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Jeanneau Attalia

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#1 ·
Hi all,

I've been reading the sailnet fora for a few years and have not come across anyone with any comments about the Jeanneau Attalia. Anybody have any info/experience? My 1983 has served very well for the past 4 yrs (on Lake Ontario).

I have really only one minor irritant on my boat: no hot water.

Mark
 
#54 ·
Hi Jacobo,

Welcome to a select group (we are either romantics or we have a keen sense of value, depends on who you talk to). They certainly were very well built.

Unfortunately, I've been unable to look at your photos, not sure what my challenge is. If you have another link I would love to see the pics.

My Attalia is unfortunately in storage until I get back to Canada later this year. As soon as I do get back I will be all over this site asking for advice. I had lots of plans for upgrades etc, but all is on hold till the boat gets back in the water.

Cheers for now.
 
#58 ·
Hello to everybody...
I have made fastly a web to shre sailplans, specs, ... and photos that we have gathered about the attalia.

To see, just copy the adress on the navigator (Without www and it will work):

es.geocities.com/attalia7777/

Hope to share with you ideas and things about Attalia..
 
#60 ·
http://es.geocities.com/attalia7777/

There we go, a clickable link to Jacobo's web site.

Jacobo

you should also email that link to Malcolm at the jeanneau owners site, and he will link your site in that site too. I do not think there is a link with that much info etc for Attalia's there. It is also very interesting how similar the Arcadia I have is to the Attalia too.

Marty
 
#61 ·
Thanks to everybody...

I have send the address and the photos to Malcom, also I have sent to him the original brochure of the Jeanneau Brio (My old boat).

I know the Arcadia... in my harbour there is one.. I really like it, for me the Jeanneaus of this years were very well built...

The new ones for sure are vey nice (I Have a frined that owns a Jeanneau SO 37 and is going to change to a 43 DS), they are fantastic with the interiors and the space, but the construction is not so good (All the brands reduce costs).

For me the Attalia was the best choice because of the size (For sure I will love to have a bigger boat, but the harbour it will get very expensive and also because of the maintenance, sails, ...), so 32 feet is the perfect size... and also because of the price.

It is an old boat, with the interior design and space of the moderns, very robust and a lot cheaper than the new ones...

In Spain, comparing to the cost of living, sailing is still expensive and see as rich people, so everything related with boats is very expensive...

Anyway I share the property of the boat with a friend, in Spain is really uncommon, but I have done it always and it is fantistic, I really do not get to use so much, so sharing costs is the key...
 
#62 ·
hi again

The last time I posted was before my first sail in the attalia, and since then I have really come to love this boat. As of last summer, I had never sailed in a keel boat, but I put in about 250 miles worth of day sails in late Summer and Fall. It has been an amazing experience, and I am totally hooked on sailing.

Its great to see this thread still going and to see more resources like Jacobo's website. I recently built a website (the link is in my signature) to post pictures and log information (including gps tracks- check out the 'trips' page) for myself and crew. As my dad and I start doing some projects, I'll start posting pictures of that as well. I'm going to add links to Jacobo's site and the jeanneau-owners site-- if anyone knows of other Attalia related sites I should add, let me know.
Dave
 
#63 ·
Dave/Jacobo,

Always great to see converts. Waymar has been laid up for almost three years (since I did not bring her to Guyana). I'm going to have alot of work on her this coming fall, winter and spring. Probably more than I bargained for.

looking forward to some good exchanges. Cheers for now.
 
#65 ·
Hi all, as an Arcadia owner I think we are an even more lonely bunch than the Atttalia group. Waymar, we must have passed each other as up to last year I sailed out of Kingston as well. I was just on the site to see if I could find any advice on dealing with problems of cracks in the rudder blade surface when I saw your old thread. Re the head tank issue, my Arcadia has one installed in the cockpit locker near the diesel fuel tank and it works well.Wallace.
 
#66 ·
Actually Wallace,

All of us with mid 80's Jeanneaus in NA seem to be hard to find equals. The sunshines, Attalia's and Arcadia's are hard to fine in general. Altho here in Puget Sound up to the BC area, I know of 5 arcadia's, located 4, one Attalia, and 3 sunshines 36/38's from that time period. Reality is, the Arcadia's at lest for me have been easier to find vs Attalia's. Then again, owning an Aracadia, may make it such that I locate and find info. Otherwise, I beleive that there were more Attalia's produced than Arcadia's.

Welcome to over here, I believe I have seen you post on the jeanneau owners site too have you not?
 
#67 ·
New Attalia owner with bilge pump question

Good day everyone,

I have been reading this post since we acquire our first boat last August. She is an 1986 Attalia and she is going in the water next week. We will be sailing on lake Ontario and I have to say that it will be a long week !

We were not allowed to have her back in the water last summer, survey said rudder is full of water and need to be fixed, we also had to have the propane upgraded to meet ABYC code, these were the two insurance requirements for her to go back in... therefore could not get everything fixed before the end of the season last year.

