Category: Sailboats from 1,000 to 3,000 euros

Friends! Today we have a Johnson 27 with a Volvo Penta md2030b engine for only 2700 euro!

Location: Sweden

Length: 8.34 meters
Width: 2.73 meters
Draft: 1.3 meters
Sleeping places: 4
Kitchen (galley): available
Toilet: available

An updated Volvo Penta md2030b engine with a large power reserve was installed. This is a big plus. Such an engine costs more than this boat.

The mainsail is not new, but it does not require replacement. New genoa was installed in 2016. There’s a jib furler. There’s also a cover for the mainsail. The spray hood looks good.

In addition to various household items, such as dishes and spare parts, there is an autopilot, a GPS navigator. A holding tank was installed in 2020. A bow platform was mounted. I think there is more equipment that is not listed.

Everything inside looks fresh. The wood is in good condition.

It is very cheap for such an offer. Of course, everything needs to be checked, as always but if there are no critical defects, then you can purchase this boat. It will be easy to sell it for 7-8 thousand euro even in the Baltic, and in Mediterranean for 10-12 thousand euro.

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Friends, today we have a Västbris 20 sailboat (2004) with Mercury 4hk engine for 2,500 euro!

Location: Sweden

Length: 6.15 meters
Width: 2.12 meters
Draft: 1.1 meters
Kitchen (galley): available
Toilet: portable
Berths: 4

Västbris 20 is a compact, reliable Swedish sailboat, it’s perfect for 2 people.

The boat has a long lead keel, so despite its small size it is possible to pass long distances.

In 2018, the Mercury 4hp engine was installed. In the seller’s advertisement it’s said that he purchased this engine for 1000 euro, and it worked for only a few hours.

There’s a double bed in the bow part (1.85 m), plus two beds in the salon (2 m), a mini-kitchen and a portable toilet.

The price of the sailboat also includes a set of sails (a mainsail and a staysail) and the following equipment: an external fuel tank (2021), a new battery charger (Victron), new mattresses for berths (2021), two anchors, a swim ladder, kitchen equipment (dishes, cooking utensils), fenders, mooring equipment, etc.

Such a sailboat is an excellent solution for the first sailboat, since not only the price, but also the cost of its maintenance is also small. Besides, there’s a new engine.

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Friends! Today we have an Amigo 23 with a 6 h.p. Yamaha outboard motor for just 2000 euro!

Location: Norway

Length: 6.8 meters
Width: 2.3 meters
Draft 1.12 meters
Sleeping places: 4
Kitchen (galley): available
Toilet: available

The plastic, wood and overall interior look pretty good. The height in the cabin is about 1.6 meters, but as you might already know, on a small boat you either sit or lie down, or go to the place where you will lie or sit.

The sails are in good condition. The genoa is on a furler and has UV protection. The mainsail has a fresh cover. There is a solar panel, a 30 liter fuel tank, a toilet, a fresh spray hood, an anchor, fenders, rescue equipment, kitchen equipment, a swim ladder, mooring equipment, etc.

The boat is long-keeled, with a hinged rudder blade – all these are very good solutions in terms of reliability and ease of repair.

The seller wrote that the price can be discussed, I think they can agree on 1500 euro, and winter parking is already included in the price.

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Friends! Today we have another Albin Vega with an operating original 12 h.p. engine Albin Q22 (petrol) for only 2100 euro!

Location: Sweden

Length: 8.25 meters
Width: 2.46 meters
Draft: 1.17 meters
Berths: 4
Kitchen (galley): available
Toilet: available

The boat is completely ready to sail. There’s a full set of sails, a genoa furler (this is a big advantage). Fresh mainsail cover and fresh spray hood.

The boat looks good enough both outside and inside. I didn’t notice any serious problems. Reinforcement of the mast beam was made (this is also very good, since it’s the weak point of all Albin Vega sailboats).

The Albin Q22 engine is a gasoline engine. You have to be very careful about fire safety. Personally, I don’t like the idea of ​​an inboard gasoline engine.

The boat costs only 2100 euro. It has a properly working inboard engine, some updates have been made. The boat was maintained, but no capital expenditures were made.

I think this is a good first boat, and if you wish, you can make a real mini cruiser out of it, for example, for traveling around Europe.

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Friends! Today we have an inexpensive Albin Vega with an operating original Volvo Penta MD6A 10 h.p. engine for only 2750 euro!

Location: Norway

Length: 8.25 meters
Width: 2.46 meters
Draft: 1.17 meters
Berths: 4
Kitchen (galley): available
Toilet: available

The engine is original. It is a potential problem for me personally. You never know when it will break. If it does not bother you, then 2750 euro for a conditionally offshore boat is very, very cheap.

Usually for that kind of money, Albin Vega is sold with a broken stationary engine and an installed outboard one.

This Albin Vega is slightly modified. The anchor was mounted on the bow. There is a jib furler. Plastic and wood are in good condition (even more so for 2750 euro!)

