Glacer 42 · steel · built 1986 · swing keel
About BERTA
Dimensions
- Length overall
- 13 m
- Beam
- 4 m
- Draft
- 0.88 – 2.2 m
- Empty weight
- 18,000 kg
- Interior standing height
- 190 cm
Swing keel — adjustable for shallow harbours and canal transit
Engine
- Make / model
- Mercedes MB300
- Power
- 81 PS (60 kW)
- Engine hours
- 2,673 h
- Last overhaul
- 2024 (€3500)
- Serial number
617919000001325
Tanks
- Fuel tanks
- 350 + 350 L
- Fresh water
- 1000 L
- Holding tanks
- 250 + 250 L
Accommodation
- Cabins
- 2
- Berths
- 6
- Max. passengers
- 12
Performance
- Cruising speed
- 7 kn
- Single-handed
- yes
- Winches reachable from cockpit
- yes
Rig
Original 1986 — exceptionally well maintained
Mast-lowering rig: Jütt. Lowering rig allows inland-waterway bridge clearance
History
Built 1986 at Deters Yacht. Steel hull with a swing keel, designed for tidal flats and the East Frisian coast. Previously sailed as PUSCHEN. The 2025 survey confirmed an unusually high level of care — the standing rig is still original from 1986.
Acquisition
- Year acquired
- 2025
- Purchase price
- 48,000 €
- Broker
- Michael Schmidt & Partner
- EU VAT paid
- yes
- Original name
- PUSCHEN
Additions & plans
- Hard dodger planned (HardDodger.png in concept folder)
- Solar: No arch yet — davits and bimini temporary
- Engine room: Some rust treatment ongoing