Escapism from CV-19 - 102ft drop into the ocean

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Great video OF. A Broom is your only choice with all those low bridges!
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Cheers Mike. Or on an 8 hour passage through lumpy head on seas and swell. You just know the hull can take it, and nothing is going to break inside either. OF has taken brought us on some incredible adventures and brought us to places and scenery we could only have dreamt of. Every time we retune to home port I pat her on the deck and feel "thank you trusty girl for getting us home safe and comfortable."
 
If I was still boating in the UK, I think I'd still have a Broom. Always fancied a 450. For me, the combination of the sturdy construction, well protected aft helm position which can be opened up to the elements at a flick of a handle, safe and wide side decks and huge accommodation including, of course, that vast aft cabin, is perfect for N European boating which often will include inland waterways cruising as well as offshore cruising

Such a shame Broom stopped making boats
 
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If I was still boating in the UK, I think I'd still have a Broom. Always fancied a 450. For me, the combination of the sturdy construction, well protected aft helm position which can be opened up to the elements at a flick of a handle, safe and wide side decks and huge accommodation including, of course, that vast aft cabin, is perfect for N European boating which often will include inland waterways cruising as well as offshore cruising

Such a shame Broom stopped making boats
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Yes it is, well Martin Broom passed away and sold the company I understand well after the date he could have retired. I understand most of the skilled staff were lost or retirement age. Another problem was the age profile of clients was climbing ever higher. Bob Haines has taken up the mantle of producing quality aft cabin boats for the UK coastal/inland market. In the final years heard lots of stories about build quality on Brooms not being what it had been in the previous 40 years. Yes the 450 is a nice machine and offers more internal living space than some 60 footers. Perhaps a tad deep for inland yet there is one on Lough Derg but I understand it doesn't risk going upstream north of Portumna. An aquanitance of mine has one, and his party trick is to approach a bridge with everything up, onlookers thinking he's forgotten the low bridge and likely to mash the arch and canopy, press one button 30 meters from the bridge and everything drops and folks away in seconds. - until one day heading downstream the circuit breaker tripped. I can tell you the gear boxes just about survived going into reverse with little warning and 2x800hp can make a heck of a lot of black smoke as he upset his pants! :) :ROFLMAO: Perfect machine for coastal cruising because as you say the layout converts pretty much to flybridge layout at the flick of a switch. I know a chap who had a mishap with a bridge last year with his 425CL but Brooms said they had scrapped the original moulds and jigs so could not produce replacement GRP sections. Seems crazy they didn't even sell that IP stuff on.
 
Yes it is, well Martin Broom passed away and sold the company I understand well after the date he could have retired. I understand most of the skilled staff were lost or retirement age. Another problem was the age profile of clients was climbing ever higher. Bob Haines has taken up the mantle of producing quality aft cabin boats for the UK coastal/inland market.
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Yes I remember well what happened and I even remember meeting at SIBS the two characters who bought the company or what was left of it. I do think it was a lost opportunity for somebody to use the brand credibility of the name to move the company away from its traditional aft cabin market, if indeed that market has gone. Actually I dont believe it has because Dutch builders and, as you say, Haines do still serve that market
 
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Yes I remember well what happened and I even remember meeting at SIBS the two characters who bought the company or what was left of it. I do think it was a lost opportunity for somebody to use the brand credibility of the name to move the company away from its traditional aft cabin market, if indeed that market has gone. Actually I dont believe it has because Dutch builders and, as you say, Haines do still serve that market
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Yea when we first viewed our current boat as soon as Froggette saw the aft cabin, she was on board, I had to do my best to convince her to express less than positive feelings about the boat in front of the rep (ie nearly had to gag her to stop squeals of excitement leaking escaping of her mouth). One of the aspects of aft cabin format I like so much aside from the space and big windows with a view, is the quietness when swinging on the anchor for a few nights in some remote beauty spot. Waking up and looking out the large hatch windows from the island bed. During our last heat wave the aft cabin was the coolest place on the boat once the forward sun shield was on. Bizarrely the temps got into the low 30s on the south coast back in 2018 when we spent nearly 8 weeks on board.
 
oceanfroggie said:
Dingle-Killaloe 102ft drop

enjoy

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I've seen your video before, but a very nice reminder of Ireland. I used to travel to Ireland on business in the 80's and 90's (4 or 5 trips per yearand approximately 600/700 miles per trip) and thoroughly enjoyed it . Had a bad road accident in the 80's and spent 3 weeks in Limerick General Hospital ! I'm hoping in the next 2 or 3 years to take our 450 to Ireland and often wondered how far up the Shannon I could travel before running out of depth. I will study (again!) your other excellent posts before visiting.
 
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