Princess V40 Advice and Engine Specialist Recommendation

[mikeknivett]

Hi all

5 years after selling my Targa 34 I'm getting the boat bug again, been looking around for a while and the plan was to wait another year or so and buy a 2003 Targa 40 or a much newer Beneteau 38 GT, however....... Today I've been made aware of this 1997 Princess V40 which has had a substantial amount of work done to it. Apparently one engine has been rebuilt and one completely overhauled, it's got new nav gear, new hearing fitted, new upholstery in cockpit and a lot more.

I'm quite paranoid over old boats and engines but this seems a lot of boat for around £80k and I wondered if anyone had any advice or maybe is aware of this boat and its history? Are KAD 42's ok for a 40 footer as less powerful than I had in my Targa 34? TBH not that fussed about top speed as have two very young sons these days so 20 knot amble around will be the order of the day.

http://www.aspireboatsales.com/brok...nits=Feet&access=Public&listing_id=78476&url=

What would be the safest way to proceed, get a marine engineer down ASAP to check everything over and then a surveyor and can I make an offer subject to this all being satisfactory?

Hoping someone can help, seems a long time ago I was on here when I was buying my Targa 34 but got some great advice then which was really beneficial.

Thanks in advance.

 

[[2068]]

A V40 with KAD42's won't be fast, I would guess sub-30kts flat out.

Another V40 here with KAD44's:
http://www.viewmy.co.uk/boat/pronto/

 

[stelican]

You need to make an acceptable offer and pay a deposit before you get mechs and surveyors poking around

 

[PowerYachtBlog]

V40s did about 31-32 knots with Kad 42 and a clean bump. So they where just okay.
Surely Kad 44s or 300 are always better.

If she cruises 3200 rpm at 22/23 knots I would go for it. Your consumption at those levels should be 70 lph.

 

[Whitelighter]

You need to make an acceptable offer and pay a deposit before you get mechs and surveyors poking around

Not a hard rule - obviously you have no agreement so you could be wasting your money if boat sold to someone else.
I didn't pay a deposit last year until I was satisfied with the survey and engineering reports. In fact I skipped the deposit and just paid for the boat after some negotiation.