Albin Stratus (35 feet) with a relatively new Volvo Penta md2030 engine for 24 500 €.

Friends! Today we have an Albin Stratus (35 feet) with a relatively new Volvo Penta md2030 engine for 24 500 €.

Location: Norway

Length: 10.72 m

Width: 3.3 m

Draft: 1.8 m

Sleeping places: 7

Toilet: available

Galley (kitchen): available

You asked me to publish larger yachts with steering wheels, I am showing just such an option. There’re many sleeping places, the boat is large but it’s already much more expensive.

On the plus side, this boat has a separate stern cabin with three sleeping places. Probably it is convenient for couples with children, especially when there are two or even three of them (3 berths in the stern cabin).

The sails area is 65 m² (genoa is 37 m², mainsail is 28 m²) which is quite a lot. It’s much more difficult to clean and set them than, for example, on my Albin Vega (sails are 28 m²). You need 2 times more effort!

The yacht is 10.72 m long which means it’s in the category of 10-12 meters, this is a completely different mooring fee. For example, for the boat up to 8 meters the daily mooring fee can be 20 €, for 8-10 meters – 30 €, and for 10-12 meters – 40 €.

The same goes for maintenance. The difference between yachts of 8 and 11 meters will be about 2 times more expensive.

Now let’s talk about the yacht itself. There’s a Volvo Penta md2030 engine (29 h.p.), a folding propeller, fresh a genoa furler, but an old mainsail, lazy jack and lazy bag. Cockpit floors and seats are new and made from teak.

There’s an autopilot, an echo sounder, a chartplotter, a solar panel, anchors, electric toilet, mooring equipment, rescue equipment, etc.

In my opinion, it makes sense to buy such a yacht only if you are constantly traveling with 2-3 children, a 30-32 feet yacht will be enough for a couple without children or with 1 child.

The yacht costs 24 500 € and this is a normal price for it. You can buy 30-32 feet in a similar condition for about 10-12 thousand €, i.e. 2 times cheaper! You can find a 26-28 ft boat for about 8000 € which is 3 times cheaper!

With this post I wanted to show how the price of a yacht grows for every meter of length.

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