There are various equipment, accessories, ropes, dishes, etc. Everything is given with a boat. There is also a GPS navigator and a heater.

The boat looks fresh, clean and pleasant. If you know how to deal with engines and the old engine doesn’t bother you, then this boat would be a great choice.

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Friends! Today we have a Tur 84 with an updated 10 h.p. Yanmar engine (2015) for only 2500 euro!

Location: Norway

Length: 8.35 meters
Width: 2.6 meters
Draft: 1.35 meters
Berths: 5
Kitchen (galley): available
Toilet: available

The boat looks very good but there is still work to be done. The engine is fresh but it seems to me that for a boat of this size it is worth having a more powerful engine. Despite the fact that the original boat has the same power engine.

There is no jib furler but don’t forget that this is a boat for 2500 euro with an updated engine. If everything was here, then this offer would be too suspicious.

New compass, new toilet, new alcohol stove, VHF radio, new echo sounder (needs to be installed).

A full set of sails. There’s a spinnaker with a spinnaker boom. Anchor with a chain of 15 meters and a rope of 40 meters.

All the tools and adds-on are also included in the price, such as dishes, mooring lines, fenders, etc.

In my opinion, it is an excellent budget option. Maybe on this boat you need to finish something yourself but it’s not difficult.

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Friends! Today we have a legendary Albin Vega sailboat with an original Albin Q21 engine and Yamaha 5 h.p. outboard motor for only 2000 euro!

Location: Mariehamn, Aland Islands

Length: 8.25 meters
Width: 2.46 meters
Draft: 1.17 meters
Sleeping places: 4
Kitchen (galley): available
Toilet: available

Albin Q21 engine is an inboard gasoline engine. It does not work properly so they installed an outboard Yamaha motor.

If you bring the inboard engine in order, then the outboard can become a spare one + it can be used for an inflatable raft.

The only thing I really don’t like is the idea of ​​an inboard gasoline engine. It’s not very safe.

There’s a jib furler, a fresh genoa with a cover, a fresh cover for the mainsail, and a fresh tent for the cockpit. The mainsail is in good condition.

The boat looks good enough both inside and outside. Plastic and wood are in good condition. Only the lids of the lockers and the table need to be repaired, but in principle it’s not difficult.

There’s a swim platform (it’s very convenient), VHF radio station, an inflatable raft, a heater, mooring equipment, etc.

The ad says that there’s a lot of equipment on the boat and it all works. I think the details can be requested separately from the seller if you text him.

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Friends! Today we have a Leisure 23 in good condition with an Honda outboard engine 8 h.p for just 2000 euro!

Location: Norway

Length: 6.71 meters
Width: 2.39 meters
Draft: 0.81 meters
Berths: 5
Kitchen (galley): available
Toilet: available
Ceiling height: 1.73 meters

Very well maintained boat, especially for its price. As I said before, despite its small size, it is a full-fledged cruiser on which some crossed the oceans and travelled around the world.

A full set of sails which was handed over to repairs in 2020. The set includes a mainsail, a staysail, a storm staysail, a genoa and a spinnaker with a spinnaker boom.

There’s also an autopilot and an echo sounder which is also very good because autopilot inself costs 500 euro.

The boat comes with everything on board, i.e. with dishes, tools, spare parts, etc.

The Honda engine is 8 h.p. from 1999, it’s written that it is in good condition.

I remind you that this sailboat costs only 2000 euro! This is a great opportunity to start sailing with a small but full-fledged and comfortable boat.

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Friends! Today I will show you what the autumn sale of boats is. This is Albin Ballad with a stationary Volvo Penta 2002 engine for only 2950 euro!

Location: Norway

Length: 9.14 meters
Width: 2.96 meters
Draft: 1.55 meters
Sleeping places: 5
Kitchen (galley):
Toilet: available
Ceiling height: 1.9 meters

The boat has been on land for the last 2 years. No one has used it and therefore they are selling it. Most likely there’s some kind of dirt that has accumulated during this time and it will need to be thoroughly washed.

Volvo Penta 2002 engine, installed sometime in the 90s, new shaft in 2012, new exhaust system in 2015.

Fresh genoa (2016) with a twist. There’s an old staysail, a spinnaker, mainsail, 4 Lewmar winches. All the ropes go to the cockpit, everything is done very conveniently.

There is a GPS navigator, a VHF radio station, an autopilot, an electric compass, an ordinary compass, 220 volt sockets, lithium batteries, an ordinary starting, a charger.

Wallas heater, toilet was replaced in 2013, boiler (service required), a Bruce anchor, teak cockpit, mooring equipment, etc.

All this for only 2950 euro! This is a very good proposal if there are no significant problems there. The usual price for such a boat will be at least 2 times more expensive, i.e. about 6000 euro.

Of course, you have to look at life and evaluate the real state, but the offer is really very interesting.

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