Advice for a newbie on a bigger boat. Regal, Sealine, Bayliner or..

Was asking some dumb questions but google hath provided the answers. Couldnt figure out to delete the post so ive edited it out. In short i viewed the boat today and other then a couple questions for the owner about the engine it was much as i expected it to be from the pictures. Was on the dry so havent seen it running or anything
 
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Was it worth the trip?
Just a thought, if you progress to asking for sea trial the entrance to Christchurch needs careful planning especially in Winter as the navigation bouys won't be in place. Obviously the owner and hopefully the broker will have local knowledge, I'm just alerting you that you may have to wait.
 
colhel said:
Was it worth the trip?
Just a thought, if you progress to asking for sea trial the entrance to Christchurch needs careful planning especially in Winter as the navigation bouys won't be in place. Obviously the owner and hopefully the broker will have local knowledge, I'm just alerting you that you may have to wait.
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Yes it was worth the trip, soon to be the new owner. I'm not doing a sea trial for a few reasons so fingers crossed it doesnt come back to bite me
 
considering how i get it back now. Haulage looking like a couple grand with the 3 or 4 lifts involved, sailing is 1 lift & 400 litres of diesel . Solent round to the Wash, 350ish mile with an overnight stop & refuel, assuming a decent weather window is that going to be a challenging run or a weekend adventure? :unsure:
 
adhdan said:
considering how i get it back now. Haulage looking like a couple grand with the 3 or 4 lifts involved, sailing is 1 lift & 400 litres of diesel . Solent round to the Wash, 350ish mile with an overnight stop & refuel, assuming a decent weather window is that going to be a challenging run or a weekend adventure? :unsure:
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My wife has said we need a bigger boat with a bigger engine, she did ask about putting in a bigger engine in our 7.5m boat, but the 13hp VP MD7 is powerful enough to get the boat up to hull speed @12km/h so that is a non starter :)

Now she has seen a 9.8m boat for sale in Brussels and one at 10.6m in the South of France, with the SofF being a flybridge, both are within our price range and both with diesels, the Brussels one is on VP Duoprop and the FB is on shafts. The transport cost from the SofF would be considerable, I did look into it a couple of years ago for a smaller boat, a Bayliner 285, and it was going to be around £6k going by ship to Rotterdam, and about £4.5k in fuel if we took it by inland waterway.
I'm waiting to hear what the air draught of the flybridge is, as 4.5m is as high as the bridge close to our berthing goes.
 
adhdan said:
considering how i get it back now. Haulage looking like a couple grand with the 3 or 4 lifts involved, sailing is 1 lift & 400 litres of diesel . Solent round to the Wash, 350ish mile with an overnight stop & refuel, assuming a decent weather window is that going to be a challenging run or a weekend adventure? :unsure:
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If conditions are good and the sun's shining, 100 miles a day would be about my limit. I've never navigated that area so can't really add anything more useful
 
colhel said:
If conditions are good and the sun's shining, 100 miles a day would be about my limit. I've never navigated that area so can't really add anything more useful
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Im sure ive already asked this, but is 14/15knts a realistic all day cruising speed for the Nimbus? Dont suppose you got any figures to hand of what your fuel consumption is like
 
You'll have a clean hull and prop which may bring the consumption down a bit. But I'd still plan at 2l a mile and recalculate at your first fuel stop. With this cruising speed, catching the tide right can stretch it a bit too.
 
adhdan said:
considering how i get it back now. Haulage looking like a couple grand with the 3 or 4 lifts involved, sailing is 1 lift & 400 litres of diesel . Solent round to the Wash, 350ish mile with an overnight stop & refuel, assuming a decent weather window is that going to be a challenging run or a weekend adventure? :unsure:
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Don’t do a 350 mile trip in a neglected boat.
You mentioned in a past thread, which I think you have since edited, that there was coolent water in the bilge which is a red flag warning.
It’s common, even with a well maintained boat, to have a problem or two early in the season after a winter layup. You are in a much more severe risk zone.
Shop around for haulage, ask if they have a return load.
As a cost example:
A couple of months ago I brought my 37 ft boat from Spain to the UK on a return load for £6000 (no VAT on transport).
 
DavidJ said:
Don’t do a 350 mile trip in a neglected boat.
You mentioned in a past thread, which I think you have since edited, that there was coolent water in the bilge which is a red flag warning.
It’s common, even with a well maintained boat, to have a problem or two early in the season after a winter layup. You are in a much more severe risk zone.
Shop around for haulage, ask if they have a return load.
As a cost example:
A couple of months ago I brought my 37 ft boat from Spain to the UK on a return load for £6000 (no VAT on transport).
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I agree with this completely. Haul it back and enjoy the problem finding process closer to home and help. If you find a bilge full of coolant part way through your trip, or worse, you will wish you had.

Good luck either way!
 
Coolant in the bilge can be a concern. But, I have the same engine (tamd41a) and I've seen it mentioned on here before, that in the Winter when left it does leak a bit, not so in the Summer or being used. Also, the bilge is really difficult to clean and dry out after a coolant and oil change. Obviously checks should be carried out before the trip but I think any potential problems will show themselves early on. Make the initial trip from Christchurch to Southampton for instance and go through and check everything.
 
working through the figures last night, cant make up the distance during daylight hours to do it in a weekend, id be 4 days travelling i should think arriving at next stop with a bit of time before the sun goes down. Still looking into it, 4 days, 3 nights motoring 6 or 7 hours a day to cover 90 miles a day, id be spending 2/3 of my time moored up so costs could escalate if im near a pub :unsure:. Is there a free app or website i can use to plot a journey with times, tides and what not
 
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