Had my boat 5 years now, how often do you change

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I have had 11 boats in 12 years:-


7. Fairline Targa 40 - 3 months - had a problem
8. Replacement Fairline Targa 40 - 1 Year


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Yikes, look like you had two problems /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

You'll find the T52 very different. Is it a new one and what engines are fitted? /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
 
Roger
Look forward to reports and pictures, may even bug you for a look round your boat this summer as we are heading your way for this years holiday.

Must be very interesting in the Targa compared with the Phantom which are superb boats, very differant kettle of fish tho
 
Makes perfect sense.

Possibley the nicest boat I've ever been on is a pals 20yo Monarch. Fanatically maintained, character to die for, pristine interior, and a great looker, a home from home that performs well in our Atlantic swell. Doesn't look out of date one bit. IMHO, she looks better and more impressive that many of the new bloated speed boats with dog box sized accomodation and interiors so modern that they remind me of my dentists new hi-tech surgery - impressive, flash, but sterile, cold and unhomely.

She's also in better condition than many 5yo boats I've been on. Maintenance, Maintenance, Maintenance. The more a boat is used the more reliable it is. The more it is laid up, the more it will break down.
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A boat is a means for going places and enjoying new cruise adventures - not for posing in the marina.
 
Well I hate to join in here but can I say my 5th boat is about to arrive in the UK any day now.

but Ive been boating for 2 years 5 months. and loved every min of it. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
 
I know what you mean about the shafts etc. I also looked at the T43 but they are older now which I didn't want. I didn't like the cockpit layout compared with the T40 and The 2nd head also reduces the space of the saloon and is less important to us.

The T40 obviously has limitations as it's lighter, but then far more economical being lighter, on legs with more efficient engines. Having said that, it handled perfectly in F5-6 on the way home from Weymouth, very sure footed and felt very safe at 25 knots.

AdrianB has a T52, fantastic boat with the D12s' very quick and fantastic handling, just too big and expensive for us. You must be pretty excited. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Ian, when you're down south give me a call, you'd be welcome to look around 'Houston' and by then, I may know more about her.

I was fortunate enough to take a close look at a sister ship in Sparkes called 'Tyko' before I bought one and Simon, the owner went through the plus points of the T40 with us nicely, before we went looking specifically. The short list was the same for both of us but the T40 ticked so many boxes at quite a cost saving, both up front and in running costs.

It's early days yet but so far, we are dead pleased. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 
Targa 40 engine room switch

Hi,

We have had a Targa 40 for 5.5 years since new, but have literally just sold her (the money transfer should be occouring any minute). She is/was a great boat.

Not sure what we will get next or even where we will be based boating wise, but let's see...

We had two switches like that inthe engine room. One was marked dregs pump and was for exactly that - we did have one as standard fit, so not sure where yours has gone. The other was for the engine room plug socket, which we normally used for the bar heater we had fitted down there.
 
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I've had more boats than i've had cars, and been driving boats for long than i've been driving cars (Makes sense really)

Boat's that were my own (Used to be on fathers boats before this)
RIB Lencraft 5.75m: 4 years
RIB (Forget brand) 5m: 2 weeks
RIB Osprey Viper 5.8m (or 5.75??): 1 week
19ft Sports cuddy diesel - Panther 19SC: 1 Year
25ft Sports cruiser diesel - Lema gold, KAD32. Coming up to 1 year, looking to get something a little bigger for longer stay's on the water

God know's what the list will be like by the time I hit 25
 
Re: Targa 40 engine room switch

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I've had more boats than i've had cars, and been driving boats for long than i've been driving cars (Makes sense really)

Boat's that were my own (Used to be on fathers boats before this)
RIB Lencraft 5.75m: 4 years
RIB (Forget brand) 5m: 2 weeks
RIB Osprey Viper 5.8m (or 5.75??): 1 week
19ft Sports cuddy diesel - Panther 19SC: 1 Year
25ft Sports cruiser diesel - Lema gold, KAD32. Coming up to 1 year, looking to get something a little bigger for longer stay's on the water

God know's what the list will be like by the time I hit 25

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Oh, bogger, I didn't realise we were supposed to count all the dinghies/ tenders/ canoes etc. I currently have ten, but half of them are "projects" at present. Couldn't remember how many in total over the last 40 years!
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Re: Targa 40 engine room switch

Thanks for the tip on the switch.

I heard from an official source today that the switch in question is wired for a dregs pump but it is not fitted as standard now as the bilge pump is larger and fitted in a similar area.

The power outlet is live without a switch from the sockets breaker in the cabin.

So if I refit a dregs pump, I'll know where to switch it from.

Cheers.
 
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Hmmm...thats sounds like a typical boatbuilder answer and is probably just the result of penny pinching.

We never used it as the same time as the bilge pump, and in 5 years it probably got used once or twice a year, but it did come in handy from time to time when we needed to mop up a spillage or get some trapped water away - ie behind the higher stringers - there was not often any up there, but there could be after a lively crossing.

Anyway, enjoy your new boat. We had a wonderful time on ours, but at approaching 6 years old it was getting a bit long in the tooth for us, as we are not the types who like to spend too long faffing around with broken engines and in our experience, although this boat had been relaible so far, things can tend to go wrong as boats get older - our previuos boat was a Sunseeker we kept for 8 years and toward the end it became a recurring mechanical nightmare!

We are not sure what to get next and may just get a 25 ft of so cuddy for pottering around the bay while we decide. One factor that puts us off a new bigger boat is the fact that prices have risen by 50% over the past 5 years since we bought ours and I simply dont feel a new 40-odd foot boat is worth £300-£350k, never mind what an upgrade would cost.

We got what we feel is a very good price for ours but we have beneffitted by used values being propped up by the ever increasing new prices. If you look at our now old boat as being 50% of the cost of a new one it looks cheap, but in our eyes it had only lost 25% of its cost when new over 5.5years. Not bad in a supposedly depressed market - if you listen to some on here.
 
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