Fairline F-Line 33

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Obviously not in the same 'excitement league' as my 'O' Ring but I see that Fairline have some new and interesting rendering on their snazzy new website...

https://www.fairline.com/en/yachts/f-line/33/

Stand out features for me...

It's a lovely looking machine. Far better looking and practical than the junk that Mercedes, Aston Martin, etc have recently turned out.

Length has been kept to 9.99mm, great for finding a berth in the Med.

Port side stairs a departure from the normal centre stairs c.30ft design.

Interesting side deck access.

No lower galley. I assume there's somewhere to keep beer cold in the cockpit.

No guard rails (what do you hang fenders from)?

Extendable bathing platform looks good.

Lots of teak to clean!

Big fuel tank @ 700 litres, 100 litres bigger than my T34.

Only Cat 'C'

Heavy @ 6.8 tons, 0.8 tons heavier than my T34

Rather slow , twin Volvo Penta D3-220 diesel, sterndrive giving 32 knots

Whilst it's not totally my cup of tea, I'm sure they'll sell loads if the price is right. I'm still looking forward to seeing one in the flesh!
 
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Interesting, thanks Pete. Bit of a shame they are promoting Italian design more prominently than British heritage. I didn't realise that there were going to be other F-line models - smaller, presumably?

Have your contacts given you an indication on launch timings?
 
jimmy_the_builder said:
Interesting, thanks Pete. Bit of a shame they are promoting Italian design more prominently than British heritage. I didn't realise that there were going to be other F-line models - smaller, presumably?

Have your contacts given you an indication on launch timings?
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Not spoken to Miles for a couple of weeks but I believe it will be launched at Dusseldorf next year. To be honest, its the 43 that I'll be drooling at the mouth for.
 
jimmy_the_builder said:
I didn't realise that there were going to be other F-line models - smaller, presumably?
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Nor me (I really do need to go back to the factory to get the latest gossip). In some ways, I think these boats work really well at the 25ft and 28ft size points. I could see myself running a 25ft as a villa day boat (other wise would have to be a Windy Mirage 25 like a la julians).
 
like Aston Martin ETC seems to be lacking in the practical stakes as you already suggested,

No cleats for mooring or rails to hold onto when going up front.

Seems a little heavy and slow,

May be obvious but how do you get to the engines ?

Not keen on that drop down bathing platform . sorry seems over complicated and again no easy access to the stern when mooring up or getting back on boat
 
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I’ve picked out the 3.5 M beam .
So looking at the L / B ratio - it’s not slim .
For reference Sunseeker Superhawk s were 3.25 and some a lot longer .
The engine options are a bit on the low Hp - read that as lower £ end of the spectrum.
It’s the Beam that adds the Kgs btw .
The old accommodation Vs Performance equation .

We know the displacement , beam , Hp ,and the speed —- from those 4 - I,ll bet it’s not a deep V .
It will need to be flat ish - lowish deadrise to get lift with all that Kg,s ,drag from the beam / L ratio and modest Hp .

A pretty slammer .
I do hope there’s a deep V - over 20 degree deadrise under the pretty top sides ??
Otherwise there will be a lot come on the used market v quickly.

My brief would have been
20 + deadrise
Arround 40 knots + for the boggo intro diesel
45 knots for the bigger diesel s
50 knots for the petrols ( American mkt )

Fender s
You can get little male plugs which attach to the fender .Then you just push them - the male end into a recessed female hole .Saves phaffing with knots / lines .
Or small retractable eyelets - to tie the fender tail on .
 
Looks great, so long as you don't have a bad dream and sit up too quickly in the mid cabin.
Having said that, a similar "clonk" would happen on my boat, just a little later.

Also:
- I know RCD categories aren't the be-all and end-all, but Cat C seems to be a little lacking in ambition for a 10m boat weighing 7000kg.
- Pix don't match the deck layout?
- What do the fenders / dock lines attach to ... the owners ears?
- I can see a path forwards to attach fenders / lines ... will Fairline offer training courses in walking whilst holding fenders and lines with nothing to hold on to?

Otherwise, looks desirable :)

If I was ordering, I'd be asking for a couple of VP V8-430's to be fitted, with maybe a slightly thicker transom specced to see what happened :cool:

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Interesting that 2 of the three engine options are petrol.

I had a cranchi endurance 33. The layout looks similar.

And how do you hang fenders ( and get To the very small side decks. )

This does seem a fairly impractical concept boat just like the Aston’s etc.
 
Presume it has pop up cleats for fenders and lines etc.

Looks a bit dumpy and slow for that style of boat, probably a slammer as noted by mr itama above.

Would rather have a windy zonda than this.

But very good that they are making smaller boats again.
 
Since these are just renderings, I think it's entirely likely that the finished product will come with cleats and somewhere to hang the fenders - this isn't the first boat Fairline have built.

I like the fold down transom very much, a large platform always seems such a waste of money (given it adds to berthing costs) 99% of the time yet is so lovely to have the 1% of the time it's actually being used so a folding one makes sense.

However it appears that you lose the transom door in the process and I wonder how a passerelle will work.

Agree with everyone else that the 2x D3 seems a little light, 2x D4 would be better surely? (The Zonda gets 45 knots with 2x D3 but is much lighter).

Would have this over a Zonda because it has a cabin, the Zonda just has a bedroom downstairs, there is no where at all to sit inside the boat. Also prefer a boat with side decks, the Zonda has none.

I like this very much, what a shame I can't possibly afford one! :D
 
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