New Build LM27?

[oceandancer]

Hi All,

Someone appears to be building new LM27s. Take a look at this:

www.yachtfocus.com/gebruikte-boten-te-koop/details/particulier/161880/lm-27.html

The inside appears to be very upmarket and there are glimpses of new internal features although frustratingly you can't see very much. There does not appear to be a cockpit cover fitted though one is specified  I can see that the price reflects the build quality.

Mick

[Sula]

Wow!

Much as I'm all in favour, it does seem a curious choice of model to resurrect, though the LM27 would suit the Dutch waterways well, I imagine.

I am surprised the price is not higher: how can they do it for that price as a one off? I wonder whether this is a commercial venture, building from scratch, or someone private who somehow got hold of a LM27 moulding, and has only now fitted it out.

Either way, having put all that effort/care into building it, you would have thought they would have found a decent photographer.

Some nice touches inside, but it looks as though they haven't quite finished, and it also doesn't quite hang together visually - wood colours, upholstery etc. The rear of the wheel house is enclosed, but there don't appear to be any windows to see through from the cockpit. It has a short bowsprit, somewhat similar to that on the Scanyacht 290 version of the LM27.

Curious, but pleasing!

[oceandancer]

Hi, Translating the website reveals that the boat was finished as far as seen in 2017 and has not ever been in the water. The Scanyacht 290 used to retail at £75k so I guess that this is a commisioned yacht where the sale fell through and the builder is now trying to shift it at slightly above cost. The price in sterling works out at around £41k (plus Vat - circa £50k) which for a new boat of this quality is quite attractive. The builder is also looking for a buyer for the moulds.

I'm not going to buy it myself but If anybody here does so then we all want a better look!

Mick