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My wife and I have read the Cruising Encyclopedia. It’s a fantastic guideline for sailors. All kinds of tips and safety issues we put on our 37ft sailboat. After reading the book we had only one wish. Making our own cruise in the year 2004 with our two daughters in a Sundeer yacht. <\/p>\n

Buying a new or secondhand model is not possible. But we wonder if it’s possible to buy a hull of a Sundeer 56 and finish the interior of the boat in three or four years ourselves, with the Cruising Encyclopedia as a guideline. Some questions were raised when we thought about this idea. I hope you can find the time to answer the following questions. I thank you in advance. <\/p>\n

1) Do you sell drawings of the Sundeer 56 so we can have the hull made in Holland? If so what are the costs. 2) Are there already Sundeer yachts built in Europe? If so who can I contact for information. 3) The original Sundeers are made of aluminum. I want to make the boat from steel. Is that possible? -Peter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Hi Peter: We do not sell drawings of our boats–we have always delivered completed boats. This way we insure that they are all built to the same standards. Steel does not make sense for a design like ours, as it is so much heavier you would have to change many things (rig, engine, draft, keel, etc.). We have looked at doing boats in steel many times, but always came back to aluminum as it seemed to give better performance for less cost, and be lighter as well. Regards–Steve Dashew<\/p>\n

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