from the outside which isn’t definitive as they only check sample areas. During our ownership we had the aft toilet/shower refitted and were horrified what we found under the floor.

Incidentally, our steel fly bridge cruiser was British built which is a rarity.
 
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