oldgit
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Is it 31 or 33 ft long.?
Do they all have dinette.?
Flybridge on a boat that size.Bit roly poly?
Erm......Any comments.
Do they all have dinette.?
Flybridge on a boat that size.Bit roly poly?
Erm......Any comments.
Questions Questions Questions.Fairline Corniche.
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capsco
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Probably is 33 O/A
No, they do several layouts inc side cabin, with over and under bunks.
and twin cab version with island bed in the bows.
Not known as rolly poly {any more than any other small boat}
No, they do several layouts inc side cabin, with over and under bunks.
and twin cab version with island bed in the bows.
Not known as rolly poly {any more than any other small boat}
danielbroad
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10.5m overall with the bathing platform, delighted with ours.
Col
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Can't praise this boat enough!! Very stable in big sea (feels more like a 40 footer) Main drawback seems to be small rudders, so takes time to react, and it's about 6 turns lock-to-lock.
CaptainThames
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Built in the days when length meant hull length and not the bathing platform so 31 Ft plus bolt on bathing platform. They offer a lot and MBM did a write up on a second hand one some months back which was very positive. Hold value well particularly diesels. Some are on shafts and some outdrives. Front cabin appears very small but as a result there is lots of living space.
DAKA
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Some feel Corniche is better suited to outdrives than shafts due to short length for shafts to exit.
I owned a 1988 model on 200hp 290 duo props and she never let us down.
We cruised with larger boats and in rough conditions we were still faster so I assume we had a better ride
we cruised wtih boats 4o ft.-48 ft.
We also cruised with a Corniche on Shafts that was significantly slower and used more fuel.
My old boat is still for sale(not by me) it is a good one if you want the details feel free to PM me.
Pete
I owned a 1988 model on 200hp 290 duo props and she never let us down.
We cruised with larger boats and in rough conditions we were still faster so I assume we had a better ride
we cruised wtih boats 4o ft.-48 ft.
We also cruised with a Corniche on Shafts that was significantly slower and used more fuel.
My old boat is still for sale(not by me) it is a good one if you want the details feel free to PM me.
Pete
oldgit
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Thanks for all replies.There is a Corniche being advertised at a good price due to the fact she needs couple of new fuel tanks.
Assume that the old mild steel items have rotted out
Need a boat preferably with island bed and dinette.Want space not bunks.
Assume that the old mild steel items have rotted out
Need a boat preferably with island bed and dinette.Want space not bunks.
Renegade_Master
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Island Bed errm my old Broom hand one of those your missus loved it you tight oldgit.
Send Nick2 a PM he has only recently sold his. I was on it from Teddington to Chatham doing his DSP, crusied into the dark on a very lumpy estuary to Medway seemed fine into floor tide. Got caught in flood due to b****y rowers race delayed us.
Flybridge spaciuos. My only real gripe was very bad access to engine checks (shaft drive model of course) had to remove helm seat to get to port engine checks, I mean whats all that about.
The Fairline 50 (1987) we used to use was not a lot better in that department.
See if you can find that article previously mentioned.
Send Nick2 a PM he has only recently sold his. I was on it from Teddington to Chatham doing his DSP, crusied into the dark on a very lumpy estuary to Medway seemed fine into floor tide. Got caught in flood due to b****y rowers race delayed us.
Flybridge spaciuos. My only real gripe was very bad access to engine checks (shaft drive model of course) had to remove helm seat to get to port engine checks, I mean whats all that about.
The Fairline 50 (1987) we used to use was not a lot better in that department.
See if you can find that article previously mentioned.
oldgit
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Thanks for comments Clive.Have finally sold house after 3 arbortive attempts,we are now in a position to do something about changing boats.Have actually looked at an early B........m or two,but it is really all down to the P35 or now the Corniche.
Has got to be shaft as well.Higher running cost no problems.
Lying in a puddle on an exposed wharf on a cold winters day,with a nice easterly wind for company,while trying to fit a reluctant set of expensive rubber bits.no thanks. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif.
Off the find Boatone in a few moments,need to catch flood at Sheerness as virtually will double speed of my old tub with a bit of incoming tide.
On arrival at Teddington will then educate all those Thames ditchcrawlers with courageous daring tales of salt water dangers met head on and overcome during passage using only ancient navigation skills and bit of lodestone.
Right off now to fire up Transas on the laptop /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif.
Has got to be shaft as well.Higher running cost no problems.
Lying in a puddle on an exposed wharf on a cold winters day,with a nice easterly wind for company,while trying to fit a reluctant set of expensive rubber bits.no thanks. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif.
Off the find Boatone in a few moments,need to catch flood at Sheerness as virtually will double speed of my old tub with a bit of incoming tide.
On arrival at Teddington will then educate all those Thames ditchcrawlers with courageous daring tales of salt water dangers met head on and overcome during passage using only ancient navigation skills and bit of lodestone.
