byron
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Is the price quoted here a joke, a mistake or am I totally out of touch?
http://www.boatsandoutboards.co.uk/Motorboats/seaward-29/137162
http://www.boatsandoutboards.co.uk/Motorboats/seaward-29/137162
Price ?
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miket
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Too cheap or too expensive?!
Only a year old and 2 big engines and a good brand. Sounds about right, 'fraud!
Only a year old and 2 big engines and a good brand. Sounds about right, 'fraud!
byron
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For almost a quarter of a million squids I'd want a whole lot more for my money than a 29 footer.
boatone
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14 berths in a 29 footer - now that's impressive !
Seawards are expensive serious sea boats - take a look at their website.
byron
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At nearly £8,000 per foot they'd certainly need to be serious. Does the Web Site say anything detrimental? No! Well there's a surprise
plumbob
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Jeez, you could buy a real one for that!
oldgit
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Custom built commision !
When you consider just how much a "entry level" boat costs from Fairline or Princess merely a couple of metres longer, forget the 2 metre bathing platform,the price for that boat may not be a keyboard error..
Seem to remember £350K or somesuch at LIBS.
When you consider just how much a "entry level" boat costs from Fairline or Princess merely a couple of metres longer, forget the 2 metre bathing platform,the price for that boat may not be a keyboard error..
Seem to remember £350K or somesuch at LIBS.
No Regrets
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Re: Custom built commision !
Thats not good value, although it's a nearly new boat, it's a 29 foot piece of GRP with a pair of decent engines.
The 'never heard of before' specification doesn't actually involve anything you couldn't buy off Ebay, and it's pitifully small and ugly.
One could buy a very pleasant Sport cruiser or possibly larger Broom for similar amounts, both which would offer better seakeeping by virtue of the larger hull size, far more luxury and raison d'être.
You would have to be the sort of person who aspires to a Hardy to buy such a pig-in-the-poke :disgust:
Thats not good value, although it's a nearly new boat, it's a 29 foot piece of GRP with a pair of decent engines.
The 'never heard of before' specification doesn't actually involve anything you couldn't buy off Ebay, and it's pitifully small and ugly.
One could buy a very pleasant Sport cruiser or possibly larger Broom for similar amounts, both which would offer better seakeeping by virtue of the larger hull size, far more luxury and raison d'être.
You would have to be the sort of person who aspires to a Hardy to buy such a pig-in-the-poke :disgust:
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oldgit
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Chris_d
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Have a look in Val Wyats next time your passing, they'll sell you a single engine 30 footer for similar money too, made of steel with a nice piece of rope wrapped round it though!
No Regrets
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If you're thinking of a Linssen, it's going to be a whole lot better than that horrible little Pilot vessel! 
Chris_d
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If you're thinking of a Linssen, it's going to be a whole lot better than that horrible little Pilot vessel!
Some might disagree about the Seaward their very highly thought of, but I was thinking of the Intercruisers that VW sell. A 34 footer open cockpit model starts at £207K with 2 berths and a small single engine, very nice though.
oldgit
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So the days of the 30 ft clinker double ended ex Queen Mary lifeboat bought for £20.00 and fitted with a (very)secondhand 4108 and a galavanised bucket are gone then.....? 
Probably late 50s 0r early 60s.
Probably late 50s 0r early 60s.
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Medway Mudlark
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Oh.....Rekindled memories. My ol' man had one of those too, Named Chequita it used to lay at Charlie Manleys yard where he refitted it and put 2 masts and tanned sails on it . Later to reside at Chatham YC on the Sun Pier where he was mooring master. Prob about 58-59 ish.
oldgit
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Mr Charles Manley had his first yard in what is now the redevelopment site at Medway Riverside adjacent to the big blue crane.That used to be Corys coal wharf.
He then moved to Vicarage Lane at Hoo. My dads boat was converted at Rochester by Charlie and was moored near Blue Boar pier. He purchased two of about half a dozen lifeboats bought by Lynches,the shipbreakers.
The rules stated that lifeboats had to replaced every few years irrespective of condition.One he kept,the other he sold on ?
My weekend job included applying uncounted coats of linseed oil and white spirit to the spars and masts produced in the yard for barges and sailboats.
Edward Heath had a couple of "Morning Clouds fitted out at the yard.
Too young at the time to realise who was talking to me.
My father towed several of the concrete lighters and the concrete ship Violette,which I think are still in there.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete_ship
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Marlene
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If you're thinking of a Linssen, it's going to be a whole lot better than that horrible little Pilot vessel!
Those of us with pilot boats might have a slightly different opinion
oldgit
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Blimey a boater defending his choice of vessel,whatever next, owners of Sealines with outdrives alleging its wonderful combination.
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No Regrets
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Sure. But then 590,000,000 cockroaches are sure that eating crap off the floor is cool. I'm still not convinced
Actionmat
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What's wrong with eating crap off the floor? It's the picnic season FFS, get use to itSure. But then 590,000,000 cockroaches are sure that eating crap off the floor is cool. I'm still not convinced
