anyone have a moonraker 35 or had one

oldgit said:
Fred Drift always fancied a ............................... MAMBA.


One of the few to survive more or less.Considering its about 45 years and been standing around unloved for most of that the glassfibre looks excellent conditon.
Like the side decks you can actually walk on and the substantial stantions securely fixed to deck.
When new It came with set of spare propshafts and props.
The chap who designed it actually came to view the boat.
Up for sale until recently , suspect the boatyard probably just want it off the premises.
Further Freddrift
Scuttlebutt that one of these was scuttled off Canvey island when the owner was unable to pay the finance company.
The boat was salvaged but the insurers smelt a rat and refused to pay out.
Canvey is just round the corner (ish) from where this boat now lies.
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Is that the one that was in port medway for years? had a pair of foden two strokes lying next to it.
 
Fred Drift always fancied the MAMBA.


One of the few to survive more or less.
When new It came with set of spare propshafts and props.
Up for sale recently , suspect the boatyard probably just want it off the premises.
lynallbel said:
Is that the one that was in port medway for years? had a pair of foden two strokes lying next to it.
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Yup thats it. They only made 13.
The interior has been totally gutted and a sort of attempt made to begin refurbishing.
Made me think it been under water at some time.
Was up for sale at offers around 2K.
Did for fleeting second think about ....then reality kicked in. :)
 
My father had a 1972 Non-flybidge with twin 6.354 - 145's in the early 80's. She seemed a comfortable sea boat with her'softrider' hull and from what I remember OK in following sea. Indeed it was anything in front that was the issue as she was very wet, and all those windows leaked. But not particularly fast, really semi-planning. My overall impression was not particularly well built either, at eight years old nearly everything was worn out then. I think his boat is now on the Thames and named 'Mandrake', if anyone knows of her.
 
ithet said:
My father had a 1972 Non-flybidge with twin 6.354 - 145's in the early 80's. She seemed a comfortable sea boat with her'softrider' hull and from what I remember OK in following sea. Indeed it was anything in front that was the issue as she was very wet, and all those windows leaked. But not particularly fast, really semi-planning. My overall impression was not particularly well built, at eight years old nearly everything was worn out then. I think his boat is now on the Thames and named 'Mandrake', if any knows her.
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That name rings a bell down here on the Mudway. !
 
ithet said:
My father had a 1972 Non-flybidge with twin 6.354 - 145's in the early 80's. She seemed a comfortable sea boat with her'softrider' hull and from what I remember OK in following sea. Indeed it was anything in front that was the issue as she was very wet, and all those windows leaked. But not particularly fast, really semi-planning. My overall impression was not particularly well built either, at eight years old nearly everything was worn out then. I think his boat is now on the Thames and named 'Mandrake', if anyone knows of her.
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Boat at Strood Yacht Club named Mandrake, if Oldgit gets out his binos he should be able to see her.
 
oldgit said:
Fred Drift always fancied the MAMBA.


One of the few to survive more or less.
When new It came with set of spare propshafts and props.
Up for sale recently , suspect the boatyard probably just want it off the premises.



Yup thats it. They only made 13.
The interior has been totally gutted and a sort of attempt made to begin refurbishing.
Made me think it been under water at some time.
Was up for sale at offers around 2K.
Did for fleeting second think about ....then reality kicked in. :)
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Just looked on google maps, and it still shows its there, obviously I have no idea how old the imagery is?
 
A boat very like a JCL Mirage with a navy hull has turned up at a marina on the Shannon. It’s ashore getting a major refit so will be interesting to see how it turns out. I’ll try to get a few photos.
 
As a kid I loved moonrakers , especially the flybridge ones , what wasn’t to like about them ?they have great lines and named after my favourite James Bond film , ok interior fitout was not great ,even in the 80s they were getting a refit , but still one of my favourite boats of the 70’s
 
CLB said:
Man, that is Fugly o_O
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Philistine :)


Form followed function, unlike a few boats today which look like melted icecreams with added warts and bubonic pustuals .
Mind you apparently you could see buggar all astern from the inside helm.
Believe Fairline noted this clever little trick and took great care to design it into the Turbo 36 :)
 
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Muxey said:
"and no osmosis it may be a goer, value ? I think my bid would be hard."
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No Osmosis :) thet worry fled long ago on that boat.Be amazed if any boat that age has not got bit somewhere.
As for price, one sold recently round here for £17.000. Cosmetically needed a real tidy, no idea about engines.
 
ithet said:
My father had a 1972 Non-flybidge with twin 6.354 - 145's in the early 80's. She seemed a comfortable sea boat with her'softrider' hull and from what I remember OK in following sea. Indeed it was anything in front that was the issue as she was very wet, and all those windows leaked. But not particularly fast, really semi-planning. My overall impression was not particularly well built either, at eight years old nearly everything was worn out then. I think his boat is now on the Thames and named 'Mandrake', if anyone knows of her.
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Hi we are the current owners of mandrake on the medway and had her 16 years.
 
There's a Moonraker moored near me .
It was ashore a couple of years while the owner (a highly skilled mechanic and generally able to rebuild or repair anything ) dealt with the extensive osmosis - weeping blisters everywhere.
He has had the heads off and refurbished various bits. Valves had corroded due to years of inactivity . Some sort of oil cooler modification done. Gearboxes overhauled. It runs sweetly now . The engines look large so presumably very under stressed.
There's no way all that work could have been sensibly funded except on a DIY basis.
 
Archerboy said:
Hi we are the current owners of mandrake on the medway and had her 16 years.
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Great! I will send you a PM (private message).

(You can access it and reply via the little envelope symbol at the top right of the forum page.)

PS as you are new member it may take a while before the system allows me to send this.
 
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Archerboy said:
Hi I still have not received a private message from you any idea's
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I seem to recall that to send and receive PMs you had to have reached a certain number of posts. You have only posted twice, so may not have your PM privileges activated yet. You could try and send one to ithet and see what happens. Hover over the big purple I and hit start a conversation.
 
A 1975 Moonraker 350 is being worked on intensively at Bray and he’s said he’ll need to sell. He’s posted photos of all the work on Twitter @ProjectBoat1
 
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