DIRT CHEAP Fifty-Foot Custom DREAM Yacht! Is She Worth It? [Full Tour] Learning the Lines 

I bought this sailboat! Just doing paperwork!

Beautiful boat, 20 years ago I would’ve lapped it up. When I lived and sailed Lake Michigan, now I live in South Carolina in retirement at age 75. No can do anymore.😊

You asked for an opinion, so here is my opinion: It is no coincidence that this relatively large sailing schooner is in storage and does not travel the seas. This design was designed according to the racing/sports boat ideas of the early 60s with its now smiling design... Compared to its length, it has a very narrow body (4 meters) and a maximum depth of over two meters. Hand laminated fiberglass polyester resin body. (Made in Italy.) In today's eyes, this is quite difficult for a racing boat. The main concept of interior design is to accommodate many people in a short time and without comfort. It has a cave-like narrow interior living space, with small windows and a dark interior. This boat would only be suitable for retro racing without conversion. Such boats sail in a sporty manner. They have serious inclinations and their advantage is that they can cut through the waves and sail sharply, so the deck is almost constantly wet. The small cockpit is an unprotected water tank. The deck is not even worthy of a sports boat; full of obstacles and wooden decorations and scattered not self-collecting oldy winches. The traffic surfaces are extremely narrow. It would take a lot of serious upgrades and a complete interior makeover to convert this sailboat into an ocean cruising boat. However, its possible transformation, re-equipment and development would cost a very large amount. I just ask quietly: where are the really useful, practical equipment? I am thinking here of a dinghy, generator, AIS transceiver, water maker, radar, individual electronic indicators, collective rescue device etc. All together, the realistic price of this watercraft would be between 10 and 15 thousand dollars. (85K WTFCK!?) I don't even know if there is any serious interest in her as a result of this RU-vid report. Not to mention a dream yacht - well... she can be a nightmare.

boat looks well maintained, even the varnish still good

Best buy I have seen in awhile especially for a schooner sail plan! Great find!

You know my dream was always to stay on a boat ..so I did keep it in a warehouse best and cheapest time I ever had . Who is saying it has to float 😊

I have watched your channel since it’s inception. You guys have done a phenomenal job of building a great can you give out great information you sound very knowledgeable you sound sincere and I personally want to thank you for many many good viewings of mini boat keep up the good work your friend Rusty hope to see you out in the water sometime😊

Now that's the boat you should buy and get out there sailing .

Great boat ! Price is right !

First off she's STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL! From what I've been seeing on other channels this is a boat set up for racing. As a matter of fact I just watched a channel and a gentleman from Italy just refitted a boat and the interior is almost a copy of this one. Would of like to seen if the old oil looking light's on her were also able to gimbal. Would LOVE TO HAVE HER TO LIVE ON AND SAIL THE LAKES !!! Thanks for the great videos!

Very unique. It seems like a boat built for ocean racing circa 1960. Lots of accommodations for lots of hands to handle lots of sails. If it rates well it might still be an interesting racer (I have no idea how a staysail schooner rates, but she can put up allot of canvas). It might be a very interesting charter racer. For $10k you could take 5 of your friends on a famous ocean race in a beautiful classic schooner.

Oh what a beautiful boat!👍🇸🇪🙏👏

Nice tour thanks for featuring it. Love the lines but would be tempted to rethink the interior. Maybe take out the dividing wall up front, support the deck some other way if the wall was structural and make a more habitable cabin.

Nice boat. I would turn the two cabins into one large owner cabin with a nice head with separate shower and wardrobe space. I don’t like to have too many people on the boat so guest can use the aft cabin or saloon.

Great looking boat .

Thanks for the video. Very strange layout for a 50ft sailboat, very coustom build. What was the sailboat used for?

My retirement plan is to find and buy a similar boat, if we could fast forward 6;years I’d buy it today. Beautiful yacht. Thanks for the video walkthrough. Disappointed a bit with motor location to aft cabin. Great price point for what you get.

Checking her out, thanks for the tip.

unique layout for sure.