Anyhow, I have a question for the group, the bilge pump is in the head, in my boat there are actually two pumps side by side, is this the standard configuration ? One is the bilge pump, what is the other one for ?

Thanks
 
#68 ·
Stephane...good luck with your launch!
Sometimes two bilge pumps are mounted side by side of redundancy (extra safety) in case one fails. Also sometimes the FLOAT switches which turn them on are mounted at different levels in the bilge...one low and one high for extra help in a real flood. You might look for the float switches to see if that is the case.
The thing that is puzzling to me is that they are in your head. They should be in the bottom of your bilge unless they are simply shower sump pumps.
 
#69 ·
Stephane,

If you go here Pagina nueva 1

That is a website setup by jlv7777 with the "WHOLE" owners manual listed online, altho not the best copies, copies none the less. If you do not have an original manual, that might be worth a look to see if those two pumps are for the shower. Otherwise, the bilge pump should be in an area just behind the table in the lazerette. You may also have a bilge pump in a shallow compartment behind the trans to collect and remove any water from here the shaft comes in and out of the hull. This is a common place for a bilge pump from Jeanneau at the time too.

Marty
 
#72 ·
James,

Not sure about usage on an Attalia, but on the slightly smaller Arcadia I own, I can go about 8'ish hrs on my 7 gal tank, with a 16HP Yanmar. If I am not a throttle to the floor type motor, I use less than a gal and hr at 5-6 knots, if I try to go over 6, then it jumps to 1+ gals per hr of use.

As far as fitting a bigger tank. assuming the two have tanks are in equal spots, ie for me under the starboard seat, removing the one and installing a bigger tank would not be that hard, but still an 8-12 hr job if I had to guess on time! I could see a use for a bigger tank if fueling stations were few and far in between, but with a 5 gal cont I keep in that locker, I can go some 12-14 hrs of motoring pretty easy, for me in Puget sound, I'd pass plenty of fuel spots in that time!

Marty
 
#73 ·
Question about refrigeration unit and head tank replacement

Hello,

Lots of interesting project pops up when you get a new old boat... So far we have thoroughly enjoyed our new Attalia and have had a busy summer sailing season except for some 'discoveries' that the surveyor missed when looking at the boat last fall.

We had a leak in our dark water tank, it is patched now but we will need a new one, has anyone ever replaced this tank ? I am told I need to have it custom made, has anyone replace this tank in an Attalia and found a fit on the market from a pre-built one ?

We also found out that our refrigeration unit was toast, I got a replacement unit and was looking for advice on where to place it. It was originally in the lazarette but that doesn't really work, I think this is why we replacing it, the unit gets banged up when you keep going into the lazarette.

The person that I am working with is suggesting to install it under the sink, I am reluctant to install it there because it is already crowded, there is the water pump and all the hoses down there. I am thinking that installing it there will make it too crowded if I need to fix anything else. The other option is under the settee but we use the space for storage.

Has anyone install a refrigeration unit ? If so where and what is your experience in this location.

Thanks

Stephane Gagnon
 
#75 ·
Hello,

Lots of interesting project pops up when you get a new old boat... So far we have thoroughly enjoyed our new Attalia and have had a busy summer sailing season except for some 'discoveries' that the surveyor missed when looking at the boat last fall.

We had a leak in our dark water tank, it is patched now but we will need a new one, has anyone ever replaced this tank ? I am told I need to have it custom made, has anyone replace this tank in an Attalia and found a fit on the market from a pre-built one ?

We also found out that our refrigeration unit was toast, I got a replacement unit and was looking for advice on where to place it. It was originally in the lazarette but that doesn't really work, I think this is why we replacing it, the unit gets banged up when you keep going into the lazarette.

The person that I am working with is suggesting to install it under the sink, I am reluctant to install it there because it is already crowded, there is the water pump and all the hoses down there. I am thinking that installing it there will make it too crowded if I need to fix anything else. The other option is under the settee but we use the space for storage.

Has anyone install a refrigeration unit ? If so where and what is your experience in this location.

Thanks

Stephane Gagnon
Stephane,

We have installed ourselves (Meeting with ISO 8099 rules required in Spain) a 50L dark water tank. We did in the pope starboard (outside) we put at the bottom buying a form to take into account the curve of the Attalia.
We passd a tube from the WC to the tank, a tube from the tank to the outside (roof), to empty in harbour, and a tube back
to WC. Also a small tube steping out among engine indicators to breathe.
It tooks us almost 8 hours of work but we saved $1200 that wanted us to pay.
Because the trunk is big is not difficult to install it.
Also we have a refrigeration unit under the sink, if you open the door on the left we have the electrical pump an in the right is the refrigeration unit, on the ouside we have a small screen that indicates the temperature.

As soon as I get back I will take some pictures of both...

About the bilge pumps, we have three, 2 electrical one under the table, another in the engine, and the manual in the shower.

