Change of boat: advice please on engines.

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Modern diesels with electronic innards are hated by some for their complexity. On the other hand older simpler diesels tend to be older and therefore possibly less reliable? What do people feel about this?
I'm looking for something that will go to windward without slamming, with a flybridge and about 32' to 40', costing between 70 and 120 thousand pounds. Any advice gratefully received.
 
While common rail diesels probably deliver better fuel economy there is a strong temptation to keep with older technology.
As you say this brings age related risk . But the older stuff is possibly more easily repairable and nothing, engine wise, involves a computer being plugged in.

I like Sealines so suggest a F37 with older type engines which can be had within your budget.
Or well within your budget a F36 or F360 . That should leave scope to upgrade the almost inevitably old looking navigation equipment.
Kad42’s or 43’s in these are not exactly fast but adequate and among the best engines Volvo Penta have produced .
 
chuzzlewit said:
Modern diesels with electronic innards are hated by some for their complexity. On the other hand older simpler diesels tend to be older and therefore possibly less reliable? What do people feel about this?
I'm looking for something that will go to windward without slamming, with a flybridge and about 32' to 40', costing between 70 and 120 thousand pounds. Any advice gratefully received.
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Swift Trawler 34, a used one will have the Cummins QSB5.9 probably the best engine in the world and a place to put a tender
 
jimmy_the_builder said:
Not in the OP's budget though
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Ah the age old 'read only half the question' approach

With regard to the OP - any boat will slam or not slam in a head sea depending on how good the helm is and how the boat is driven/trimmed. Its fair to say that some boats by their design or hull design may be easier to get right or more forgiving when you get it wrong but generally for coastal use nearly all production boats will be ok in conditions you'll be wanting to go out in.

The Sealine F37 is a good suggestion. Another boat I would put on your list would be the Jeanneau Prestige 36 which is available with both the earlier range of simpler engines from VP - either the KAD44/300 or perhaps more preferably if you can find one the TAMD63. Later boats had either D4 or D6 engines.

A Fairline Phantom 38 would also be worth a look - a more prestige brand than both the sealine or the prestige you'll potentially need to go little older pound for pound but the top end of your budget would get you a late boat from 2002-03. 95% of these had the TAMD63 from Volvo and that is well regarded as a simple robust engine.

A corvette 320 is also worth a look - Superheat6k will be along in a moment to tell you that this solves all your problems and in many ways hes right. A very big little boat, with shaft drive and a unique hull design that is meant to be very sea kindly, your budget should get you a nice one.

You've posted a very broad range of values (your top budget nearly doubles your lowest) and have given no real info on age etc. I've tried to stick to stuff post 2000 but there is plenty of options around. The final boat id suggest id bigger than your watch list but handles really nicely and is very forgiving. that is the Beneteau Antares 13.80 - very solid boat and very practical, though not to everyone's taste.
 
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Bouba said:
Go yachtworld.com several around Europe for 200,000 USD
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Cheapest is, to be fair, £125k. But in Greece, so a pain to rse and shipping back is in the region of £10k, so over budget and a pain. though OK, maybe the OP is up for that. Cheapest 'local' boats are the northern French pair at £155k. Ok so maybe you might get someone to drop 20%+ to cover the delivery back so ok, a reasonable suggestion.
 
chuzzlewit said:
Modern diesels with electronic innards are hated by some for their complexity. On the other hand older simpler diesels tend to be older and therefore possibly less reliable? What do people feel about this?
I'm looking for something that will go to windward without slamming, with a flybridge and about 32' to 40', costing between 70 and 120 thousand pounds. Any advice gratefully received.
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If you like classic look at the Grandbanks 36. I did several trips in one the longest 350nm in various sea states.
I am use to planing hulls to 55ft and i was so surprised how smooth the hull was into head seas just sliced through.
The boat had twin 250 Cummins and was good for 20 knots.
Cabins a little small but has a small ship feel about it could even ride folding bike along side decks!
 
Whitelighter said:
Ah the age old 'read only half the question' approach

With regard to the OP - any boat will slam or not slam in a head sea depending on how good the helm is and how the boat is driven/trimmed. Its fair to say that some boats by their design or hull design may be easier to get right or more forgiving when you get it wrong but generally for coastal use nearly all production boats will be ok in conditions you'll be wanting to go out in.

The Sealine F37 is a good suggestion. Another boat I would put on your list would be the Jeanneau Prestige 36 which is available with both the earlier range of simpler engines from VP - either the KAD44/300 or perhaps more preferably if you can find one the TAMD63. Later boats had either D4 or D6 engines.

A Fairline Phantom 38 would also be worth a look - a more prestige brand than both the sealine or the prestige you'll potentially need to go little older pound for pound but the top end of your budget would get you a late boat from 2002-03. 95% of these had the TAMD63 from Volvo and that is well regarded as a simple robust engine.

A corvette 320 is also worth a look - Superheat6k will be along in a moment to tell you that this solves all your problems and in many ways hes right. A very big little boat, with shaft drive and a unique hull design that is meant to be very sea kindly, your budget should get you a nice one.

You've posted a very broad range of values (your top budget nearly doubles your lowest) and have given no real info on age etc. I've tried to stick to stuff post 2000 but there is plenty of options around. The final boat id suggest id bigger than your watch list but handles really nicely and is very forgiving. that is the Beneteau Antares 13.80 - very solid boat and very practical, though not to everyone's taste.
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Thanks Jez. There is a fairly up to date list of most currently available Corvette's for sale on the website.

We are working to get the website as informative about the boats as we can. One Broker recently provided some very nice compliments about the website and how it helped him process a sale swiftly.

Link below.
 
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