Fairline Phantom 46, your experiences appreciated.

[jfm]

Really, you serious? Blimey I'd no idea. I bought it quickly - was on a friend's boat in France a week after SIBS talking about getting a new boat and he told me EBY had the oak one at SIBS (i didn't get to the show). We called James Barke and he quoted a fair sounding price for a quick no-messing sale so I went to see it 3 days later and pretty much bought it there and then (I think I allowed myself a week cooling off, to no avail of course, before bank transferring the deposit).

I expect the two shrinkwrapped ones (both dark wood, btw) could be got for less than I paid. They must surely be motivated hard to sell them now, you'd have thought. You want more details on them?

 

[PowerYachtBlog]

do Phantom 46 loose there speeds in the UK as in the med

Fl used to quote 31/32 knots max on these with 480hp Volvo Tamd74P, each time a client sea trialed one we where lucky if we got 28 knots max....

 

[admillington]

I got 32 knots with the D9/500s without fail.

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

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do Phantom 46 loose there speeds in the UK as in the med

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Don't all boats? Mine lost 2kts between when I sea trialled her in Holland and when I shipped her to the Med

Interesting to see if jfm can do speed comparison on his new Sq58 between UK and Med?

 

[jfm]

Will do. IIRC I lost a knot on the old boat between Vmax as I drove her to the ship in UK and Vmax driving her off the ship in Genoa. And that was March, cool weather in Med. Lost another 1 knot by the time hot summer arrived. So I'd agree your 2 knot thing. I'll compare the new boat if I get the chance. UK waters of course can have a knot of tide very easily! So I'll note the paddle wheel STW readings

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

I seatrialled my boat on the Isselmeer so no tides but we did load all our stuff onto her prior to trucking her down to Med, including the tender, so I was never quite sure how much of the speed loss was due to the Med and how much due to extra weight
PY's figures for the P46 seem a bit extreme though (3-4kts). My guess is that this is also due the difference between a UK spec boat and a Med spec one ie. including big gennie, aircon, pasarelle etc

 

[Nick_H]

I've hardly noticed the difference, although I didn't do any scientific speed trials in the UK. Maybe i've lost a knot, but definitely not much more than that.

 

[MedDreamer]

Even though my boat and engines are smaller than yours and Mikes I also seem to be 2 knots against manufacturers quoted performance figures.