New Boat - very excited

[RIN]

Well new to us. Our last boat which we loved was sold in 2013 and we wondered whether we would be getting another in the present economic climate but then thought life is too short to do without the things that you enjoy.

Its A Jeanneau Prestige 32 Flybridge. Its on shafts too so that will be new to us.
I'd be interested to hear from anyone else who has one as most of the manuals are in french and even the english translations are a but cryptic - from section 5 Accomodations " Bred crumps must be systematically eliminated". I can't make any sense of the electrical diagrams and can't even work out what switches to turn off as we leave the boat. We have found out, eventually, how to work the Webasto heating and it so nice to be toasty in the cabin.

We will move her down to the Hamble in March where we will be mid-week members of the Above the Bridge club. Which I gues means we will need to be careful with the tide hight

 

[Nigelpickin]

Congratulations and look forward to hearing your progress.
You might want to tap Fred up at Ancasta when you get to Hamble. He has great contacts at the les herbiers factory and he is French so very useful to know!
Good luck with the boat and totally agree, life's to short to be land locked

 

[benjenbav]

Looks great, RIN. A nice looking example of a boat with an excellent reputation.

Can't help with the bred crumps, I'm afraid.

 

[sonvida2]

Congratulations RIN. You'll soon learn how easy shafts are in a tight spot.

 

[paultallett]

Congratulations, she looks beautiful. Look forward to seeing you on the Hamble next year

 

[MapisM]

Its on shafts too so that will be new to us.

Don't worry, you'll love them.
I've yet to meet ONE single boater who - having tried both outdrives/outboards and shafts - doesn't prefer the latter.
Pods with joystick is the only alternative which is even easier for maneuverability, but I wouldn't touch them with a barge pole for other reasons.

Congrats for the new toy anyway, she looks mint.
But you are not thinking to get away from our curiosity with just one pic, are you?

 

[RIN]

Not many pics I'm afraid - here are a couple. Its one of the cleanest boats we looked at

I used to do a lot of work on the engines myself, but on this boat I think I will be calling on the services of a marine engineer from now on. Hopefully a small one

 

[neale]

I used to do a lot of work on the engines myself, but on this boat I think I will be calling on the services of a marine engineer from now on. Hopefully a small one

Congrats Richard, lovely looking boat. Just make sure your engineer understands the important of checking and adjusting valve clearances. It's not a job you want to skip on the 300!

 

[RIN]

Congrats Richard, lovely looking boat. Just make sure your engineer understands the important of checking and adjusting valve clearances. It's not a job you want to skip on the 300!

VP picked it up on the survey and its been done. I remember all the trouble with Calm Voyager and others since

 

[vas]

well done Richard!
looks v.nice, true not much space in the e/r, hopefully you wont be spending much time down there.

curious to learn what these bred crumps are, who gets them, how and why

cheers

V.

 

[MarieK]

Nice purchase RIN - I have been looking at Prestige 32 and 36 myself and very tempted as they are now very good value. Engine room space is much discussed, for the KAD300 the rocker covers need to come off every 200 hrs to adjust the tappets and there seems to be enough room to take these off so just hire a small service engineer to change the port engine filter and you should be fine

 

[Whitelighter]

she looks very clean, what year is she (im guessing 2005?)

 

[RIN]

she looks very clean, what year is she (im guessing 2005?)

Spot on. December 2005

 

[jimmy_the_builder]

Congrats on the new boat, looks fab. Where is she lying now - will there be a trip thread for the relocation to the south coast?

 

[rafiki_]

Yes, many congratulations, she looks fantastic. Nice pics too, thanks. Best wishes for many happy voyages.

 

[volvopaul]

One of the best examples I have seen in years, virtually a new boat and excellent value for money , glad to hear BW did all the small jobs I found, I've serviced many of these and the 36, once your used to the space or lack of it taking your time gives best unstressed results when servicing the engines, enjoy he and I hope to see you on the Hamble in the spring Richard.

 

[Jonmendez]

Well done looks spot on, don't worry about the bridge will only be an issue on big springs - which would be a midday (ish) HW so is easily worked around.

 

[Bubblegtt]

Congratulation on your new boat. Jeanneau instructions and handbooks are a little bit vague on a lot of things and the pictures in the handbook sometimes look different to the actual boat!!
It's all a learning curve

 

[longjohnsilver]

She looks good, well done.

 

[RIN]

Congrats on the new boat, looks fab. Where is she lying now - will there be a trip thread for the relocation to the south coast?

I hadn't even considered that but it is possible, Up the Trent, onto the Humber and down the East coast. I wonder if I would need a Boat Safety Certificate and license? I guess there would several safe havens on the East Coast so it could be done in stages. I will have to do some research. It wouldn't be cheaper than putting it on a lorry but it would certainly be more exciting