A sporty hard top with patio doors?

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Around 35-40 feet, and no more than £150k?

So far the only boats that seem to fit this criteri are the Sealine C/SC39, the Nimbus Nova 33/35 and the Beneteau flyer 12 (although these are too expensive right now, being pretty much 200k).

So have I missed anything? And before you all start, yes I know there are FB opions but I wanted something sporty to drive. The Nimbus and Sealine are sports boats on outdrives with decent power engines. The beneteau is available with IPS.

Anyone?
 
A good question and very well asked.

I've been looking for such a beast for a couple of years and my shortlist is much the same as yours plus the Nimbus 350 Coupe.
 
yes, problem I have with the Nimbus 350 coupe (rather than the Nova Coupe) is that its closer to semi displacement rather than a sports planing hull.

Found a couple of early Nova 33 coupes (dont like the open version) but it seems they are a rare model. C/SC39 not exctly abundant either...
 
We have a C39, and apart from a not insignificant problem with the EVC on one of the D6's, we're more than happy with it. Great accomodation, and it's sea manners are extremely capable.

As said, not many for sale though.
 
Whitelighter said:
yes, problem I have with the Nimbus 350 coupe (rather than the Nova Coupe) is that its closer to semi displacement rather than a sports planing hull.

Found a couple of early Nova 33 coupes (dont like the open version) but it seems they are a rare model. C/SC39 not exctly abundant either...
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Silly sod, you want the patio doors, with nowt up top, are you going to have a golf range up there.:confused:
Fly bridge boats are mostly on shafts and are far better for long distance, or copeing with difficult weather. A hard top seems strange to me, so much space wasted. You can have a FB on drives.

I just dont understand this thing about folk wanting to be hero's under canvass, then wanting patio doors on the back and a roof:confused:

It sounds like a warped mind. All battle ships seem to have a fly bridge, most comecial ships seem to have two of them at each side.. Even submarines have a fly bridge. Life boats always have one. There hardly seems a point in not having one, less to small and it would tip over.


Think it's more about consumer profiling. A nich market. I want to be a car driver, know stuff all about boats. The boat has to behave like a car.

If the boat dont behave like a car, it needs all these things adding.
Met up with our inland lot at Glasson dock this year. The report was, MF had thrusters in every direction.:confused: MF has no thrusters at all.:confused:

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Riviera 3600 Sport Yacht is at the top there
problem is you will not find any in the UK, but if you import one from US you might get close to your budget
it is shafts drives too, now the new Series II is with IPS
there is also some others from Italy like the Intermare, the very nicely finished and expensive Portofino, and the Cayman 38
all these are shafts though
 
Silly sod, you want the patio doors, with nowt up top, are you going to have a golf range up there.:confused:
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No not a golf range, just a nice big opening sention that lets a bit of air in when required but still keeps the rain out when not.


I just dont understand this thing about folk wanting to be hero's under canvass, then wanting patio doors on the back and a roof:confused:
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Who wants to be a hero? I like open boats, but in reality with a small child the warmth and comfort of an enclosed hard top suits us. Oh, and stringly little ladders up to exposed roof terraces with a steering wheel dont...

All battle ships seem to have a fly bridge, most comecial ships seem to have two of them at each side..
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Dont want a battleship, or a commercial ship, or, for that matter, some manky old P35 with rusting auxilary fuel tanks strapped to the back and a habit of blocking out the sun during start up on even the warmest days

I want to be a car driver, know stuff all about boats. The boat has to behave like a car.
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Ah yes, I forgot I know eff all about boats. No doubt you will be saying I never go anywhere next...

The report was, MF had thrusters in every direction.:confused: MF has no thrusters at all.:confused:
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I dont doubt you can drive a boat, all the above shows is the people around you know less than you.
 
Whitelighter said:
I like open boats, but in reality with a small child the warmth and comfort of an enclosed hard top suits us. Oh, and stringly little ladders up to exposed roof terraces with a steering wheel dont...
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Absolutely spot on. We have little ones aged 3 and 5 and the steps up to the FB and the low coamings up there are key reasons why an FB is a non-starter for us with. The shelter provided by the HT when the weather is less than perfect is also a huge bonus. There are many days we've been out in the Seawings and had a great time when we wouldn't have left berth in our previous open boat.
 
hlb said:
Silly sod, you want the patio doors, with nowt up top, are you going to have a golf range up there.:confused:
Fly bridge boats are mostly on shafts and are far better for long distance, or copeing with difficult weather. A hard top seems strange to me, so much space wasted. You can have a FB on drives.

