Help me choose please

It's probably out of budget but this is very nice https://www.apolloduck.com/boat/storebro-31-biscay/577818
It's based on the Clyde so an easy delivery by sea.
There is also a Princess 30DS with twin diesels on shafts on Ebay that is currently at £6100 but the reserve is not met.
It needs some work and there is osmosis but it might work out as a great option if you can get someone to repair it at a decent price.
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/302888331680
 
I once bought a brand new Princess 33 with twin 80 hp mermaids on shaft.
I wanted a boat which when going out of Holyhead would make headway against an 8 knot tide.
In my dreams. Totally underpowered,
Managed to do 10 knots down the Manchester Ship Canal.
The sales brochure said it would do 12 - 13 knots, what the brochure did not say is they had two models of Princess 33. One with a semi-planing hull (80 hp Mermaids) and another with a planing hull with 120 hp diesels,
I managed to return it and get my money back because of a false description. The boatyard has shown me one which was in stock in the water and I said I wanted the next one that came out of the factory.
They sold me to one I rejected, The price new then was £29,000, Guess they could not afford to place an order for a new one and still have the stock one,
Good build quality. In hindsight Mermaid engines at that time were painted white, scrape the white off and the engine was blue, the same colour as a Reconditioned Ford Engine whereas a Brand New Ford engine of the time was Black. Makes you wonder.
 
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