I'm a newbie to sailing and finished my RYA Day-Skipper recently and I'm now looking for a boat with which I can do ocean crossings and long term cruising with max 2-3 crew (it needs a lot of learning before that will happen). If possible anywhere in Europe.

Some hard facts of the (non existing?) ideal boat I'd like to have:

- Metal hull. Preferably steel because that's a material I'm used to work with.

- I would like a Junk Rig but a cat ketch (maybe with an option to change to JR later) would be also ok.

- Headroom (I'm 185cm / 6' 2"). Since its supposed to be a live-a-board.

- Size: about 27 to 40 feet, whereas 40 is quite big already.

- As easy as can get for solo handed sailing.

- Things that would be nice to have: insulated hull, low draft, unstayed mast(s), shower down below,

Budget: about 30000€ max. If it is really an almost complete and up to date bluewater boat it could be also a little more. I'm also willing -and would like- to do some repairing on a boat but not if it takes much more than one season to get things running.

Just to give you an idea what I'm aiming for: I had a look at only one boat until now: Rehnert cat ketch, beside that I was interested in Zefka (guess I was to slow in the end) and this Murray cat ketch with a nice cor10 steel hull.

Please let me know if you are interested to sell or know any offer that could fit.

Thank you :)

Cheers

Horst

There is a steel boat at the boat yard I'm at in Cardiff which may suit. Not sure what they will take for it. Will need some finishing and you will need to do all the junk rigging. They guy who built boat passed away before managed to complete the job.

Have attached picture if your interested can pass on details of guy who is in charge of selling it. 

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There is a steel boat at the boat yard I'm at in Cardiff which may suit. Not sure what they will take for it. Will need some finishing and you will need to do all the junk rigging. They guy who built boat passed away before managed to complete the job.

Have attached picture if your interested can pass on details of guy who is in charge of selling it. 

I think that would be too much of a project for me. And I would have to learn from zero how to build a jr.

I hope they find somebody to finish this project. Sad story - something like this.

Thank you for letting me know about it!

Cheers Horst

Thanks a lot for all the hints and comments I got! That really was much help and in the end posting here was the reason to get contact to the owner of the boat I own now. :)

It took a little bit time but now I'm the new owner of "Zefka", an Aluminium 10m junk schooner designed by Ted Brewer. Since I'm an absolute newbie to all this it will take a while until I did all necessary repairs and ... well.. I also have to learn sailing her. But I'm already now living on the boat so there is plenty of time for all the big and small projects.

It would be cool if there would be a junk-rig-sailing-school (something like a 5 day junk-rig-sailing-course would be a great thing :) ), but since that is not existing I will try to contact some owners of similar boats.

Cheers