Wylo 35.5

No to both questions, but just wanted to add- everybody needs to buy one so that there are some on the used market when I come to buy my retirement boat :)
 
Mavanier said:
No to both questions, but just wanted to add- everybody needs to buy one so that there are some on the used market when I come to buy my retirement boat :)
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There will probably be a few started and never completed as the owners realise the enormity of the job. so possibility of an incomplete project tucked away in somebody's back garden in a few years time.

Attractive though the boat is (of its type) never likely to be a big seller when the market is bunged up with perfectly good existing boats at a fraction of the price.
 
Yes, if they conform the Nick Skeates excellent design. Some have built steel decks as they think they know better - which is unlikely. For more info you could join the Yahoo Group.
 
Tranona said:
There will probably be a few started and never completed as the owners realise the enormity of the job. so possibility of an incomplete project tucked away in somebody's back garden in a few years time.

Attractive though the boat is (of its type) never likely to be a big seller when the market is bunged up with perfectly good existing boats at a fraction of the price.[/QUOTE)

The Company building them is trying to sell as a finished package - even offering live aboard training! This seems an odd approach to me as Wylo owners and potential owners thrive on minimal costs. I don't see it working. In its present form it looks like maritime version of Glastonbury Glamping. Limited appeal (even if they could afford it) to the Wylo Group.
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chinita said:
Yes, if they conform the Nick Skeates excellent design. Some have built steel decks as they think they know better - which is unlikely.
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This pro-built 35.5 has a steel deck, according to the web site.

It's a Nick Skeates design, but not quite the same as his Wylo II, so it's possible that the steel deck is original?

Pete
 
The question was posted on The Yahoo Group a few months ago along with a suggestion about a bilge keel version. Both were flamed as not conforming to the original and proven design of wooden deck and lifting keels. All to do with Skeates ballast ratios apparently.
 
chinita said:
The Company building them is trying to sell as a finished package - even offering live aboard training! This seems an odd approach to me as Wylo owners and potential owners thrive on minimal costs. I don't see it working. In its present form it looks like maritime version of Glastonbury Glamping. Limited appeal (even if they could afford it) to the Wylo Group.
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Yes, I know that and as you say probably not a good marketing model. So expect they could try to sell part complete boats as I can just see the enquiries along the lines of "love the boat, but can't afford, would like to finish one to my own specs - can I buy a hull?" and looking at the empty order book, temptation will be there. Is Nick also selling plans? As you say, his boats have always been aimed at the real DIY market, so difficult to see how it would appeal to somebody with a couple of hundred K burning a hole in their back pocket.
 
Mavanier said:
I'm pretty sure the one currently in build at Voyaging Yachts is all steel and fixed keel.
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That's certainly what's advertised on the web site.

Tranona said:
expect they could try to sell part complete boats as I can just see the enquiries along the lines of "love the boat, but can't afford, would like to finish one to my own specs - can I buy a hull?" and looking at the empty order book, temptation will be there.
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They already have Bare Hull Unpainted, Bare Hull Painted, and Sail Away (no interior) options on their web site, alongside Completed Boat.

Tranona said:
Is Nick also selling plans?
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Yes - also advertised on Voyaging Yachts' site. The contact details for him are just a residential UK postal address, though, and he's halfway round the world eschewing email etc, so I think you could be waiting months for a reply.

Pete
 
In my dreams I have often considered buying the plans from Nick and then touting them around Dutch steel boatbuilders. Seems like the logical option to me given the Dutch heritage of steel - even if there are fewer builders now than in the past.
 
I have only seen the study plans for Wylo II which shows either centreboard lifting keel and wooden deck or long (ballast) keel version with steel deck.

The Voyaging Yachts spec is for a 35.5 with long (ballast) keel and steel deck. There does not appear to be any option on this.
 
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