Right off now to fire up Transas on the laptop /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif.
PRH
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Sorry you can't get one with an island bed and a dinette. Where the islend bed is fitted you get a larger bathroom accessable from the fwd cabin and the main cabin, also the galley is on the other side.
If anyone tels you they have to remove the engines to replace the tanks on the shaft drive it aint true. They did mine when I bought it and just ripped the floor up!!! They did get it back OK....
Any questions - PM me.
Lastly - soot is a BIG problem on these. The AD41B engines on are better - apparentlly
If anyone tels you they have to remove the engines to replace the tanks on the shaft drive it aint true. They did mine when I bought it and just ripped the floor up!!! They did get it back OK....
Any questions - PM me.
Lastly - soot is a BIG problem on these. The AD41B engines on are better - apparentlly
ari
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As stated, the Corniche was a 31ft hull, but 33ft+ with the "non integral" bathing platform.
Very beamy boat so perfesctly stable, much more so than modern similar sized flybridge boats like Sealine F33's.
They did three basic layouts.
Two "Tri-cab" versions, which had either an offset double in the fore cabin (very small) or two singles in a V with the foot of one going over the foot of the other, then galley to port with heads aft (under the helm console) and either dinette to starboard (converts to double) or second cabin in place of dinette with two single bunk beds.
And a "Twin-cab" version which was a sort of luxury for two people layout. Bigger foreward cabin with decent sized island double bed central, larger L shaped galley to port (I think) and a larger heads (with en suite door to foreward cabin) to starboard. (Heads and galley might be other way around, forget now).
Saloon was L shaped settee to starboard converting to double, helm to port with short settee behind, or a sideboard. Sideboard version meant less shifting furniture to open engine hatches, but obviously less seating. Later boats had helm seat off a pole on the side so don't have to shift it to access engines, plus could lower and swivel it to add to saloon seating.
Final point, in order to get max space inside they are very full in the bow. As a result they plane very nose up and slam a bit into a head sea (even with tabs down). Fine in all other angles of attack though. For that reason I personally would not have a stern drive version as the last thing they needed was the weight of the engines even further aft!
Great boat, compromised layout in the tri-cab versions to get it all in, but quite a good compromise.
If you only need to sleep 2 then the twin cab is superb, with similar owners accomodation to a 40ft boat, and you can still convert the saloon for occasional extra seating.
Excellent quality, although aging now, and still look smart.
Corroding fuel tanks a very common failing with these, and agree with earlier comment that you should be able to get tanks out without removing engines, although they will want a bit of dismantling.
Good boat.
Very beamy boat so perfesctly stable, much more so than modern similar sized flybridge boats like Sealine F33's.
They did three basic layouts.
Two "Tri-cab" versions, which had either an offset double in the fore cabin (very small) or two singles in a V with the foot of one going over the foot of the other, then galley to port with heads aft (under the helm console) and either dinette to starboard (converts to double) or second cabin in place of dinette with two single bunk beds.
And a "Twin-cab" version which was a sort of luxury for two people layout. Bigger foreward cabin with decent sized island double bed central, larger L shaped galley to port (I think) and a larger heads (with en suite door to foreward cabin) to starboard. (Heads and galley might be other way around, forget now).
Saloon was L shaped settee to starboard converting to double, helm to port with short settee behind, or a sideboard. Sideboard version meant less shifting furniture to open engine hatches, but obviously less seating. Later boats had helm seat off a pole on the side so don't have to shift it to access engines, plus could lower and swivel it to add to saloon seating.
Final point, in order to get max space inside they are very full in the bow. As a result they plane very nose up and slam a bit into a head sea (even with tabs down). Fine in all other angles of attack though. For that reason I personally would not have a stern drive version as the last thing they needed was the weight of the engines even further aft!
Great boat, compromised layout in the tri-cab versions to get it all in, but quite a good compromise.
If you only need to sleep 2 then the twin cab is superb, with similar owners accomodation to a 40ft boat, and you can still convert the saloon for occasional extra seating.
Excellent quality, although aging now, and still look smart.
Corroding fuel tanks a very common failing with these, and agree with earlier comment that you should be able to get tanks out without removing engines, although they will want a bit of dismantling.
Good boat.
ari
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Oh, one more thing. When they started fitting the more powerful TAMD 41 (200hp) engines instead of the previous TAMD 40 (165hp) engines, they had issues with a lack of air to the engineroom. Later (after about '89) boats had different side air intakes to allow more air in. Suspect that ties in with ealier comment from someone about smokey engines and soot on back of boat.
oldgit
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Thanks for all contributions.Will be viewing this particular boat fairly soon with any luck and yes it has got the 200hp engines on shafts.
longjohnsilver
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May be dreaming but seem to remember Kim having some input on the lack of air to engines and soot issue, may be worth asking him.
