Bringing the world of Alubat to America. Alubat’s strength is building exceptional aluminum yachts for offshore sailing. Their reputation for quality fit and finish, as well as their experience sailing and living aboard got us excited about this project.
With more than two decades building and selling long-distance cruising yachts, a partnership with Alubat was a natural fit. By representing Alubat we hope to expand their presence in not only the North American market, but all around the world.
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I am completely in love.
My dream boats.
The color of the 430 is slightly normal, but the arrangement of the panel and the window in the window are simply.
The main reason to prevent me from buying is the indoor color matching and design of the indoor color, white, dark gray, black, cobalt blue, metal. I can only evaluate this very creative, especially the design of the salon table. Its folding seems to be full of snakes.🤣🤣🤣
Nice boats. Great design But as an aluminium and steel fabricator of 30 years I would like to say that when you weld a plate around the edges there is some shrinking and this gives the opportunity to introduce a little convex curvature to the transverse frames in between the chines, also as the plate bends and twists around the hull, curvature doesn't always follow the form taken by the transverse frames. I may be wrong but this opportunity to obtain a more optimal shape may not have been utilised in the Alubat range. Dennis Ganley is an example of a designer of the past who understood the full benefits of metal construction. The metal coils around the hull and doesn't always conform to the transverse frames. I am sure with cnc programming anything is possible and I invite Alubat to look into it. It would cost no more in build time as frames are now cut by cnc and it would minimise the need to pull the plate to the frames in between the chines quite as much and create a stronger more cosmetically pleasing hull that's less prone to oilcanning.
Indeed, and we have to take into account all those properties of aluminum before we even start on the design process. To do so, we anticipate how the aluminum plates will position themselves, helped by a collective 140 years experience in aluminum construction between all our architects, and 50 years for our shipyard. We don’t use the frames to force our shape of hull, we rather first design and optimize the hull itself, without any frame, in order to get the cleanest curves possible, taking into account the particularities of the material. The idea is that we could theoretically build the hull only with the plates, and still get the same shape. Then, and only then, we decide on where to put the frames, depending mostly on structural necessities. Finally, we use CNC to get the most precise shape possible, so we’re confident in the cleanliness and esthetics of the curves we designed. The thickness of the aluminum plates also tends to reduce the shrinking and other effects of the heat, and we tend to put every chance on our side : the chine is made by the edge of the upper plate, the welding line being a bit deported inwards, making for the cleanest chine possible visually, and giving us a little boost of structural integrity in this area. Finally, we actually want and strive for a bit of pulling during the assembly, as it provides some pre-stressing to our plates, increasing once again the solidity of our hulls, and giving it the exact form we designed.
That looks AMAZING!!!!
How customizable is the 370? Can you lower/ angle the hard dodger more? I know you can go with a canvas dodger but I like the idea of a hard dodger. I just don't like how bulky it looks. Kind of ruins her lines.
Yes. The nice thing about aluminum-built boats is that the design is not restricted by molds as in other production fiberglass-built boats.
WOW! She flys! 9.4kts in 18 kts of wind off the beam!! Thats Catamaran levels of performance. How well do the chines hold the boat on a heel?
That's exactly what the chines do, and the boat tracks beautifully.
How do I see thier adventures?
You can see photos, journals and videos of their travels on their website at www.voilierbulle.com/
Wonderful yacht
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What a wonderful yacht. I want one!!!
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Is the swing keel locked in position at its maximum draft?
I have not seen a swing keel boat with a lock. Decades ago, I sailed on a C&C Mega 30, that had it's keel on a jack screw, which meant that wherever it was was a locked position. One couple did part of the Great Loop in a Tartan 37, with a swing keel, with good and bad results. They didn't have it all the way up where they were getting their mast taken down, for the trip through Chicago, and had to get the boat lifted to get the keel reconnected to it's bridal rope, (damned heavy). But later on in the thin water around Florida, the swing keel allowed them to go places, a fixed keel would have difficulty. That is what they are made for, Bahamas bound.👍👍
on Alubat Ovnis (and other European centerbord boats) you typically have two lines, one for getting the centerbord up, one for pulling in down and locking it in place. Letting the centerbord down is usually done while motoring out of the harbour or without any dynamic pressure (not sailing) by gravity. With those bigger aluminium yacht there's usually no need to block the centerboard in the "down position" with one exeption - super rough waves with massive bouncing. If you're cruising along or nearshore its a good idea to keep the centerboard unlocked. You don't use the "down" line. IF you have contact with anything drifting or you hit the seabed. That's the big benefit of a centerbord. Swing keel = massive weight and swing keel ads to weight stability and you mostly have hydraulic measures to move it (because of weight). Centerbord = just a big aluminium profile for sailing performance, weight stability is done with lead in the hull
Yes, first line is to lift the centreboard and the second line is designed for that so that you can lock it at whatever position you want
pretty bad audio during the interview
Any 490 In build yet?