I just dont understand this thing about folk wanting to be hero's under canvass, then wanting patio doors on the back and a roof:confused:

It sounds like a warped mind. All battle ships seem to have a fly bridge, most comecial ships seem to have two of them at each side.. Even submarines have a fly bridge. Life boats always have one. There hardly seems a point in not having one, less to small and it would tip over.


Think it's more about consumer profiling. A nich market. I want to be a car driver, know stuff all about boats. The boat has to behave like a car.

If the boat dont behave like a car, it needs all these things adding.
Met up with our inland lot at Glasson dock this year. The report was, MF had thrusters in every direction.:confused: MF has no thrusters at all.:confused:

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Another self opinionated post from HLB.

So you like fly bridges - good for you! They are not every ones cup of tea though, and some appear just so top heavy for the size of boat.

One man's meat .... and all that.
 
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Nice patio doors (and patio!), swim platform with area for picnicing and enclosed flybridge for the colder weater, what more could you want?

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poltergeist said:
Another self opinionated post from HLB.

So you like fly bridges - good for you! They are not every ones cup of tea though, and some appear just so top heavy for the size of boat.

One man's meat .... and all that.
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Oh lighten up,. Sounds like MF with the top sawn off.:)

Looks like banter is not allowed any more, just insults. No wonder this place is in it's death throws.
 
sporty hardtop with patio doors?

Whitelighter said:
Around 35-40 feet, and no more than £150k?

So far the only boats that seem to fit this criteri are the Sealine C/SC39, the Nimbus Nova 33/35 and the Beneteau flyer 12 . The beneteau is available with IPS.

Anyone?
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Ah, actually quite an interesting spec – 35 to 40 footer – sporty at the helm (whatever that means!? I presume you mean “really fast!”), nice warm enclosed wheelhouse, no ladders up to exposed flybridges, eh!? Ha! (I’ll just ignore the ‘not more than £150k’ bit!)

And you and other posters have mentioned most of ‘em!

A few more perhaps? Sciallino S34 Fisherman, Seaflyte 35 Fast Fisher Hardtop, Nord West 390 Sedan, an old Rodman 1250 Sport Fisher with the flybridge ladder removed (2x430hp TAMD74L), Cornish Diva 36, Solent Spear 35 (Alan Burnard, 2x420 Yan, Deep-V), Elan Power 35… err, getting a little smaller than 35 feet - Silverton S33 Sports Coupe, Marex 330 Scandinavia, Delphis 10, Lochin 333 Fast, Kingfisher 31 Sport, Paragon 31…

But what about a Red Bay 11m Wheelhouse RIB with x2 RR jet-drives and teak laid decks…?

Morale: I think we just need to get out there on any old boat we can!

And ‘Happy Sailing’!
 
hlb said:
Silly sod, you want the patio doors, with nowt up top, are you going to have a golf range up there.:confused:
Fly bridge boats are mostly on shafts and are far better for long distance, or copeing with difficult weather. A hard top seems strange to me, so much space wasted. You can have a FB on drives.

I just dont understand this thing about folk wanting to be hero's under canvass, then wanting patio doors on the back and a roof:confused:

It sounds like a warped mind. All battle ships seem to have a fly bridge, most comecial ships seem to have two of them at each side.. Even submarines have a fly bridge. Life boats always have one. There hardly seems a point in not having one, less to small and it would tip over.


Think it's more about consumer profiling. A nich market. I want to be a car driver, know stuff all about boats. The boat has to behave like a car.

If the boat dont behave like a car, it needs all these things adding.
Met up with our inland lot at Glasson dock this year. The report was, MF had thrusters in every direction.:confused: MF has no thrusters at all.:confused:

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Agree with you, hlb. Can't understand why anyone would want to buy a 40ft hardtop boat and waste half the deck space by not having a flybridge on top of it but one man's meat etc etc...The comment I object to is the one about flybridge boats not being sporty. If sporty means crashing over waves whilst being drenched and freezing in an open top sterndrive boat and then wetting yourself 'coz you can't control the bloody thing in the marina, then I'll take a nice sedate shaftdrive flybridge boat every time
 
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