PCUK
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Yes, they still have something about them. My other yen of the period was the Corniche Express.
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billskip
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Yes it was the era when need for speed an a big outboard was 40hp...
The design of the Moonraker imho was stunning, but stability and confidence in big seas was not over reassuring. I eventually got into rag and stick and really enjoyed being in the water as opposed to wot dastardly and muttley boating.
My next boat though will be motor as age is overtaking ability.
Fishtigua
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I repaired this one with Tony Rive, the guy who took the photo. It was the last Moonraker ever made.
oldgit
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Not sure those stories about not having the best seakeeping are 100% true and perhaps propagated by rivals.
Those stories about Brooms being wonderful sea kindly craft for instance.
Had a Broom 37 hull moulded by Aquafibre, it was worrying hard work in any sea from a stern quarter and rolled like a pissed pig in any beam sea for good measure
Next boat was a Princess 35, could not believe how much more stable any hull could be under the same conditions and speeds.
Stories of Moonrakers being delivered to boat shows and new owners abroad on their own keels, not shrink wrapped on the back of a lorry.
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Wavey
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The Moonraker 36 was a decent sea boat for its time. IIRC the main problem was the lack of spray rails on early ones.
A guy at Penton Hook had one called Sea Princess which was Part 1 registered. He bought a new, bigger boat with the money a cruise company paid him for it to get the name.
A guy at Penton Hook had one called Sea Princess which was Part 1 registered. He bought a new, bigger boat with the money a cruise company paid him for it to get the name.
billskip
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Cunard?
Wavey
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At the time the owner wouldn’t say. I guess that was part of the deal. Not long after my dad relocated our boat and we forgot all about it. This thread jogged my memory.
Bajansailor
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billskip
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I think p&o and cunard amongst others are under the same umbrella...back then though may have been independent...I was mainly involved with Cunard Countess, Princess and QE2 and Norwegian SS Norway ( ex SS France)
