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After a lot of reading about trawler style boats, spending time on board and talking to the owner I think I can say that this is a nice boat worth looking into. The current owner has been trying to sell it for a while but it is not the style of boat wealthy Brazilians would normally buy. They...

There is a nice 70 foot trawler for sale in the berth next to mine. Cabins, evething according to your specifications. And it is already in Brazil and Brazilian flagged. With some firm negotiation it might be in your price range. It is certainly seaworthy. Sailing up and down this particular...

I met the owner last weekend and he gave me some photos of the boat out the water. It is not a displacement hull shape. And it looks to have bronze propeller shafts.

So it looks like Nick F was right. The boat was built in Brazil. On the weekend a Brazilian friend here at the yacht club helped me in going through the paperwork on board. He found the authorization document for the start of the build. It was dated 1985 and in the name of the first owner...

We are in Pelotas. About 20 miles from Rio Grande on the Dos Patos lagoon.

I am itching to start fixing things on her. I have been rescuing abandoned boats of various sizes since I was a kid. The owner is flying down on the 23rd of this month so I’ll have to control myself till then. And how do I justify it even then. Maybe use it as a charter boat on the coast around...

The boat looks neglected. Not abused, but neglected. There is little sign of wear in the interior but there is water stains on the ceiling in the saloon and crew quarters. The deck above leaks when it rains. Both stern glands are leaking and the steps on stern is completely destroyed. According...

The boat arrived here from Piriapolis in Uruguay. Roughly 300 miles away along quite a difficult stretch of South Atlantic coast. So it is definitely mobile. This is southern most port in Brazil. The delivery crew said it has spent quite some in Uruguay. Looking at the timeline it is possible it...

This is the layout. And photos of the saloon. Also photos of various areas that is hard to believe did not come out of a mold.

The engines are dated 2005. The time of the refit. Here is some pics of the interior.

The engines are very big for a Hatteras LRC. That always bothered me. They are 550 hp Mercedes straight sixes. This is a general data sheet of the boats manual. It’s in Portuguese but easy to understand.

Some more pics. Will take some of the interior tomorrow.

No number there. If I am looking in the right place. Could the cockpit have been closed up during the refit and the number lost?

Where will I find the HIN number?

It is a fiberglass hull and massively built. I can’t imagine it being a one off build. To make a mold that size. It must be a series produced hull. But the locals here don’t seem to think that fiberglass hulls that size was made in Brazil in the eighties.

https://www.kalmar.com.br/?page_id=567

From what I found online it looks like it went through an extensive refit here in Brazil from 2005 to 2010. I will try posting the link. It is in Portuguese but can be translated. It has quite a few photos. It seems to have been neglected some time after that.

The boat has Naiad stabilizers and in the manual I can see that the original name of the boat was Sagittarius. Maybe someone can remember her.

I would like to buy it yes. And it is for sale. I have been reading quite a bit about the LRCs these last few days and I like what I am hearing. But I still have the Dean and the asking price is more than I can afford. Apparently there was only 13 of the 65 LRCs built.

Hello. My name is Pieter Cillié. I am a South African. I have been living on my Dean Aero 440 since 2008. The last 11 years have been spent sailing in South America, mainly Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil. I grew up near a fishing village and spent 3 years in the South African navy on missile...

Hello. I am a South African sailing on a Dean catamaran in South America for the last 11 years. We are keeping an eye on our neighboring boat for the Brazilian owner and I have to admit that I am starting to like it. As far my internet research goes I think it is a Hatteras LRC 65. Can anyone...