A fun trip on a Sealine 410 - Lymington to Swansea

Well made video as ever thanks for posting I always enjoy them, brightened up a gloomy day.

Hope the new owner has many happy hours with his new ship.
 
petem said:
The Sealine versus Fairline versus Princess debate is old and hackneyed and had been done to death on here over the past two decades. Not even Sealine owners claim they are the world's best built boats and you're within your rights to start a new thread to discuss it if you like. Despite being a bit if a Fairline fan, I won't be joining in as I've long ago realised that all boats can be fun and Sealine's have other qualities such as space, practicality, value etc. A visit to the Sealine forum will give you some feel for the loyal following they have.

But this thread is about a successful delivery trip and an excited owner. To denigrate that is poor form. If you can't see that then perhaps this forum isn't the place for you.
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Bl**dy well said. I can't get over how bitchy some folk can be on this forum (just because you *can* doesn't mean you *should* be rude). Would they speak like this face to face? I suspect not (although they will of course respond saying they would).
Nice video - the very best of luck to the new owner - I'm delighted when I've taken delivery of all of my boats over the years irrelevant of manufacturer and we should all know how he feels. Swansea is within my cruising ground so maybe we'll meet up and celebrate the new purchase. If the new owner does read these comments I hope they realise that all the 'proper' boaters are genuinely pleased for him and wish him a long and happy time with the new purchase.
 
Whitelighter said:
That reminds me Mike, didn't you have an 'exciting' trip back across the channel in your T51 where the boat performed very well?
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Did you mean this one, Jez?

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Stats007 said:
It's a Sealine - nothing to get excited about...
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Yup, crass comment. The vast majority of the population can't afford a boat let alone a fine vessel like this and as an ex owner of a Sealine 410, I know how good a boat the 410 is. Thanks to Halcyon for the vid

A question for Sealine 410 anoraks. I don't remember seeing that row of 3 portholes on the port side above the rubbing strake on other 410s. Is that an owner mod?
 
I spotted that. I've not seen it either. Certainly 390s or 43s didn't have it so isnt a late/early model thing.

Either a mod using the F44 panel (which did have the tree round port) or a random Sealine mod when built
 
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A great video which reminded me of many happy days spent on Sealines from 19 to 47 feet. The bigger ones (three 420s and a T47) took us as far afield as Shetland, Norway, Baltic Scandinavia, West France, Northern Norway and Southern Ireland amongst others. In all that time covering several tens of thousands of miles we never had any big serious mechanical or hull problems. We had a policy of avoiding bad weather when ever we could but like most boaters we were caught out from time to time. A NE 4 to 5 with a big northerly swell between Orkney and Shetland springs to mind. Whilst we were very uncomfortable our 420 never missed a beat. The locals in Lerwick were a bit surprised at our arrival considering the conditions.

Anyway, back to the OP. He has acquired a real tardis of a boat that should give much pleasure. Good luck to him and all who sail with him!
 
well spotted on the three portholes, I think ours had an obround window in that location.
looks like the new owner bought a good boat if it did 320 miles straight off, through some lumpy stuff too to stir up the tanks. Might be worth a quick look at the fuel filters and see how much (hopefully how little) rubbish got sucked up.
I still miss our 410 sometimes. great boats.

To the new owner, ignore the sealine are rubbish remarks, I and many other happy sealine owners have owned other manufacturers. I have had princess, fairline, larson, and two sealines. I have been out a few times when it would have been wiser to stay in the harbour. On one wild ride the roof panels all came down, the cupboards came open and the drawer under the forward cabin bed was never the same again. I never had those issues with my sealines, and I have been out in worse since.
 
Stats007 said:
The US has plenty of decent boat builders - Hatteras, Carver, Back Cove, Grand Banks, Rodman all spring to mind.
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Rodman are Spanish.
Carver are hit and miss and there arew some horror stories on the web.

Hatteras and GrandBanks are amazingly solid, beautifully built boats. As are Marlow, NordHavn and a few others. Not actually built in the USA of course.

Then there are Cruisers, Bayliner, FourrWinns, Mariah, Maxum (though no longer) and a host of others that are prefectly servicable and practical but much more of a ford finish - and very close as they really are built on a production line. And im not snobby, I have owned a Bayliner and it was great for the money.

Searay and Chriscraft are probably the best production US Boats
 
Stats007 said:
The US has plenty of decent boat builders - Hatteras, Carver, Back Cove, Grand Banks, Rodman all spring to mind.
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Can't agree about Carver. Two friends have owned them, and they were awful boats - huge osmosis problems, and very flimsy build.. I didn't realise Rodman was American built. Hatteras and Grand Banks great boats, but surely much more expensive than the run of the mill Fairline/Sealine.
 
Whitelighter said:
Rodman are Spanish.
Carver are hit and miss and there arew some horror stories on the web.

Hatteras and GrandBanks are amazingly solid, beautifully built boats. As are Marlow, NordHavn and a few others. Not actually built in the USA of course.

Then there are Cruisers, Bayliner, FourrWinns, Mariah, Maxum (though no longer) and a host of others that are prefectly servicable and practical but much more of a ford finish - and very close as they really are built on a production line. And im not snobby, I have owned a Bayliner and it was great for the money.

Searay and Chriscraft are probably the best production US Boats
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Spot on as usual, would also say that regal and Monterey are contenders, my first boat was a Wellcraft and I've had two crownlines, both fine for the money.
We had a gorgeous C Craft parked behind us in Falmouth last week, looked and sounded awesome :)
 
Yes, Monterey are at the upper end as well, on a par with searay. Id put Regal and Crownline in with the rest. At the higher end youve also got Cobalt.

The Yanks can build very good production boats, no doubt.
 
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Whitelighter said:
Yes, Monterey are at the upper end as well, on a par with searay. Id put Regal and Crownline in with the rest. At the higher end youve also got Cobalt.

The Yanks can build very good production boats, no doubt.
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Ha
Have you ever driven a Cobalt?They feel like you are dragging a carpet behind you and thump even in a small seaway. Overweight hence slower than competition and when you examine the build quality they are no different than the main contenders apart from some flashy expensive stainless steel fittings
Regal without doubt are the best handling and performing of the mainstream US boats although I have never driven a C. Craft
 
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