I confess to being heavily biased but Sososails you might also consider a Reinke. Models with
asymmetric twin keels rather than a drop down centerboard (although some Reikne do have drop down centre boards). Most have minimal draft and can be beached. Many have, or are being used as expedition vessels in high latitudes.
So you'll often find a dive
compressor, huge tankage, heaters, insulated hulls, double glazing, heated wet locker, etc. An of course almost everything is welded rather than bolted.
Whilst not in Reinke’s designs, many owners have added on a sugar scoop. The boats design offered both tiller and forward
cockpit wheel steer. So converting tiller steer to a forward
wheel steer isn’t a huge job. The benefit of course is that should the wheel
steering fail you can bolt on the old tiller.
Reinkes and Metas share much in common. Agricultural looking hard chine, usually with unpainted
hull freeboards, admittedly not the nicest looking boats, but functional, super strong and with huge carrying capacities. But Reinkes don’t enjoy the same resale value and so cheaper ones do come up. I think that that is because internal fit outs were often made by Reinke owners themselves (and some weren't to fussy).
Anyway here’s an
example of a Reinke 16M (56 odd feet) for sale in Poland that I think is pretty good value.
https://www.yachtworld.com/yacht/201...-16-m-6701893/
It also strikes me (if you’ve not seen these) that you might gain from a series of you tube videos from Alluring Artic Sailing. In the example below Juno takes the viewer through their Meta ‘Arktika’. It’s not so much the up personal with a Meta I'm recommending, rather seeing the features and facilities and little cool things that such a boat has incorporated. I have a Reinke Super 10 and most of those little cool items (and some big ones) are incorporated in my own boat. Juno does NOT own the boat and so doesn’t offer her up as the love of his life that such vids typically do.
It’s a very difficult process to buy a large complex yacht. And choices are remarkably few unless you’re willing to spend considerable
money in travel/accommodation just to go see advertised yachts. And of course the difficulties of
buying a yacht in a foreign country (or another continent) give rise to significant logistical issues. I mean the yacht isn’t where you want her to be, Also you don’t know the local players like brokers, surveyors, engineers, riggers, sailing friends, plus the yacht’s reputation etc. And the
sale itself may require the help of a lawyer to navigate tax and local
legal issues. And you’re often very short of time, with the
hotel charges clicking daily.
As an aside it’s something I’ve hardly seen discussed here on Cruiser Forum. But buying a yacht in another country poses many challenges.
But good luck in your quest Sosoails. Very keen to hear, as I’m sure many forum members that have posted to your thread are, in what you eventually settle on.
The Meta Yachts Arktika:
Btw. I love the expression. I think I actually only heard it before in the Alluring Artic Sailing channel and it is so on point it cracked me up.
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