Greg01
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I am researching buying a used Broom 41 for an article, and would greatly appreciate your experiences and views of the boat.....good and bad.
Broom 41, has any one owned or skippered one.
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miket
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Owned a Broom 37 (1991) for 3 years, which is essentially the same hull and considered buying a 41 but couldn't justify the additional cost.
Both are lovely boats so long as you are happy to leave the raybands behind and don't feel a compunction to shave your hair off!!
Very commodious interior (as for most aft cabin boats) and well up to Broom's usual high standard of fit and finish. Comfortable rear deck and Command bridge helm area. Many have also had this area covered by a full canopy (I call it the conservatory) which is not very attractive but very practical as it creates another room with an excellent view.
Sea keeping is excellent with the deep vee hull (some describe as semi planing, but apart from minimal keel, in my view deep vee at 1.3 metre draft) and comfortable cruising at around 20 knots +/- 2. Some early ones only had the Sabre 275 hp engines which were a bit marginal on power. We had VP 306's in our 37 and had a serious max' (loaded) of 28 knots. Caught a few Targa Louts out on occasions, especially in rougher conditions. Later boats had a variety of engines up to 370 VP.
Brilliant for serious cruising.
Only down side I can think of, now we have lost cheap red diesel, is fuel consumption. Old technology engines in a heavy boat means 1 mpg is the norm for 18 knot cruising.
Both are lovely boats so long as you are happy to leave the raybands behind and don't feel a compunction to shave your hair off!!
Very commodious interior (as for most aft cabin boats) and well up to Broom's usual high standard of fit and finish. Comfortable rear deck and Command bridge helm area. Many have also had this area covered by a full canopy (I call it the conservatory) which is not very attractive but very practical as it creates another room with an excellent view.
Sea keeping is excellent with the deep vee hull (some describe as semi planing, but apart from minimal keel, in my view deep vee at 1.3 metre draft) and comfortable cruising at around 20 knots +/- 2. Some early ones only had the Sabre 275 hp engines which were a bit marginal on power. We had VP 306's in our 37 and had a serious max' (loaded) of 28 knots. Caught a few Targa Louts out on occasions, especially in rougher conditions. Later boats had a variety of engines up to 370 VP.
Brilliant for serious cruising.
Only down side I can think of, now we have lost cheap red diesel, is fuel consumption. Old technology engines in a heavy boat means 1 mpg is the norm for 18 knot cruising.
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Agree with all of that, miket. As you know I had a 37 too and the 41 was basically just an update of the 37 with an integrated bathing platform. My 37 had Sabre 275hp engines and, you're right, they are marginal for a boat of this weight. I'd be lucky to see 24-25knots, a lot less with a dirty hull
You're also right that the 37/41 and indeed all of the OS range are full planing hulls albeit that they have small keels. They are excellent sea boats although I found they don't track quite as well in big following or quartering seas as a Fairline/Princess which I put down to the keel. On the other hand, the keel does give some protection to the props as I found out myself when I grounded my boat once
As regards accomodation inside, IMHO, you can't beat Brooms for space and, of course, the quality is very high. If I was still doing my boating in the UK, I'd still have one
You're also right that the 37/41 and indeed all of the OS range are full planing hulls albeit that they have small keels. They are excellent sea boats although I found they don't track quite as well in big following or quartering seas as a Fairline/Princess which I put down to the keel. On the other hand, the keel does give some protection to the props as I found out myself when I grounded my boat once
As regards accomodation inside, IMHO, you can't beat Brooms for space and, of course, the quality is very high. If I was still doing my boating in the UK, I'd still have one
Renegade_Master
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trainee Greg? said in last issue you was a technical somethingorother .
Greg01
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Yes Clive I am the technical somethingorother.
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