Thread: Need expert advice 02

Hello everybody,

I my hunt for finding a nice classic, I decided not to take the Koster discussed in the other thread started by me.
I did inspect on another one and I am curious about what the experts could recommend me to look for with the inspection.

The boat:

Linjekrysare, build in 1949, Varnished Oregon Pine, 29 feet, keel below the waterline: 1.2 meters.

Also curious to hear if people know this boat, because i am not able to find any information on the internet or sailguide.com

To me, it looks very similar as: a Nordic Krysare.
see here the link:

http://www.nordiskkryssare.org/index.html

any idea?


Here are the images from the Linjekrysare:

Jinjekrysare nr.7

The owner is selling purely because of his age.
He had the boat in his ownership since 1977

The boat is maintained in the classic way: not using modern techniques and varnished like Polyurethane, as far as I could understand.
The boat was held during the winter not under just a cover, but a boat / tent house, so the owner could work during autumn, winter (when not too cold) and spring.

Obviously he stayed on top of it and his estimate was that he spends around 30 - 40 hours outside the sailing season on maintenance.

During the years he had the odd leak thought the deck, but again, solved issue's as soon as he could. Therefore I spotted some wood damage / dis-colouring, but never in the hull. The biggest damage was in the mahogany plywood partition between the front and back side of the cabin (see images). According to the owner this happened 15 years ago and only the outside layer of the plywood is bubbling, but the inside is not rot, still hard. The hull looked very clean inside. The seems between the plans above the waterline seem to close completely after a week of sailing and therefore the hull will be completely closed.
The deck was not made out of plywood, but solid wooden slats, placed right next to each other, and I guess the deck and cabin roof is still covered in the old fashioned way with canvas.

The inboard engine was taken out after (I guess) was too expensive to repair, but it is still possible to put in a 2nd hand or new one + the fuel tank is still in the boat. For now the owner was using an outboard engine for a couple of years.

The boat comes with the outboard engine, winter storage boat tent and cradle, 9 year old main sail and 7 year old furlex roll genua.
Compas, Log (speed), but no depth meter or GPS. Wall electricity connection.

For a price which is probably very reasonable.

Any commends more than welcome.

Udo