Broom hulls and seagoing performance

[miket]

Broom Ocean 38

We also own one of these, our 3rd Broom, with 250 hp Yanmars.
There were a few with a pair of 200 hp VP's and also 260 hp VP's. A lot had the Yanmars and I think they are well matched to the boat.

We are currently based in Holland at the southern end of the Ijselmeer. We had a very rough crossing, going from Ramsgate to Goes (East of the Ousterschelde) in mid-May, but the boat handled it with ease and gave us a lot of confidence. Wind around F5/6, port qtr crossing to Dunkirk and then port beam up the Belgian and Dutch coast.

Not sure about the original comments about height of the "flybridge", now known as "command bridge"? A lot lower than a conventional flybridge and a lot warmer and dryer for normal UK coastal cruising.
It was only from the early 90's that the lower helm became an option. I believe the reason was mainly because few used the lower helm.

Excellent boats. After Broom themselves, James Dickens Marine are very knowledgeable and usually have a selection. No connection.

 

[Greg2]

That's brilliant - 2.8 litres mile. Better than my S37 and rather better than the 10 litres per mile the broom 36 that was next to me - on yanmars - reports. Your D speed figures are spookily low though - is that not per engine???

That sounds very high for a 36. Whilst our 41 is still fairly new to us all our research indicated 1mpg at planing cruising speed......Perkins M300ti engines. Your neighbour seems to be getting half that??!!

 

[oceanfroggie]

I am interested in the detail of why Ocean Froggie did not go for Volvo. If I could speak to Ocean Froggie that would be good. you can get me via Paul.salliss@btinternet.com

Email sent.

 

[oceanfroggie]

The yanmars being 6 cyl toyota land cruiser engines are proven in millions of road vehicles and therefore exceptionally economic to service and repair. BUT the biggest draw was ultra quite engines, clean running, and smooth due 6 cylinders that are not stressed. What most folk notice is how quite and smokeless they are.

 

[Andrew38]

I had 3 Brooms - a 34 with a Perkins; then a 38CL with twin Yanmar 250's and finally a 42CL with Yanmar 440's.

Very competent sea going boats which we always felt comfortable with even if we got caught out in bad weather as has been said previously in this thread. I do agree though that they dislike a quarter sea and on a couple of occasions I also had to hand steer when the autopilot couldn't cope.

Always liked the bombproof feel of the Yanmars and in ten years of owning them I never had a single problem. On the 42 with a mixed 3 week cruise down the south coast covering about 700 nm I averaged about 1.3 nmpg. Cruising speed of around 18 knots is very comfortable for all reasons.

Cross reference filters & impellers are easily available from quality sources (Cummins/Donaldson) at very reasonable prices though Yanmar original spares are expensive.

 

[wayneakp]

Broom

We bought a 41 last autumn and I must say we have not yet been out in any "calm" weather. The boat handles superbly and instilles a lot of confidence in its ability. It feels solid and surefooted.
The big attractions for us on the soggy east coast were the covered "command bridge" - nice and warm and dry, the wide decks which makes her indoors feel safe when mooring, and the aft cabin.

cheers

Wayne