Oldgits new to him new boat.

[oldgit]

New boat being bought home on Wednesday from Burnham to Medway,weather permitting.Two big non electrickery Perkins deisels on good old fashioned shafts. Boat bought from Essex boatyards and was a very pleasant experience as mentioned by several other satisfied forumites.Many thanks to Guy Barke.
The boat is a Transocean 36 and featured in MBM a few years ago,does anybody have a copy of MBM March 2007,be grateful for a PDF or photocopy. Fred.

 

[Brayman]

Looks smart, I thought you were getting a Hardy, or have I misunderstood?

 

[boatone]

Blimey, that was quick !!!

Name on the transom looks a tad familiar - no, can't be Byron can it?

Well done Fred - now you'll need to treat Sue to a new kitchen roll or summat !

 

[byron]

Congratulations mate. I hope you are very happy together.

 

[apollo]

New boat being bought home on Wednesday from Burnham to Medway,weather permitting.Two big non electrickery Perkins deisels on good old fashioned shafts. Boat bought from Essex boatyards and was a very pleasant experience as mentioned by several other satisfied forumites.Many thanks to Guy Barke.
The boat is a Transocean 36 and featured in MBM a few years ago,does anybody have a copy of MBM March 2007,be grateful for a PDF or photocopy. Fred.

I love that rear cockpit, very MEDiterranean.
Enjoy!!

 

[oldgit]

"I love that rear cockpit, very MEDiterranean." ............Yea will keep the rain off .


thank you gentlemen....the name of the boat is/was Ryton ,but that will soon be changed.
I wanted to rename her after a rather young attractive weather girl on our local TV,but for some reason the wife said no,so it going to named after no1 daughter again
Forgot to mention that boat was built up on the Broads someplace and so comes complete with the most ginormous holding tank and of course has a BSS until 2013.
The hull was moulded in 1975 and the chap who bought it spent nearly 30 years fitting it out,she had her engines fittted along with a complete posh Raymarine colour radar/plotter/fishfiner system in 2002.Proper lectric bog of course.
Boat was finally launched in 2005,did about 50 hours according to engine log and then went into hibernation until last year.
Unable to find any info on hull,broker had a few stabs at it being poss Colvic,does not look like Aquafibre tho....any guesses.

There is a very prounounced keel to left of pix,very unlike planing V hull on Princess 33 or 37.

 

[teddington_lock]

Are those chrome vents on the side forward facing ?

Is that not just asking to have a passing wave funnel down them ?

Richard Shead will probably be able to sort you out the relevant copy of MBM if you ask him nicely ....

 

[oldgit]

Are those chrome vents on the side forward facing ?

Good point... will check

Richard Shead will probably be able to sort you out the relevant copy of MBM if you ask him nicely

Richard has already offered to rummage in his old drawers .

 

[pheran]

Nothing wrong with forward-facing vents - more efficient at drawing fresh air in. Thats as long as you have proper dorade boxes or something similar to separate the wet stuff from the airy-fairy stuff!

ps greetings from Wildest Wales. Amazed to find they even have t'internet and other techie stuff here now, look you!

 

[No Regrets]

An unusual and interesting acquisition there Vic! Looks good.

 

[threepeaks]

Hi Oldgit

This is my first post. I am trying to attach article from MBM March 2007.
If this doesn't work ring me on 07754807832 and i will email to you direct.

 

[oldgit]

Hi Oldgit

This is my first post. I am trying to attach article from MBM March 2007.
If this doesn't work ring me on 07754807832 and i will email to you direct.

Hi, Threepeaks, you are very welcome to the forum .Thanks for your trouble and hope you get involved with the thmaes mob,lots of very helpful and often money saving advice around here.
My email address is upnor@tiscali.co.uk. if you would like to send it there.
Are you Thames based ? or on one of the more civilized bits of water in UK Fred.

UPDATE

just received info about boat.Thanks again Threepeaks for your time and trouble,shame about you being in Shepperton. Boatone has just landed there with his new Hardy 24 and a half,you may have seen it arrive.

even more stuff.Hull is the same one used by Broom for one of is its 37s.

O Gawd I have bought a blimming BROOM !!!!

 

[Andrew_Fanner]

Whet engnes do you have? Lovely looking boat, have to motivate myself down to the Medway next season and see her.

 

[oldgit]

Wannna see some dirty pictures

Whet engnes do you have? Lovely looking boat, have to motivate myself down to the Medway next season and see her.

Pair of Perkins Sabre M135.

My gearboxes in a very fetching shade of Hammerite.

A couple of pages from the Motorboat Monthly article

 

[Andrew_Fanner]

Nice shaft coupling. I remember the article, SWMBO liked the boat as I recall.

 

[Nauti Fox]

Far too bright and clean for the Medway Fred, I hope you dull it down a bit and fit "Medway river chandlery" fenders to your craft.