Cheap med cruising machine anyone - Princess V65

[Whitelighter]

Must be a story here. I know V class Princess models don't hold their money as well as the FB boats but sub £150k for a 2000 V65 seems a good deal on the face of it

http://www.yachtworld.co.uk/boats/2000/Princess-V65-2898689/France#.VjIwhNLhCmU

 

[vas]

I feel you're doing something wrong and not adhering to the ancient rules of shopping, namely: once you buy something you've been looking for (ages) you immediately STOP following sales of similar items (as you inevitably find something better, cheaper than the one you bought!)

you do have a v.nice boat now, stop it!

 

[Whitelighter]

I feel you're doing something wrong and not adhering to the ancient rules of shopping, namely: once you buy something you've been looking for (ages) you immediately STOP following sales of similar items (as you inevitably find something better, cheaper than the one you bought!)

you do have a v.nice boat now, stop it!

You're right of course - but I haven't managed to turn off all the boat sales alerts yet

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

Must be a story here.

I guess the story is charter. Interesting to know what the hours are. Actually the price is not that far off the market asking price for this model and year which seems to be just over £200k

As ever with these big old buses, the cost is not in buying them but fuelling, parking and fettling them

 

[Whitelighter]

Think the advert said 1300 hours

 

[jimmy_the_builder]

I like the early V65s v much, we actually looked at a couple at one point. As Deleted User says, this one isn't wildly lower than the prices that have been asked for these early V65s for the past 2 or 3 years. The comment about the roof not opening must represent a chunk of the apparent discount to the wider market.

 

[petem]

This looks a better buy to me....

http://estockyachtshare.com/brokerage/beautiful-princess-v-42-2000-e95000-00/

In fact there's a few V42's going cheap....

http://www.theyachtmarket.com/boats/power-boats/princess/v42/

Who could not like this?

http://www.theyachtmarket.com/boats_for_sale/1223809/

Remind me, is the V42 a V40 on shafts? Which is most desirable?

Pete

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

Think the advert said 1300 hours

Well thats not bad for a 15yr old boat so maybe I was wrong and she's not ex charter. Could be just an owner keen to sell then or as you say another story

 

[Whitelighter]

This looks a better buy to me....

http://estockyachtshare.com/brokerage/beautiful-princess-v-42-2000-e95000-00/

In fact there's a few V42's going cheap....

http://www.theyachtmarket.com/boats/power-boats/princess/v42/

Who could not like this?

http://www.theyachtmarket.com/boats_for_sale/1223809/

Remind me, is the V42 a V40 on shafts? Which is most desirable?

Pete

V42 is a V40 with a bigger swim platform, which in turn was a V39 with a swim platform.

V39/40 offered with shafts or drives. V42 was stern drive only.

And yes nice boats, though hardly compatible to a 65. Anyway, that €95k looks nice - more room than a T34

 

[NoIllusion]

This looks a better buy to me....

http://estockyachtshare.com/brokerage/beautiful-princess-v-42-2000-e95000-00/

In fact there's a few V42's going cheap....

http://www.theyachtmarket.com/boats/power-boats/princess/v42/

Who could not like this?
L
http://www.theyachtmarket.com/boats...e a rare breed but a seriously good sea boat.

 

[sap_2000]

V39/40 offered with shafts or drives. V42 was stern drive only.

A very few V42's on shafts was also made before the shaft version was dropped. Probably under 5 boats.
If I remember correctly; the premium was over £80k for a TAMD 73 v42 vs a stern drive KAD 44 boat.

Here is a few pics of a all white 2000 model V42 with TAMD 73's . Aft cockpit version.

 

[DazzyWoo]

Spent most of this year looking at boats with drives with one problem or another - and I'm beginning to think I should be taking the hint. What is the Princess V like with shafts? How does is compare to say the S/S Portofino 400?

 

[Whitelighter]

Spent most of this year looking at boats with drives with one problem or another - and I'm beginning to think I should be taking the hint. What is the Princess V like with shafts? How does is compare to say the S/S Portofino 400?

Much of a muchness - V40/42 looks much nicer. Problem is you will struggle to find one

 

[baylabayla3288]

Interesting underwater exhaust conversion. I wonder how well it works on this? One drawback with these shaft drive open boats with above water exhausts is the noise and the fumes. Seakeeping and manuevering is superior though, difficult trade off for sure. Why does Fairline and Princess stick to the above water design on most medium sized shaft drive models? Going underwater also makes the large mufflers redundant.

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

Interesting underwater exhaust conversion. I wonder how well it works on this? .

Not very well probably. I once had a Fairline Turbo 36 with transom exhausts and at the time you could buy cowlings which routed the exhaust gas below the waterline similar to this boat. It made a bit of a difference when the boat was standing still but in a seaway with the boat rolling and pitching, the exits of the cowlings would be exposed and the exhaust noise as loud as ever

I don't understand why UK boat builders didn't adopt underwater exhausts either. As you say it frees up a lot of space in the engine bay by not having to have water trap silencers and the exhausts are always underwater which not only benefits noise suppression but also exhaust soot being deposited over the aft end of the boat (although it doesn't altogether eliminate this)