Hi Rob. brilliant video. love the boat. how many have you sold? sure it's exceeding expectations?
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Fascinating!
I don;t know if anyone can reply to this, but what kind of hull insulation do you apply? Is it polyurethane spray foam?
The hulls are first sprayed with cork and then lined with foam insulation.
Really cool to see, thanks fkr taking the time. More and more of the US are turning to French aluminum yachts
Fantastic!
Is Alubat related to garcia yachts at all? This looks similar to the aluminum garcia 45
No, they are two separate French boat yards. Alubat has been building aluminum yachts for 50 years and continues to innovate with new 100% aluminum builds.
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For cold climates do they provide the option for insulation?
Insulation is standard, and additional heating is optional
Thx for the explanation
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A dream!
As longer distance single-hander, it saddens me that nowadays manufactures, especially for blue water cruisers, move to a side galley concept as well, completely ignoring the comfortability of having both arms free while making the chores of the very important part of our life.
is the sail drive option available on the 430 ?
Yes, Alubat is willing to work with multiple propulsion systems.
I would so love to own a boat like this some day❤
How many heads?
There are options for 1 or 2 heads on the 430 - you can see the layout options on our website alubatamerica.com/ovni-430/
@@alubatamerica thanks…. Enjoyed the ‘spot the difference’.
So how much is it???
You can find pricing for a well-equipped Alubat 370 and the equipment list on our site alubatamerica.com/ovni-370/
Do you offer any diesel electric hybrid motors ? Something shaft drive that can double as an alternator ?
yes, we do!
That thing looks undestructible
For high latitude sailing I would like an inside helm station. Its no fun when the temp is below 0 C wind is 20 knots and its snowing.
Take a look at the Ovni 490 with the pilot house designed exactly for those latitudes.
…so i can safely get far, far away.
Merci beaucoup. Very informative! Why does one boat have longitudinal stringers and the other not? Edit: to answer my own question, the plate is thicker on the boat with no stringers. 3:55 So that structure is in the plate (and hull shape). Given how widely used 6061 is with 5083 boats, hopefully they are near each other in the galvanic series. They are different alloys of Aluminum so can have different galvanic potentials, which can lead to corrosion. Edit: looks like they are considered the same galvanic potential, which is good. Suggestion: use Aluminum "molds" for no possibility of Iron transfer to the Aluminum. (I would name the molds as fixtures.) Otherwise a totally reasonable way to build production boats with the same hulls. P.S. Luc's English is 99% better than my French. In English we call the bending machine a bending brake or sheet metal brake.
il faudrait arrondir les angles du mobilier!!!
Garcia is the best ... Aluminum Sailboat.... better than this one
GARCIA MAKES THIS LOOK PATHETIC.... GARCIA LEADS THE WAY MY PEEPS 😮😮😮
You can get a Bavaria C48 for $300,000 and include $100,000 in upgrades, or you can get a $1,000,000 Alubat 450.
Great boats! Is the anchor locker bare aluminium or is it lined? Thank you.
Aluminum. No lining is required in the anchor locker.
@@alubatamerica thanks for your reply!
That was fascinating.
Dream boat , especially for some high latitude sailing.
Garcia makes this look bad ..check out Garcia.....best Aluminum Sailboat so far ...😮
What's a boat like this worth?
You can find an equipment list and pricing on our website here: alubatamerica.com/ovni-450/
@@alubatamerica At that price (€ 838,835) I would be buying the Boreal 44.2 (prolly 44.4 when I'm ready to buy) instead. I thought Alubat used to be the "bang for the buck" (The English say "value for money")? Hard to win in Marketing department when your boat doesn't offer price advantage over superior boats in same size category.
@@andre1987eph Thank you for your interest. Please understand that boats in this category and construction methodology are not suitable for bargain boat shoppers. When building a 100% aluminum sailboat there is no unskilled work involved.