Hi,
Im new to the forum and looking for some advice.
Im currenly selling my powerboat and have starting looking for a sailing boat.
I have been and had a look at the below boat.
I have sailed as a kid but not for years. Plan isnto use the boat locally for a year or so then head up to the whitsundays next year on my long service leave. Am I heading down the right path with this vessel or need to head in another direction. I really like thebflush decks as we take the dogs with us whenever we are on the boat.
What are your thoughts on this boat
http://www.boatsonline.com.au/boats-for-sale/used/sailing-boats/van-de-stadt-36/154530
Thanks Shaune

Love it. Love flat deck boats so water can run off. Also with the main sheet traveller on top of cabin youve got less obtrusion in cock pit

That looks to be a pretty good yacht at a reasonable price. The flat top makes deck work a lot easier.

Thirty eight foot with eleven tonnes displacement should make for a very capable offshore yacht able to stand up to heavy weather and give a good turn of speed.

I think you are on the right track.

Thanks for the reply guys. I definately like the open feeling of the flush decks. The van de stadt is reasonably tidy inside but could do with a freshen up. I guess ive gotta decide whether to spend another 10000 and get something already done. Next question, if the hull was to thickness test alright and no major signs of corrosion, is steel preferred over grp cause this looks nice too for not a heap.

http://www.boatsonline.com.au/boats-for-sale/used/sailing-boats/roberts-40-cruising-sloop/153275

I would be curious where the previous owner spent $25,000.

Also I appears to be a center cockpit its personal choice you could ask south ace about center cockpit his last yacht was center cockpit the good and bad pionts
I once charted a Nantuckret 33 center cockpit was not over joyed about it. Felt like you were to far away from the water.

One thing is for sure, the Van De Stadt is a sailing boat .......... the Roberts? Well maybe not so much.

So by that do you mean the roberts would not make as good a bluewater cruiser or just mean its not more of a sailing experience as the van de satdt?

I'm sure that if built to specs that the Roberts would be just as good a bluewater cruiser as the VDS, it's just not going to handle the same, in comparison it will probably not point as high, will be more affected by cross winds and could be more prone to slamming in a sea way.

Think of one more like a performance car and the other more like a family saloon with shot suspension.

Many if not most Roberts were home built and or fitted out. Quality is very variable.

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MorningBird said..
Many if not most Roberts were home built and or fitted out. Quality is very variable.

That is being very polite.

I'm that sort of guy LC. Ask Cisco.

I looked at a Roberts in Lake Macquarie when I bought MB. It was atrocious. The interior was made from chip board and had got wet. You could smell it before you could see it and the bulkheads had expanded to 3" thick.

Thanks for everyones input, the VDS is not as tidy inside as some but I just keep getting drawn back to it. Right now to just get rid of the powerboat and get a survey done
Thanks again

My thoughts is hull material steel can be high maintenance you might find a good one you might buy one with rust .. Don't know enough about the subject so my first preference would be look for a fiberglass hull with an aft cockpit.

Some people prefer fibreglass hulls, some just love aluminium, there are people that like steel hulls and nothing you can say will sway them from that belief.

Me personally, I love wood and a hull built from three layers of timber veneer is my personal version of heaven. I still even like ferro hulls but these days it's a lost art to find someone that can build a nice fair ferro hull.

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LooseChange said..
Some people prefer fibreglass hulls, some just love aluminium, there are people that like steel hulls and nothing you can say will sway them from that belief.

Me personally, I love wood and a hull built from three layers of timber veneer is my personal version of heaven. I still even like ferro hulls but these days it's a lost art to find someone that can build a nice fair ferro hull.

I certainly would not jump over this boat to get to you L.C. I love lucy