Please help, very confused Trian 25

[sleeper]

Dear all.....

This could be a long story, but I will make it quick. After a visit to the Southhampton boat show I now have a passion to own a Levi Traina 25, original looking if possible, I have morphed here from looking at cabin ribs, which I found quite souless! But a Corsair 28 kinda worked for me!!
Anyways, my brother runs a boat similar to Aquador, around 26 ft with a volvo 250hp diesel... it does 25 knots... it is far too slow for me! I love fast cars and race dinghies (Dart 18 etc etc) and have always had a speed thing...
So; do I purchase a boat that has been done and ready to go (expensive) or buy a boat with petrol engines and make a project (I think all boats are projects even when done!)
I have found, but not viewed:

Triana Tropia with twin 300's diesels, expensive at £35k and maybe too heavy to perform?
Triana 25 with petrol volvo 135's, looks reasonable condition £13k tax not paid
Triana 25 with petrol volvo 145's needing work, original, £11k
Hold out for a better compromise or bigger project

How do these stack up?

Weight vs hp
Outdrives or shafts
Petrol or diesel
Availability of secondhand engines?

I am incredibly confused, and reading snippets off the internet is slowly helping, but many opinions! I am trying to get hold of Sonny Levi's book Dhows to deltas and have also ordered a reprint from MBM on a trevi engine swap in Sept 2001

Any help much appreciated or any leads to the right boat too!

kindest

Mike

 

[Moonshiners]

Have PM'd you.

 

[burgundyben]

We have a resident Levi expert her on YBW, he'll be along in a moment.

I think a brand new Corsair 28 is about 300k, there is one in the UK.

In a general sense, much like classic cars, its most cost effective to buy the very best you can find, where someone else has spent all the money.

You should also look at Fairey Spearfish in GRP on shafts. Miss Daisy is a good buy right now.