Dear all, i am sitting in Hamburg / Germany and i need an advice from the experienced crowd here because in europe trawler and long range powerboats are quite seldeom. We do have a lot of Dutch steel boats and the Med is crowded with big powerboas but the longrange eco boat is somewhat seldom. i have read beebes VUP and did my research based on 20 years sailing experience but motorboats are a differnt breed.
I am looking now at one boat in Greece which you can have alook a apolloduck http://www.apolloduck.gr/feature.phtml?id=45513
a Halmatic 40. The yard is quite wellknown for commercial crafts like pilot boats and the hull is sound and solid. Unfortunatly it is not a real full displacement but a heavy displacement with a deep keel ( 1,8 m depth). Single CAT 3208 180 HP ( should be too big ) but it performend now since 6000 hours even with longer ocean passage from spain to the UK
All in all it is a fair compromise and the choice in europe is quite small so i am really interested. For the timebeing i want to move on board for 2-3 years exploring the Med and europe and maybe later thinking about a transatlantik, but not sure now. There is allways the option to transport the boat with dockwise i case i do not like to do it by myself.
I know a nordhavn 46 might be better but far out of my budget.
Please let me have your comments
I am looking now at one boat in Greece which you can have alook a apolloduck http://www.apolloduck.gr/feature.phtml?id=45513
a Halmatic 40. The yard is quite wellknown for commercial crafts like pilot boats and the hull is sound and solid. Unfortunatly it is not a real full displacement but a heavy displacement with a deep keel ( 1,8 m depth). Single CAT 3208 180 HP ( should be too big ) but it performend now since 6000 hours even with longer ocean passage from spain to the UK
All in all it is a fair compromise and the choice in europe is quite small so i am really interested. For the timebeing i want to move on board for 2-3 years exploring the Med and europe and maybe later thinking about a transatlantik, but not sure now. There is allways the option to transport the boat with dockwise i case i do not like to do it by myself.
I know a nordhavn 46 might be better but far out of my budget.
Please let me have your comments