Ouwens 28 S-Spant (sailboat) for sale

Buy Ouwens 28 S-Spant - equipment sailing yacht - sailboat for sale

Navigation
compass, echo sounder (Raymarine), position lights, speed log (Raymarine), VHF radio (Standard Horizon)

Technical equipment
anchor, battery, shore supply 220V, voltmeter

Safety
life jackets

Deck equipment
bathing ladder, fenders, guard rail, sprayhood

Interior equipment
gas hob, oven, sink

Sails
roller-furling jib (High-Aspekt), mainsail, roller-furling genoa, spinnaker boom

Other information
The entire electrical system including starter motor was replaced in 2019.

Bottom-guard stainless steel rigging was replaced in 2015. Sails are older but still a very serviceable condition. In 2022 still taken away to the sailmaker to be checked. The older sail set is also still present (condition is unknown).

Owners comment:

Sailing yacht Seline, Brand/type: Ouwens 28, S-frame long keeler, built 1957, steel (longitudinally welded and riveted to truss) 28 feet/8.54 mtr. Engine is a Nanni 3.90HE, 3 cylinder, 22.5 hp.

The yacht was built at the Schiedam yard Ouwens. The shipyard no longer exists. Of this type of sailing yacht, as far as I know, 3 different versions were built; the 26-foot, 28-foot and 29-foot. Of the 28-footer, probably 5 were built. How many of these are still in service is unknown to me, but I have never come across one.

The previous owner also had the yacht for about 20 years and was the 3rd or 4th owner. The yacht has always been used by one owner for a long time. There is still a certificate of measurement of the then Dutch Kruiser Class, of which the sail no. H415 is the remnant The previous owner added many stainless steel parts and tackled the interior design. They also made several sea voyages with the yacht to, among others, Denmark.

We bought the yacht in December 2002 and christened it Seline. We mainly sailed with her on the inland waterways; IJsselmeer and Randmeren. Also the Zeeland waters as part of the Staande Mast Route, from the Grevelingen to Friesland.

We have made no substantial changes to the ship. We did renew the entire electrical installation of the hull, after water damage in 2019. Also log, depth sounder and VHF radio have been renewed. All mattresses/cushions have been recently replaced. The kitchen area has been renewed and done in Trespa. Regarding the engine, the exhaust skin grommet has been renewed (welded) and the cooling water pump recently (2023) replaced. There is a recent (3 years) summer cover (red dacron tent cloth) and a very solid winter cover (gray bisonyl).

Although it has sailed races in the past, it is a ship from 'that' time, the fifties. Really close to the wind and fast is not possible. She does sail very stable and calm, even in gusty winds. We have had a lot of fun with this ship, but now it is time to say goodbye. A steel ship requires maintenance and health allows less and less.

Asking price: reasonable (for a real lover*)

* We do not aim for the highest price, but would like to see our boat going to someone who appreciates an older yacht and understands the maintenance work and does not see it as a problem.