I grew up sailing abd working on boats on Lake Macatawa ( Holland, MI)

I miss the little lady and now mom. This is a good boat for a family

You know, I really like this one.

Damn thats a nice boat, tnx for sharing. :)

Remember to look a gift horse in the mouth. Disappointed about the aft cabin, other than that the boat vs price is amazing.

Classic look

Wonderful boat, and for the first time I'm the one who know more about her: she comes from the desk of Carlo Sciarelli, father of some of the most beautiful italian boats - and of some of the fastest, go and see ChicaBoba II, Ostar 1980, and Chica Boba III, Ostar 1984. He was not interested in IOR boats, he hated ratings, simply loved fast boats, the ones that run more miles per day with timeless class. His book is in my library aside the ones of designers as Olin Stephens, John Alden, Joel White, Sam Crocker and others. This model was designed both as a staysail schooner and as a cutter, as Constellation probably is: the two poles shouldn't be for spinnakers - too much people to manage, he loved boats with no more than three guys at work, better if only two - but for twin staysails running down the wind, this was one of his trademarks. The cabins disposition seems awkward, but Constellation, comparing his interior with other ones from the same desk, was surely designed for charter: crew cabin aft, saloon midship, two triple forward of saloon for guests, a huge forecastle for sails with two more berths where transferring crew if more than 6 guests were onboard, NO owner cabin. Construction was fiberglass from Cantiere Ambrosini in La Spezia, this one was probably only internally finished from Cantieri Navali Scia in Genova, a couple were constructed in wood.

Point is that very few people wants a classic yacht, the majority chooses for the comfort containers as the modern yacht is.

So when are you going to get your boat and what do you want?

would love to own that boat

Small saloon, lots of berths. Looks like a passage maker/rally boat/offshore club racer, more than a live aboard cruiser.

I love it

Cored or solid hull? All things considered, she's in pretty good condition. Although the engine placement is concerning. I agree with others that this was intended for racing, rather than blue water cruising.

Hope you fare well with the storm.

Does the PBR come with?

Beautiful boat. Long and skinny

Two spinnaker poles and a reaching strut (to keep the Spinnaker after guy from pressing against the windward stays). A stays'l schooner would have astays'l between the masts instead of a boomed foresail. The downside of the offset companionway is that if you get knocked down to starboard, water gets below much easier than if it is on the centerline.

Forward Facing Nav Station, drink!

nice

,its an IOR racer. It sleeps 12 at the dock or 6 on the weather side when beating. The Skipper and his Matie plus a 10 person crew. Oil lamps, 2 full heads, diesel heater plenty of Canvas prolly a golly walber and i bet a blooper too.❤ 85k offer 65k it'll take lots of elbow grease to get her up n sailing again. Check the sail inventory, auxiliary, cordage and a competent Survey!!

I would enlarge the master cabin using the other 2 cabins and put in a pool table

Are you sure the Detroit Lions don't use that boat for a practice field? That boat is massive. The only down side I can see is dockage. In spite of that it's really pretty and apparently very salvageable boat. Keep the good stuff coming.

would be a great boat for the Boy Scouts in Florida

It's clearly set up as a racing blue ocean boat. very similar to the boat in the latest video by Alluring Artic Saiing.

beautiful. i wonder how much to get her ready for off shore sailing?

It looks like a nice family boat or perhaps use it to take people out for sailing tours, might make a little money from it.

4:00 - Don't think that's a manual bilge pump. It looks like the handle for a hydraulic backstay tensioner.

Figure another $120,000 over the sale price for repairs, upgrades, sails, standing rigging, etc. Definitely not a single hand sailing vessel.

Did you forget to mention what the boat is made out of? Maybe I missed it.

"given the current situation" 😊

Sleeps 10 because that's what it takes to crew it. Would take someone with deep pockets to get her back in shape. She would be a really special beauty to see sailing.

Have you ever looked at a harry proa 40 or 50 ?

Very pretty lines. Need deep pockets. "Expect to do little bit of work yourself " meant as a joke???😊😅

This is the first time I've ever seen a sailboat with a Bikers Against Drunk Driving (BADD) bumper sticker. Now I'm curious about the owner's motorcycles...

