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Hi All,
I've recently purchased a Princess 33 Mk2 in much need of TLC.....in fact, it's fair to say that my garden shed is generally a nicer place to be. However, she has good bones, seems mechanically sound (my uncle, a marine diesel engineer tells me so), and is about as long as I can handle as I'm coming from a 6.8m Rib.
She's based in Essex (I'll move her over the summer to scotland - By road transporter) and I thought I'd have better luck with trades down there as my theory is that there are more suppliers.
So here's a list of things that I want to do, which I'd appreciate recommendations of suppliers/fitters, and if you have any price guidance it would be appreciated:
I've been inspired by Ross (maybe Russ) Barretts video on MBY, where he made a Corniche 31 look almost new. Any lessons, advice, or tales or woe are most appreciated.
Will post pics as i can, but I'll only be travelling to the boat once a month for a few days until I get her up to scotland
Thanks in advance,
Steve
I've recently purchased a Princess 33 Mk2 in much need of TLC.....in fact, it's fair to say that my garden shed is generally a nicer place to be. However, she has good bones, seems mechanically sound (my uncle, a marine diesel engineer tells me so), and is about as long as I can handle as I'm coming from a 6.8m Rib.
She's based in Essex (I'll move her over the summer to scotland - By road transporter) and I thought I'd have better luck with trades down there as my theory is that there are more suppliers.
So here's a list of things that I want to do, which I'd appreciate recommendations of suppliers/fitters, and if you have any price guidance it would be appreciated:
- Boat canopies - She has none, therefore no templates to use
- Canopy framework (bimini steel??)
- Reupholstery of the flybridge, cockpit and driver seats (leather/vinyl)
- Reupholstery of the internal seating (main saloon and dinette)
- Synthetic teak to side decks, flybridge and rear cockpit
- Bow Thruster retrofit
- Good anti-fouling (what's a good option that isnt copper coat?)
- New V-Berth matresses
- Re-face all of the kitchen cabinets
- Modernise the interior by applying marine vinyl (nautolex is most likely) to wooden walls and doors
- Fix the front hatch - small leak
- Upgrade the marine instrumentation - Ideally I'd like to lose the analogue guages and have NMEA throughout, but not sure it's possible - Requires a lot of research I think
- Install a waste tank - The heads pump out to the sea currently
- Upgrade the heads - Update the horrible orange vinyl
I've been inspired by Ross (maybe Russ) Barretts video on MBY, where he made a Corniche 31 look almost new. Any lessons, advice, or tales or woe are most appreciated.
Will post pics as i can, but I'll only be travelling to the boat once a month for a few days until I get her up to scotland
Thanks in advance,
Steve