Princess V39/V40

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is the difference between the 2 just the 1 ft extra long bathing platform or was there any other changes and when was the V40 first made please.?
 
Please stop posting stuff about boats on this forum, it is for discussing what one saw on TV, what one did and who one saw last night and politics, religion etc.

David
 
Pm piers hes got a V39

"Your chance to own a Crown is now"
 
1996 was first year for V40
Available in Sterndriven or Shaft option.
As far as I know layout same with extra platform.
Various discussion on this board regarding the merits of the shafts but one of the main advantages with shafts being the engines more central is lost with the V40 as it uses V gearboxes to place the engines in the stern and drive the shafts.

Shaft drive boat was slower and more expensive to own, around 40k more plus fuel costs although of course you do not have any sterndrive maintenance.

Good handling boat in both versions, (with bow thruster for the unexpected)

Main things to watch out for (if buying to use in UK) three cockpit options, Sun Bed, Garage or seated cockpit. Seated Cockpit most desirable and easiest resale in UK.



CJ
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Mysterious sarcy geezer heh No profile no comment

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Re: Sarcy Geezer

Oh nno...and I was having such a good week /forums/images/icons/wink.gif...how was you car around the bay on saturday?

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Re: Sarcy Geezer

Car???? Er not got that one Learner, car you mean boat don;t you.

Did go out on Saturday around the bay though in my neighbours rib, a 29yr old avon rib that he has just had refurbished. We looked a right pair of taffy apples in our donkey jackets huddled up in that thing, and it was bloody cold but a good laugh. It didn't half go though as its got a 50hp suzuki outboard.

So what's new on the boat front Learner? or are you keeping stuuum until the deal is done!!

I just can't be arsed...
 
Re: Sarcy Geezer

err......I was just ensuring that I never get accused of mentioning anything Boaty unless absolutely necessary and having a dig at everyone who was unhappy with the 'non boating' theme.
Not like you to miss these things /forums/images/icons/smile.gif

Still going down Sof before Xmas deal done..

s48---please refer your own last line...yes but SLOWLY



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Re: Sarcy Geezer

I'm a bit slow today........ yes went for a long old run around the Bay in my GM powered boat like CAR.

Still going for the S48 then, whooooha James Bond or wot????

I haven't given that boat an OB rating yet (ask TCM) but I bet it will be quite a high OB rating.

Our tx is progressing although french architects are fun to deal with and work to a different calendar to us.

I keep telling SWMBO we could just have bought a boat here (in English) and shipped down there and still have plenty of change.

Still waiting for the info on sleazyjet, spoke to the friend this weekend and he is adamant that his mate got that deal and I've told him that I've now got to prove it so to get on and get the details pronto.


I just can't be arsed...
 
I know hes got the Fleming but thought I saw the V39 in recent mag

"Your chance to own a Crown is now"
 
Normal shaftdrive configurations put the engines in the middle (nearly) of the boat making the lump of weight central, aiding handling and also giving the advantage of no additonal gearbox as required by a sterndrive boat to take the drive to the props. In a V-drive the engines are mounted in the same position as in a sterndrive boat and the shaft comes forward out into a gearbox which then drives the shafts. I need a pencil and paper really!!

CJ
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Re: No pencil/paper

Er

How about saying engine is in the stern, the "wrong" way round - ie the shaft runs towards the bow and downwards. The gearbox does a U turn (actaully V turn) so the shaft then goes out through the hull just where it would if it was a normal shaftdrive.
Advantages wieght at the stren for v high performance boats, mainly it gets the engines out of the way for mid cabins (packaging as goodish as a sterndrive)
Disadvantages complication and poor access to rudder links etc (normally easy in an empty lazarette) also no laz!
 
V drives = as simple/complex as normal shafts

....Incidentally, I dont understand the claim that V drives suffer from "complication". The V gearboxes are no more complex than a normal angled gearboxes as fitted to zillions of normal shaftdrive boats these days. Taking the drive out of the "other end" of a gearbox (which is all you're doing in a Vee drive) is just a matter of putting a hole in a different place in the gearbox case and attaching the prop shaft to the opposite end of the gearbox output shaft...... Nuthin special engineering wise. OK, you have to align it all, but that's no more difficult either. Or am I missing something?
 
thanks i now understand that .but the V40 i looked at has shafts and the engines are well forward with shafts straight out the bottom and a good 4ft of storage aft of engines. did the v40 come in standard shaft and v shaft as well as stern drives.?
 
Suggest you do a few searches on V39/40 and V or vee drives, there have been quite a few posts on them. Also an article in MBY ? 1-2 months ago about why the V40 was so fast.

Simple answer (I think) is YES sterndrives and shafts (? Vee +/- straight)
 
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