Who is the designer? Looks like a Sparkman & Stephens design similar to the older Swans and Tartan 41's. Is she still on the market? Thank you for sharing the video. Cheers...

How much is owed, to Marina for storage

Looks like a potential bargain

The wood work is a little darker then I like lighter makes it look more open

What’s she made out of and how old?

Très belle coque! Mais un intérieur dis fonctionnel. On a juste à regarder la hache avant qui glisse , c’est bien! Mais c’est là que l’on devrait retrouver les voiles et les cordages. C’est un lit , c’est aberrant. Une douche pour 8 , c’est aberrant. Une cuisine avec de très petites espaces pour concevoir des plats pour 8 personnes. Et je pourrais continuer…..l’intérieur en bois est chaleureux et c’est une copie conforme d’un quarante pieds qui reçoit un couple avec deux invités. Le pont est aussi mal aménagé puisque les manœuvres ne sont pas tous au cockpit. Et que dire d’un aussi petit cokpit pour 8 personnes. Les lignes sont belles! Mais tout est à repenser.

I can’t see the price where the boat is. Can you please send me a price on the boat?

I lived on a 46’LOD boat for 20 years and I recommend thinking with your head before buying something like this. It’s a commitment that can ruin your life… Not a fan of flush decks for offshore sailing. This thing can cost you a lot of money to keep.

Has Mads & Ava written all over it 😉

not a good liveaboard, but beautiful boat

You can go flying out if you flip over!

Very similar design to a Swan

dirt seems damned expensive.

With a schooner rig she's not a boat for someone without good sailing experience, and a crew. Difficult as a short handed sailor. If someone wants to potter around and do her up in spare time, it would be a great project, but boats that have been out of the water for a long time have a lot of work to be done. 85 k is not a price at which this boat would sell I think, but at that price it could never be replaced. The problem though is you will easily need to spend another 100-150 k and then have a boat work 120-150 k. It's over 40 years old now.

price asked?

Who is the broker and his contact information?

Odd layout to be sure. Would need to repurpose some space.

No master's cabin means this boat sails and sails often : all berths are for crew end the owner lives aobard like crew. This the best configuration to sail far; fast; and in any kind of weather with and experien ced crew

7ft-4in draft

Buy it

How much are you asking for

Hey! Where is it and how much?

I am sorry but your comment about the cockpit traveler sounded like a direct quote from Ferenc Mate without any thought as to the actual situation. On a tiller boat and many wheel boats, the cross-cockpit traveler is indeed a problem as far as movement in the cockpit. On this boat, that comment is completely nonapplicable. It crosses the cockpit just in front of the wheel where the cockpit opens up to a T. In this location you have already stepped up onto the seats to get around the wheel and you are above the traveler. Another Mate quote is the forward facing nav table. This is only applicable if you can see outside from the nav. If you cannot see the water, it does not matter which way it faces.

What’s the contact information

If I were younger..

How much money?

Not seeing the price??

Definitely set up for some serious sailing, not really a cruising or liveaboard boat. Also dont think id call it dirt cheap at 85 k. How this channel has changed

I wish this boat had some kind of bimini or other weather enclosure. Besides that I think it's a great boat for the price! If only I had the price. : - ( I wonder if it could be transported via the Mississippi river to the Gulf? Otherwise, what good is having such a fine "ocean going" sailboat in the Great Lakes? No offense to people who sail on the Great Lakes. : - )

What material is it built of!!!? The one most important spec is nowhere to be found!!! Second most important: who's design???

Very wet boat. It's not a very comfortable setup for cruising. Depends on what you plan on doing with it. Not very welcoming to friends.

Budget $200,000 for restore/renovation/rigging.

Too crowded for my taste. I would move the shower into the v-berth compartment with additional storage. No master cabin. Not to my taste but may work for some other buyer.

One of the strangest boat layouts I've ever seen. That cockpit was hideous. No way would I ever think of buying it. There doesn't seem to be a constant thought put into the design throughout. It's like 3 people were in charge of each 1/3 of the boat with no one telling the other 2 what they were doing. I would have liked to of talked to the original salesman responsible for selling this thing when new and heard where he went with his marketing pitch.

