For Sale: Collin Archer

[beachgirl1952]

great Dutch friends put their steel Collin Archer47 Ketch on the market ...
I think it's 47ft, but it can be 50 too ...
a really beautiful, well kept, ready-to-sail-away-boat ...
the boat & my friends are in Newport News, Virginia ...
Bay Harbor Brokerage, Inc. (Norfolk, VA) ...
the broker still has to take a few pictures, before listing the boat on his website, but I have a few pics from my own archive, when we sailed to Bonaire ...
(e)mail can be sent to:
Ron McLean
1553 Bayville Street, Norfolk, VA 23503
tel # 757 480 1073






a great fixed emergency ladder on the back ...


the present owner in the pilothouse ...

[bobconnie]

Right fine vessel !! any idea of an asking price ! we are really looking ! Bob and Connie

[Coops]

Good looking boat, always liked his designs.

Coops.

[beachgirl1952]

@ Connie & Bob ... I just sent a message on Skype to my friends, waiting for their answer (tomorrow) ... or YOU can send an email to the broker ...

I'm sorry for writing Collin with two L's ...
I love languages and hate it when I make a mistake, be it English or my mother tongue, which is Dutch ...

ooh, and the boat is 50ft (not 47) ...

[Coops]

You can edit your own post to remove it(the second L) if you wish to.We all know who you mean anyway, good luck with the advert.

Coops.

[beachgirl1952]

@ Connie / Bob: $350K asking ...

[beachgirl1952]

the owner sent me the specs this morning ... I did some spell check / corrections myself (don't blame me for not seeing every typo ) and I converted liters to gallons, meters to feet etc ...might be handy for you too, converts almost everything to anything:Metric conversion, Currency converter, GPA Calculator Bronsveen Colin Archer
s/v BAERNE
Dimensions: 15.00 x 4.50 m (50ft x 15ft)
Draft: 2.00m / 6.5 ft
Airdraft with standing mast 17.50m / 58 ft
Built 1992 Bronsveen Woudbloem
Hull shape: S-bilged
Ballast: 7 tons led blocks, covered with concrete
Material: Steel
Built: welded, keel 10 mm, hull 6 mm, deck 5 mm,
superstructure 4 mm.
Displacement/tonnage 40 tons
Accommodation: 3 cabin, 6 berths
Engine: Ford 6 cyl. 99.22 kW (135 HP)
Enginehours 3930
Generator: IVA (German) 4 cyl. diesel 14 kVA, 5,000 hours, 220
volt
Asking price: $ 350,000
Sturdy built "all weather type" sailingyacht with Colin Archer lines and styling.
Built by Bronsveen The Netherlands
The hull has flange welded seams, which make it very strong. The yacht is well insulated and equipped for longer stays onboard. With her decksalon-pilothouse the yacht can also be used in the colder climates as well as cruising the more warmer waters.
Perfect world cruiser or family yacht.
Propulsion: Ford 6 cyl. 99.22 kW (135 HP), 3930 hours,
Gearbox, Hurth hydraulic.
Speed powered by engine - 7 knots
Propellor: 3 blades bronze.
Exhaust: dry
Steering system: in- and outside wheel, mechanical.
Tanks: Diesel: 1 x 1300L (350 gallon) in keel with manhole
Water: 1 x 1300L (350 gallon) in keel with manhole
Holding: 1 x 600L (160 gallon) in keel with manhole &
1 x 400L (105 gallon)
Electricinstall.: 220 volt and 24 volt and 12 volt for nav. app. and radio
8 x 6 volt batteries housebank, 1 x 12 volt for main
and 1 x 12 volt for generator
Shorepower 220 volt connection with breaker and
auto switch for generator or converter.
Alternator on main engine 30 amp. 24 volt.
Windgenerator SUPERWIND (German) 24volt350watt
Generator diesel 14kVA (German) 5000 hours.
Converter: Mastervolt Mass Combi 24/2000-60
sine wave inverter/charger combination
Masterlink micc, mass inverter charter control
(monitor system)
Stove: 4 electric 220 volt with air extractor above stove.
Oven: Bosch 220 volt
Washingmachine: Miele 220 volt
Boat heater: Oilstove, Heatpol 30MK(with coockingtop) for 83m3
capacity 5,000 kcal.
Navigation aids: Sestralmajor compass, GPS Furuno, Radar Furuno 1830.
Autopilot Robertson AP 200 sail, Echo sounder, Echopilot.
Clipper wind direction and speedometer.
VHF sailor
RT2048, SSB radio ICOM M802
Safetyequipment:
Lofrans Falkon 2 gipsies 220 volt. for 2 chains.
1 chain 2 years old and 1 chain new. Both 250 feet.
1 plow anchor 50 lb, 1 anchor claw 66 lb, 1 anchor
danfort type 66 lb.
2 safety horseshoe buoys red.
Fire-extinguishers: 3 x powder
Bildge pump: 1 x handpump and 1 x 220 volt, via manifold.
1 x deckwashpump 220 volt.
Navigation lights: 3 colour in mast and lights on roof wheelhouse.
Rigging: two masts (ketch) with stainlesssteel jib boom.
Masts are aluminium Sparcraft (black), two poles aluminium
Black for downwind sailing. Rigging inspected 2010.
Sails: 1 x main 40 m2, 1 x mizzen 17 m2, 1 x jib 21.5 m2 and
1 Profurl genua 56 m2 and 1 extra genua 40 m2 for
downwind sailing.
Sailmaker de Vries, Lemmer.
All sails have covers.
Winches: 8 x Andersen stainless. ( 6 selftailing )
Floor construction: wood with inspection hatches.
Total boat has carpet-flooring. ( New 2012, Flotex )
Paint system: Yacht is built witch sandblasted grade A steel.
Hull painted inside with 2 part tar epoxy. Outside hull with
2 part tar epoxy (black). Underwater painted in 2011.
Accommodation: Front 2 x 2 beds with private bathroom.
Livingroom, round bench (6 people), round table,
kitchen and nav station.
Pilothouse with table and benches.
In the back 2 beds and private bathroom with shower
and washingmachine.
All bathrooms have warm and cold water.
Isolation: Whole boot, hull and deck isolated.

[speedoo]

Impressive, as it should be for that price.

[Pierremundo]

Hi Anya,

Thanks for posting. "Baerne" is the nicest boat you will find of that era. She is well cared for. Beautifull. I,m glad I sailed her.

Regards, Pierre