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Dallas

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… I have decided to sell my Yacht and buy a used Motor Cruiser. The criteria are as follows:

Must have good accommodation for live aboard; plenty of wardrobe and drawer space.

Must be able to withstand rough seas. Displacement or semi. (unless someone knows different)

Must have 2 engines (Diesel)

There are other less important features but they can wait for now.

I have around the £85k mark to spend.

Any advice, ideas, comments etc will be much appreciated because I don't really know what I'm doing when it comes to power.

Cheers


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WOW that is 3 converts in 3 weeks!!!

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Hi Dallas and welcome to the forum. All the tings your describe put me in mind of a Broom Crown as it fits the bill. (not only cos mines for sale either, before anyone starts)

The Crown is a 37ft semi dis cruiser with a good pedigree. She has a large aft cabin with island double bed, dressings tables wardrobes, seperate shower and WC. A hugh main cabin, plus a forward twin cabin, plus a second heads / shower. She has twin Perkins Turbo diesels
She has an inner helm plus an outside protected helm, on the aft cabin roof, as opposed to a flybridge.

She is a good sea boat, cruises about 13-15knts. She has autopilot & fishfinder

If your interested in mine I can let you have details if you PM me Regards Clive


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I would like it to have a fly bridge but I have sent you a PM.

Thanks for your reply

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The Crown has better than a Flybridge, it has a Command Bridge which means it can be easily utilised for other things like entertaining your 'Stinkie' friends for drinkies and because it lends itself to a comfortable cover it is useable even when it is pssing down.

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Re: admit it .......

If you want pace wonder if that money would get you a Turbo 36 with the smaller engine option.
However if you want space and grace then the Broom def fits the bill.

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The Crown was good in its day, but its had its day. Theyre all over 20 years old now and most have that awful old Perkins engines that are a 40 year old design
85K will buy something much younger and desirable

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Everything you say is true BUT! in the real world they are not fetching £85k or anything like it, personally I wouldn't pay more than £55k for one.
Having said that they are an everlasting design and will never be dated unlike some if not most of todays models with tear drop windows and dolphon noses. Engines! Yes! the old 145s are clunkers but are heavily over-engineered and will still be running long after Volvo's are being used as ground tackle.


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Re: admit it .......

Having owned a Fairline Turbo 36 with 300 hp engines, I personally would advise against the smaller engined varieties. They are very underpowered and a nightmare to sell. Anyway, who wants a planing boat that will struggle to plane?

I am a Broom fan but confess that some of the Crowns, good boats though they are, are looking rather tired inside.
Consider the Broom 33 (1989/93) either Mercruiser 180hp or VP 200 hp or possibly the Broom Ocean 34 with single Pekins Sabre 135 hp + bowthruster. Nice combination. Lots of space inside and around 10 knots and a semi displacement hull. Still around the £100k mark I'm afraid.

There are a huge variety of Dutch steel boats (full displacement) that would fit the bill. Just be aware that not all are particularly good at sea.

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Broom 33

Had one of these.

The canopy design is bl*&ly awful.

we extend the rear paneil and made teh cockpit bigg enough for 4 /5 people max. without it being extend its a two or three person max cockpit.

Turbo 36 would have my vote out of the contenders so far.

hada week long day skipper thing last year on one.

loads of room, built like a brick portapotti



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Re: Broom 33

I have to agree with Simon and add... The Broom 33 is not a patch on the Turbo 36 for accommodation, performance and sea keeping. As someone else says it is however imperative that the Turbo 36 has the Volvo 306s.

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Well this forum seems to tend towards being a "fast" motor boat forum, but since you mentioned the word live-aboard I would suggest you look at displacement types, mainly because:

The engines will be smaller and so cheaper to run and maintain.
The accomodation will be larger and more comfortable when in port (most of the time), and depending on your choice can have "character".
The sea keeping may well be better.






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