I will keep you update...
Jacobo
 
#74 ·
Stephane,

As far as a custom built tank goes...........you probably could/should be able to find one that will fit. It may not be the exact size, but reasonably close enough that you could use a stock size available. A local fellow redid his Sunshine 36 from that mid 80 era, and he did not comment about not being able to find a new tank. Not sure if it was slightly smaller, bigger equal but different demensions......

Not sure what to say on the refer unit, as my Arcadia of the same vintage is only an ice box. In the sink area would be about the only place on my boat to put it!

marty
 
#76 ·
Considering purchase of an Attalia

I am looking a purchasing a mid 80's Attalia and am generally hearing positive things for inside waters (BC, Washington).

Are there any owners out there who can comment on the following:

Adding hot water/creating a reasonable shower (does it have a shower sump?)

Adding water capacity;

Is the fuel capacity a problem?;

The portlights are a bit crazed and seem on the flimsy side. Has anyone experience re-doing these?

Any condensation issues in cooler climates?

The ice box is noted as poorly insulated. Can this be corrected?

The 12 HP diesel is on the light side. Is this an issue?

Thanks for any feedback.

Rob
 
#95 ·
Hello, I am back after some time...

I will try to answer based on my experience:
- Hot water: We just bought and almost install a PLastimo 20L water heater system, we have put in the back cokpit in the place over the engine (Easy to connect to the engine, and very easy to pass it to the bathroom. We were going to connect to make the trials but because of a bad diesel fuel our engine sttoped and they are fixing it (About $3.000).

- Water capacity: Our previos owner added two deposits aft, one inside the locker and the other connected to this one in the place where the life rift is suppoused to go. For us now is excesive...

- Fuel capacity, it is not too big the tank, it is not the strongest point, for long navigation periods we carry a 45L deposit aoutside.

- The portlights: the previous owner added some small practical (Two on each side), bathroom, kitchen, cokpit and over chartdesk. It is fantastica, and you can open them to ventilate... VERY GREAT idea.

- Ice box, we had added an electrical system and is fantastic... it seems to be isolated very well...

- 12hp, In my opinion it will a very small engine, we have 18hp, and with big waves and bad conditions it is just limited... in fact we are thinking on changing the propeller...

Hello from Spain...

I am looking a purchasing a mid 80's Attalia and am generally hearing positive things for inside waters (BC, Washington).

Are there any owners out there who can comment on the following:

Adding hot water/creating a reasonable shower (does it have a shower sump?)

Adding water capacity;

Is the fuel capacity a problem?;

The portlights are a bit crazed and seem on the flimsy side. Has anyone experience re-doing these?

Any condensation issues in cooler climates?

The ice box is noted as poorly insulated. Can this be corrected?

The 12 HP diesel is on the light side. Is this an issue?

Thanks for any feedback.

Rob
 
#77 ·
They are good to excellent boats for pugetsound up into the canadian waters to the north. A fairly large Jeanneau group meet at bedwell harbor the last weekend in June for a roundezvous also. Mostly newer boats, but a few Attalia's show up.

They are built like my 2' shorter Arcadia, no real ability to put a shower in, as there is no sump. Hotwater might be doable. Water capacity, probably not too hard, as teh tank is a flexable bladder under a seat. so add another bladder under another seat. I personally find that I have filled my 22 gal bladder maybe 3 times in 4 yrs if that! But then, I have not done any major week long cruises either.

Not sure about your fuel capacity, I have 7 gals, if I full throttle it I have about 7-8 hrs of use, if at 3/4 throttle, I use .5 gals an hr with a 16hp twin cyl Yanmar. The tank should be in an equal spot as mine, under the starboard cockpit seat, while a PITA to remove and put in a bigger one, not a big deal. I find it easier to carry a 5 gal jug with a non drip/pour spout, Ie one that I can put the spout in the filler, push down and fuel comes out.

Ice box will keep a couple bags of ice for 2-3 days in 70-80F temps.

Portlights? I will assume the side windows. I have had a leak or two, and got this fixed. Not sure they would be easy to R&R, but would be doable. Try to use the old ones as molds. Mine are in two pieces per side, not sure about the attalia, would assume equal.

Argle bargle on here sold/traded in his Attalia on a Hanse a few months back, you might try to see if the one you are looking at is his old one. He might be able to get you some info on it. Or if you go to Jeanneau-owners.com, there is a list of owners that self registar, see if the one has a previous/current owner to get info if it is a dealer owned rig/ ie traded in on a larger/different boat.

I believe there are clost to a dozen Attalia's in the greater puget sound area including north to BC.

marty
 
#79 ·
Thanks for the feedback

I have located a previous owner--at least there is an email on the Jeanneau-Owners site, so may get feedback.

I also noticed that there are some attalias which do indicate a shower, so perhaps there is room for a sump. For my needs, a shower (even if very basic), and refrigeration are required.

Rob
 
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