Princess 366 in Norfolk

[Ichthyosaur]

Hi,
Does anyone know the history of a Princess 366 named Dorothy Dream, lying Brundall?
It seems like a decent boat with many updates but I have concerns about the 30 year old Yamaha 420sti diesels.
Any info would be greatly received
Regards
Rob

 

[volvopaul]

Hi,
Does anyone know the history of a Princess 366 named Dorothy Dream, lying Brundall?
It seems like a decent boat with many updates but I have concerns about the 30 year old Yamaha 420sti diesels.
Any info would be greatly received
Regards
Rob

I don't know the boat but I'd prefer the Volvo had 42 s , parts for the Yamahas are eye watering expensive.

 

[Seastoke]

Paul it’s time you had a boat, so we can listen to your woes.

 

[Ichthyosaur]

I don't know the boat but I'd prefer the Volvo had 42 s , parts for the Yamahas are eye watering expensive.

Thanks for the reply.
You are right, a quick scan of typical service parts shows they are more expensive than the equivalent VP ones.
I guess that it's all on condition and how well it's been maintained with any 30 year old boat/engine combo.
I am a mechanical engineer and do all more own boat maintenance, so am particularly keen not to have to spend every weekend fixing something!

 

[Seastoke]

Thanks for the reply.
You are right, a quick scan of typical service parts shows they are more expensive than the equivalent VP ones.
I guess that it's all on condition and how well it's been maintained with any 30 year old boat/engine combo.
I am a mechanical engineer and do all more own boat maintenance, so am particularly keen not to have to spend every weekend fixing something!

Buy a caravan

 

[Ichthyosaur]

Buy a caravan

Had a few of them: they're even more hassle

 

[The Q]

If you've got the broads registration number you might find information here.
Search the Database - Boats of the Norfolk Broads

 

[Ichthyosaur]

If you've got the broads registration number you might find information here.
Search the Database - Boats of the Norfolk Broads

Thanks

 

[Boat2016]

I don't know the boat but I'd prefer the Volvo had 42 s , parts for the Yamahas are eye watering expensive.

That’s if you can get them, a lot of drive parts are now obsolete so could require an expensive repower at some point.

 

[stelican]

Maybe buy ànother engine for spares
And a drive!

 

[Greg2]

I am guessing it is the 366 on with NYA? I can’t be sure it is the same boat but I think it was previously named ‘Aquafrolic’ and if so it belonged to friends of ours for many years who sold it post Covid if memory serves. They looked after it and I recall it definitely having a new outdrive leg some years ago and maybe a second one subsequently.

As an aside, NYA are a good outfit to deal with.

 

[Ichthyosaur]

I am guessing it is the 366 on with NYA? I can’t be sure it is the same boat but I think it was previously named ‘Aquafrolic’ and if so it belonged to friends of ours for many years who sold it post Covid if memory serves. They looked after it and I recall it definitely having a new outdrive leg some years ago and maybe a second one subsequently.

As an aside, NYA are a good outfit to deal with.

Thanks for the reply.
Yes, that's correct. I am going to ask the if the drives were replaced with alternatives to the hydrodrives

 

[volvopaul]

Paul it’s time you had a boat, so we can listen to your woes.

You must be joking I've enough on running a near on 50 year rally car , you keep your opinions to your self old chap . Hope your well .

 

[Greg2]

Thanks for the reply.
Yes, that's correct. I am going to ask the if the drives were replaced with alternatives to the hydrodrives

The drive I know about was a Yamaha so would be a hydrodrive. They are excellent bits of kit but no longer made.

 

[ari]

There was a video on YouTube recently of a superyacht engineer who runs Yamaha outdrive diesels in his own personal boat and was raving about how good they are. He struck me as someone who should know.

If I remember rightly, they were briefly popular back in the nineties, and then a change of exchange rate priced them out of contention.

 

[stelican]

There was a video on YouTube recently of a superyacht engineer who runs Yamaha outdrive diesels in his own personal boat and was raving about how good they are. He struck me as someone who should know.

If I remember rightly, they were briefly popular back in the nineties, and then a change of exchange rate priced them out of contention.

We sold quite a few during that period with encouragement from Yamaha. Both 4 and 6 cylinder engines and drives into Fairlines and Falcons. The local service engineer would swap the drives on individual boats every year to even out wear.
We had no reported failures.

 

[The Q]

I know nothing about the boat, but have seen Aquafrolic on the broads many times, a nice looking boat.

 

[BB1]

Are they the same as Yanmar or Nanni engines?

 

[stelican]

Are they the same as Yanmar or Nanni engines?

I understand that the 6 cylinder is a variant of the landcruiser( of that time) engine.