There is no such thing as a dirty, cheap boat. It's a little like the saying „there ain’t no such thing as a free lunch“

Thank you for all the tours. There have been several boats I've seen that I'm very interested in. I'd like to mention a few things about your tours that might be an improvement, in my opinion. Firstly, you should keep your hand out of view. People who watch this type of program already know something about boats and don't need to have a winch or a portal or a block pointed out to them. It is sort of insulting to the viewers. Also, we may be trying to take screenshots of the video for our own folders on the boats we are researching, and your body parts are in the way. Your dialog is mostly unnecessary. All you are doing is naming everything we are looking at. We can identify those items in a second and your dialog may be interfering with our thought processes, and therefore a hindrance. What is helpful is to point out details that we may not be able to see very well, in which case you could also move the camera in for a closer look. It isn't at all necessary to point out things that are important to you, like the lifeline height. Instead, you could stand next to it and say this lifeline comes up to mid-thigh on me standing 5'9", or whatever would be helpful to all of us, if you thought it was a significant factor. Personally, I would never base the purchase of a boat on the height of the lifelines. They can be raised. By all means, let us know the things the owner or broker let you know that would be of interest to us. Since there is no owner to question for this boat, I did visit the Yachtworld website of the listing by the yard owner. It shows a pic of the boat under sail and saw that the mizzen sail is a rectangular one and I was very interested in how the lines might be run from the top of the main mast forward to the aft head of the mizzen sail. I have been looking for a schooner with this configuration. If you follow Mads on Sail Life, you know he is looking for another project boat to begin work on. He is looking for a 50'-60' center cockpit boat that is in need of renovation. I will send him this one even though it isn't a c/c and it is likely out of reach of his budget. But like you said, this price may be negotiable. He preferred one on the east coast, where a great abundance of neglected boats might be found. If you see something he might be interested in, note it in the comments of his latest vlog post.

I'm put off by the lack of portholes leading toward a dark interior with no views outside combined with a miniscule cockpit and a very small salon for a 50' boat. No, there is nothing that invites me to comfort either above or below deck. Not a "happy-to-be-on" boat.

I don't even look at fiberglass Sailboats anymore.... Aluminum is the way to go .... Fiberglass your always rebidding things, too many pesky leaks to track down..... Aluminum is becoming more popular

The very first thing to consider.......can I afford "to own and maintain" a yacht of this size?

That boat is a racer. Not that comfortable for a live aboard situation

What is cheap? Cheap boats are in the end the most expensive.

Weird sailboat, with a weird layout. Should have been built as a sloop.

I don't like the lay out at all. No master suite, why not? Only wet heads, why?

This ain’t no schoonah! It appears to be a cuttah. Oh, and the aft “lockah” is called a lazarrette

Don't think you will buy it. Don't think you will ever buy something like this.

For a do-it-yourselfer, she could be a possibility... however this lady is going to be one gold digging merciless mistress. Only from your video I would be budgeting nothing shy of $150K to put her into seaworthy condition. Figure you're going to need: tanks cleaned/flushed, fuel tank cleaned and fuel polished, no dodger or side curtains (an easy $10K), new standing and running rigging, new sails (serviceable = anytime now), electronics, all new upholstery (mold/mildew remediation) including the foam rubber, mold remediation that needs to include having to wipe down every surface in the cabin with concrobium (and you may have to take out panels, headliner, etc.). I would be figuring on replacing all hoses including those for the propane system, rebuilding all water pumps, replacing engine belts, service all of the winches, possible new refrigerator/freezer compressors, and the list goes on. Hopefully, there will not be any issues with the electrical system or auxiliary. All in all, it ain't gonna be cheap. She is not ICW compliant. She is a schooner with both an unusual cabin and cockpit layout. There is almost no resale market for schooners and perhaps this one even more so. Yes, she looks pretty in the shed, however I will venture to say that whomever elects to buy her it will be doing so as a labor of love. Jordan: run don't walk to the nearest exit.

Needs gutting and putting back together properly, terrible layout, but a good size boat.