Changing up

[Falcoron]

Hi guy’s well 2 years have went by from our first ever boat was bought an old but good ocean 30 by broom. We restored her to excellent condition and have just sold her, now looking a 32-35 foot sedan with fly. Budget max £35k but rather 25-30 to leave something in kitty. Short listed are Fairline 32, broom 35 sedan, and birtchwood 35 European
All seem to come with twin engines I would preferred a single fir service and less complicated work etc but if twin then I’ve no choice. I just missed a broom 35 sedan with single Perkins engine in my marina so disappointed it was really good condition and a bargain at £25k
Any advantage to twin over single I’m only using on Erne Shannon waterways. Some have shaft drive others have out drives again what’s the advantage or disadvantages please. Finally anyone know the cost of transporting from uk main land to Northern Ireland?
Thanks

 

[Greg2]

Benefit of twins is manouverability and maybe redundancy at sea but if you are using on Lough Erne then I would say don’t worry about single or twin - go for the boat that you like.

Outdrive or shaft - with the age of boat likely to fall within your budget shaft every time. Outdrives are so much more complicated and prone to problems and the older they get the more likely it is. Not to say I would rule outdrives out but eyes wide open and make sure you have them looked at very carefully.

Boat transport to NI - can’t recall precisely but moved boats to and from Redbay with work and I think a couple of grand would cover it - possibly a bit less.

 

[Falcoron]

Benefit of twins is manouverability and maybe redundancy at sea but if you are using on Lough Erne then I would say don’t worry about single or twin - go for the boat that you like.

Outdrive or shaft - with the age of boat likely to fall within your budget shaft every time. Outdrives are so much more complicated and prone to problems and the older they get the more likely it is. Not to say I would rule outdrives out but eyes wide open and make sure you have them looked at very carefully.

Boat transport to NI - can’t recall precisely but moved boats to and from Redbay with work and I think a couple of grand would cover it - possibly a bit less.

Thanks, good advice and food for thought

 

[oldgit]

Thanks, good advice and food for thought

"Not to say I would rule outdrives out but eyes wide open and make sure you have them looked at very carefully."
+1
Of the boats mentioned, the Broom European and the Sedan mentioned are highly unlikely to have had outdrives inflicted on them.
Fairline 32 is different kettle of fish and will most certainly have them fitted.
The older the boat the more likely that previous owners will have given up pouring good money after bad trying to keep the legs going. Early ones fitted with 270/280 and later stuff with 290 ?.However the usual Volvo engines have a decent supply of both Volvo and after market parts.
The Fairline 32 is very quick boat if a little "lively" but suspect you do not need speed and that the solid planted handling of the Broom 35 Sedan or European on shafts would be better .
Think there was another version of the boat called a Solent.?
Need to keep wary eye out for the engines many/most twins have the rather long in the tooth Perkins and bits will be wearing out needing to find hard to source parts, heat exchangers/oddball bits for counter rotating engines etc.
We did look at some ex hire boats based on the Broom hull, to put it bluntly all were totally and utterly shagged beyond hope.
Also consider the Princess 31 DS, better hull and more modern interior.

 

[Falcoron]

Cheers for that. No rush and will certainly look at all options and recommendations

 

[Ferris]

Some, if not all of the broom 35 sedans on the Shannon/Erne with the single engines are ex-hire and will have had a hard life. Private owned ones will almost certainly have twins and a flybridge. The Broom Solent had a better layout but was built in small numbers. Engines in a single engine version will be a Perkins 4236 which will run forever basically. The twins were, I think, the upright Perkins t6354 which should be okay for parts availability. Later boats (Solent I think) had Volvo’s.

Maybe also look at a bounty 34? Agree with you about protected prop on the upper reaches of the Shannon and on the Erne, Easy to whack a prop while well inside the channel or even in the canals,