fishfoxey
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Mines a 33 mk1 with twin mermaid shaft drives moored on Norfolk Broads , only bought it this year, again very happy with it, they seem very sturdily made.
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hazchem
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The only annoyance was rain water leaks eventually traced to the bow rail stanchions the originals penetrate through the hull so bit the bullet and removed them this year filled the holes with fibreglass resin mix and mounted surface mounted stanchions
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Dino
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Hazchem, if your boat is on the Shannon and has a single diesel it could well be one of the old Atlantis Line hire cruisers. They had an odd brown superstructure and a white hull. They operated from Killaloe back in the 80’s and possibly 90’s. They were then sold to Shannonside activity centre ( now ULAC). I know three were bought by a guy from Athlone who did a major refit on them and sold them on. He painted them white and I think he did one with a red stripe and another with a blue stripe. Nice boats.
oldgit
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Should you ever get any leaks (usually along the seams) with the P33 galvanised steel water tanks, a simple solution is to simply cut the old tank into sections with a grinder .
No need for some expensive custom built stainless tank, either .
You can purchase a plastic tank of virtually the same dimensions from Ebay at fraction of the price.
The company I used, positioned the inlets/outlets to my spec and also to suit (more or less) my existing pipe sizes.
Plastic tank turned up within week and most usefully was a bit "flexible" when it came to getting it past an obstruction or two.
Have sneaking suspicion that the entire boat was built round the water tanks , making them almost impossible to get to with the twin engine installation.
No need for some expensive custom built stainless tank, either .
You can purchase a plastic tank of virtually the same dimensions from Ebay at fraction of the price.
The company I used, positioned the inlets/outlets to my spec and also to suit (more or less) my existing pipe sizes.
Plastic tank turned up within week and most usefully was a bit "flexible" when it came to getting it past an obstruction or two.
Have sneaking suspicion that the entire boat was built round the water tanks , making them almost impossible to get to with the twin engine installation.
hazchem
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Dino, my boat is indeed painted white with blue stripe under the rubbing strake you are probably right about the history thanks for that
hazchem
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olgit my water tanks were thankfully changed to plastic it has two tanks one port one starboard and they are beside the engine in middle compartment being single engine the layout may be different to standard princess 33 so they had no problem replacing them
fishfoxey
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Interesting as mine are exactly the same and same layout either side of the twin engines
Steve Whit
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I'm a boating novice but as I approach retirement have just bought a Princess 33 Mark 1. I have yet to take her out but plan do so shortly.
I can see within this thread mention of an operating manual and if anyone has a copy they are able to share I would be hugely grateful.
Yours in hopeful anticipation Steve.
I can see within this thread mention of an operating manual and if anyone has a copy they are able to share I would be hugely grateful.
Yours in hopeful anticipation Steve.
Seastoke
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Can’t help but welcome ,
oldgit
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Doubt there is a single P33 owners manual still in existance after half a century.
Boats both then and now a jigsaw of parts assembled in a shed (however grand) somewhere and any supplied paperwork has usually gone or reduced to tatters by now.
However it will be possible to get advice and info on most of the parts even if many are no longer made.
My 1980 P33 did the business for many years and 1200 hours.
Many of the intervening years was spent removing unindentifiable mysterious bits of wiring from the boat installed possibly by the one careful owner and the 10 not careful at all ones.
The windows over the bed were the worst leakers and the rest not far behind.
This was all sorted on the MK11 by simply not having any front windows.
You may also be aware it came in two hull forms
Boats both then and now a jigsaw of parts assembled in a shed (however grand) somewhere and any supplied paperwork has usually gone or reduced to tatters by now.
However it will be possible to get advice and info on most of the parts even if many are no longer made.
My 1980 P33 did the business for many years and 1200 hours.
Many of the intervening years was spent removing unindentifiable mysterious bits of wiring from the boat installed possibly by the one careful owner and the 10 not careful at all ones.
The windows over the bed were the worst leakers and the rest not far behind.
This was all sorted on the MK11 by simply not having any front windows.
You may also be aware it came in two hull forms
Steve Whit
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Many thanks for the reply. All makes perfect sense. I think I will just get out there any look to enjoy it in the sure and certain knowledge I will face challenges at some points
oldgit
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What engine(s) ? The "Y" keel tended to have the lower power engines and keel was supposed to aid directional stability at low speedsMany thanks for the reply. All makes perfect sense. I think I will just get out there any look to enjoy it in the sure and certain knowledge I will face challenges at some points
Steve Whit
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It’s a Y shape with 2 Ford Mermaids 80 hp
oldgit
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Mine had a pair of 120hp Volvo Penta 40B.
Only real mechanical problems were heat exchanger matrixes crumbling plus a corroded riser or two, approaching 3500 hours when sold to chap in Wales.
Did go and look P33 on the Broads with a pair of Fords boasting 6000 hours on the clocks , that was bit leggy even for me,.
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Little Ricky
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I have to ask, why someone would buy a 40 year old boat? Its got to be loaded with problems surely, now or going forward?
kashurst
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"Its got to be loaded with problems" marvellous!!!
thats part of the appeal isn't it? Well maybe not for everyone.The other aspect is that 40 year old boats tend to be very heavily built, hard to break, large capacity engines and if you stick with shafts pretty simple technologically.
Find a good one and it's relatively cheap boating with no electronic engine controls. The downside is the tired interiors and nav kit.
We have owned 7 boats all second hand. The newest and by a country mile the most unreliable, boat we owned was only 7 years old.
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Little Ricky
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OK you got me, Im in."Its got to be loaded with problems" marvellous!!!
The other aspect is that 40 year old boats tend to be very heavily built, hard to break, large capacity engines and if you stick with shafts pretty simple technologically.
Find a good one and it's relatively cheap boating with no electronic engine controls. The downside is the tired interiors and nav kit.
We have owned 7 boats all second hand. The newest and by a country mile the most unreliable, boat we owned was only 7 years old.
Parabordi
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If you want a 33foot boat and don't have £200k plus for a new one, you ARE going to have an old boat, no other way.
Little Ricky
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Im afraid I have to disagree with you there. There are plenty of sub 200k 33 foot boats available on line that are not old, certainly not 40 years old. Burton Waters have a 36 foot Bavaria 2015 for sale at £139,000 and a Jeanneau NC9 at £114,000.
Parabordi
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OK let's split hairs...times are tough, I don't have £100k plus and I want a reasonable sized boat for the sea and I don't want petrols or outboards.