Looking for Coastal Cruiser

Look at Neptunus as they may meet your needs also. As far as I know Neptunus has never used Balsa.

Me too, but I've managed several Neptunus over the years and never had a hint of any coring issues. They're a quality yacht and built pretty well. The owners manual is incredible for a yacht and everything is well engineered for access and replacement. A good sea boat as well.

I have a simple question, can these Yachts stand up to seas like the ones in this video taken in Southeast alaska. Relentless stacked up waves. Just wondering how sea worthy in bad weather.

I doubt anyone could say, as you can see by the title of this tread "looking for coastal cruiser/floating condo" your YouTube example of relentless green water is not in the route planning or cruising grounds. So this condition would be a complete no go situation for boats "like these".
What do you think?
I think my coastal cruiser/anchor/dock condo would be in a world of hurt. The slow motion green water against the pilot house windows is mesmerizing though. Beautiful in it's own way.

As gr8trn correctly pointed out, cruisers would not be venturing out in conditions shown in the video. Route and weather planning factor into cruising itineraries. With sound "go or no go" decision-making, countless boats of the size and type discussed in this thread have made safe passages to and from Alaska for many years now - utilizing the Inside Passage - without having to contend with such conditions.

Copy that. The thread is pretty specific, my bad. Just wondering how they’d hold up in storm weather. Definitely wouldn’t be fun. Thanks for the response and yes beautiful yet terrifying.

Not sure why you want to avoid MAN, they're the most reliable engines in this HP range. I can't remember how long ago I had to get the dealer out on a 2007 1100hp MAN boat I've been managing since 2011, 2013 I think it was. It's been maintained by an independant outfit with a man certified mechanic..........Never had an issue aside from routine maintenance. 62' Princess has side by side beds, not bunks in 3rd stateroom.

I'd much rather have MAN's than Scania/Yanmars......getting parts for MAN's has been no problem......and it isn't brain science to work on them, if need be. Plus they run smoother/cleaner at lower rpms.

Like the old saying goes
“It’s the song, not the singer”.
And to a certain extent, “it’s the whole boat, not the “x”, in which X could mean MAN diesels or bunkbeds.

Every boat is a compromise, so pick the “whole” over any specific “x”. I’d rather have well maintained MANs over shoddily maintained Cats or whatever engine is installed . Focus on the fact bunk beds are only used when sleeping, a functional use of space -and if you boat correctly your guests should be soundly asleep 2 mins after their head hits the pillow.

A boat is the whole package, and part of the charm are things you thought would be a big deal turn out to be no big deal—- and they things you didn’t focus on become apparent flaws only after use.

Pick the best maintained one that fits your genera criteria. You are getting good advice from guys who know boats.

And remember, any performer who sings “That’s Alright Mama” doesn’t have to be Elvis to make it enjoyable; and even Elvis couldn’t make the crappy songs in many of his movies into “hits”.

Yes I have experience with mid 2000's VSC's.

I don't think the parts are anymore expensive than Yanmar in the same HP. Why do you keep thinking that MAN parts are SO expensive? They're not. ALL of the engine manufacturers require an annual service that generally consists Of: Oil and oil filters, secondary and primary fuel filters, engine zincs...When you consider that MAN's have NO ZINCS, and Cats and Yanmars have a slew of them to change annually or faster......paying 20% more for a few filters than an equivalent CAT and on par with Yanmar and not having to buy any zincs, only difference is MAN common rails require full synthetic oil.......Yanmar intervals are 1 year or 200 hours, CATs 1 year or 250 hours, MANs are 1 year or 400 hours.......All of the dealers are the same $130-150 an hour for a dealer mechanic regardless if it's MAN, CAT, VOLVO, Cummins etc.

You can usually get most VSC parts from Viking yachts, they have a lot of stuff in stock. Be very wary of the teak as it's probably on it's last leg and needs to be replaced if it hasn't been already. They're a fairly good boat, I wouldn't say terrific. On most VSC's access to repair anything was very tight and frustrating. I don't know the ride characteristics of that model......delivered a 58' express, 64' flybridge long distances, and they rode fairly good.....in that era......... I've managed a lot of MAN's, they're good/reliable motors. Price aftercooler replacement costs on an equal set of CATS and amortize that over 6 years.......and MANs begin to look like a bargain. I've managed a set of 2007 1100's since 2011, we've never had any major failures at all, turbo's have never been off of those motors even.......1000 hour service was done at 1000 hours, not on a every 2 year basis.....we did have the alarm monitoring boards go bad early on.....I think it was around $4k to replace the pair.......some sensors/sendors here and there.....but those have gotten to be really good.......they've been great engines.......Working on them is relatively easy, nothing really super complex about them. Just had to have a set of heads pulled off of 2020 Cat C-18's with 260 hours, and the oil pan dropped on one and gasket replaced, if that tells you anything.....both were leaking oil and coolant externally. MAN heads are EASY in comparison as each cylinder has it's own head.......versus a 320 lb cylinder head.

In my SoCal experience a few years ago there are 5x-10x more service options in San Diego. Plenty of Man people. So take a little vacation a bit south when it’s Time to get some work done. The pool is amazing at Kona Kai marina.