Good boat in force 5 and above ?

[Firefly625]

Not an owner, but the larger Hardys (Commodore 42 or 50) would motor through almost anything, and you could still make tea.

+1

 

[paul salliss]

Good boat in force 5 or above?

I have to be honest I have never thought about Brooms, so I read that with a lot of interest, is there any difference in quality between Broom and Haines??,

I love the Corvette 340 but sadly my wife just is not interested

 

[ccscott49]

The 48 foot, Riva super america, is the best power, sea boat I have ever been to sea in, apart from an RNLI lifeboat.
Old Carlo knew a thing or two about sea keeping.

 

[tico]

The 48 foot, Riva super america, is the best power, sea boat I have ever been to sea in, apart from an RNLI lifeboat.
Old Carlo knew a thing or two about sea keeping.

Tommy?

 

[Wavey]

I have to be honest I have never thought about Brooms, so I read that with a lot of interest, is there any difference in quality between Broom and Haines??,

Can't speak for the Haines as I've never been on one. A friend has one and if I see him I'll ask. I know he did have a Broom before and the decision to go with Haines was price-driven when he wanted something a bit bigger.

 

[benjenbav]

Not an owner, but the larger Hardys (Commodore 42 or 50) would motor through almost anything, and you could still make tea.

I was out the other day and the kettle came off the hob. Initially I thought I would have to change the boat but forensic tests showed that the kettle was empty and so it is forgiveable.

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

Brooms have an underwater profile that looks very "odd" to anyone used to medium-V hull shapes.

They have a very deep forefoot, flattening off to almost completely flat at the stern, which you would think wouldn't work well at all.

Depends on the model. Yup what they used to call the CL (as in CL for Coastal) models looked like that. Those were semi D hulls designed by Andrew Wolstenhome and were supposed to be for both coastal and river work but they proved to be such good seaboats that many people bought them just for that purpose. The OS range (as in OS for Offshore) had conventional medium V planing hulls with a bit of a keel (designed I think by John Bennett) and were designed for mainly sea use as the name suggests. I had a Broom 37 a few years ago (which later morphed into the 39/41/415OS) and except for the keel it looked much like any other planing hull. The CL hulls, as you say, are only really capable of 25kts or so but the OS hulls could hit 30kts with the right engines.
Broom seem to have dropped the CL/OS designation now

 

[Firefly625]

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I love the Corvette 340 but sadly my wife just is not interested

I too love the Corvette and pretty sure a 320 will be my next boat and I was interested to read an article in MBY where a similar question had been asked about which was the best sea boat and there was a reference to the Corvette 320 and a certain boat test which the photo boat had pictured a Corvette completely airborne which the crew who had been on the Corvette at the time had no recollection of that moment so smooth was the landing..

 

[Greg2]

I have to be honest I have never thought about Brooms, so I read that with a lot of interest, is there any difference in quality between Broom and Haines?

Not sure really. Haines have developed over recent years and Broom have changed hands and modernised their range, particularley the interior fit out, so not sure how the current models compare with each other. The current Haines certainly appear to be well built. In terms of older boats my instinct would be that Broom built a better boat but that us just an opinion. Their range was certainly more comprehensive.