Raggie looking to downgrade/upgrade to mobo

Ferris said:
https://www.apolloduck.com/boat/mitchell-31-mk-iii/623821
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Good find. looks a nice one J S Mouldings built boat. Very much the same as my boat, but being picky my boat does has a better interior, more wood panelling in lieu of carpet, but that's small details. for inland water way work you will find this surprising excellent. My boat has been to Paris twice in her life, but also circumnavigated the UK so if you get board doing inland stuff this boat will also look after you at sea proper. The perkins sabre on tickover will sip fuel, and at 1500 hrs is almost new.
 
Alan S said:
Thank you everyone for all the suggestions . Keep them coming! Looks like Holland is the best place to look. The smaller Linnsens look good but I have a little bit of bias against steel having sailed mostly on salt water and being "allergic" to paint!
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Why? in a shallow draught scenario you will find scraping the bottom is a regular occurence and lifting and recoating is preferable to cracking GRP, this is why most new canal snd river boats are made from steel.
 
t21 said:
Quite so - inland boating means constant proximity to stone, rocks, concrete so steel gotta be the way to go?
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One might wonder how our GRP broom has survived nearly 50yrs inland, 30yrs of which were as a hire boat. I know that it’s outlived many younger steel’s in our neck of the woods.

Not saying steel doesn’t have its strengths but personally l prefer GRP.
 
How come the vast majority of hire boats on inland waterways are GRP then? It’s because they’re far less labour intensive to maintain in an environment where bumps are likely.

Also hardly allergic to steel, I certainly wouldn’t kick a Linssen out of the berth, but the previous posts tout steel as the only choice for inland and I simply don’t think that that is the case.
 
Steel starts to corrode from the day it leaves the factory. Its constant maintainance after that.
An impact on steel boat will leave a dent, with plastic good chance all that will be remaining is gel coat damage.
Older steel boats are notorious for rotting from the inside. Usually only discovered when well advanced. If any boat ever demands a survey its an old steel Pedro etc and by somebody who knows what they are looking for.
Plating merely adds weight.
Newer steel boats are much much better regards coatings.
Plastic boats are a problem to destroy no matter how old.
 
Scala said:
Not dismissed because you don't like it due to perceived maintenance differences.
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if you read back I didn’t dismiss it, I actually like a lot of the better quality boats (linssen as i mentioned). But GRP is my preference for inland work, just like 95%( guesstimate) of hire companies, due to actual maintenance issues
 
OP here. Sorry if Ìve started another argument about steel v grp! that wasn't my intention, there have been more than enough angry outbursts in this subject on other threads. I'd still welcome any further suggestions of suitable craft of any hull material preferably at the lower end of the 8 to 10 metre range. Thanks again.
 
This was emailed to me yesterday

.....https://ancasta.com/boats-for-sale/nimbus-280-coupe-35116/

ok again not displacement but, still a good boat !!!?
 
I'm thinking of a figure around 30k, but this could be stretched for the right boat.
Reason for displacement rather than semi-d is that I don't need speed and see no point on economic or environmental grounds in lugging around a 150hp brute of an engine in a square arsed semi-d when 20hp will drive an efficient displacement hull of 8 to 10m at up to 6 or 7 knots.
Thanks for all the input. Hope I havn't offended any speed freaks : )
 
You should see change from a good Profile 33. Nice boat, can take to the ground with bilge keels. Modest sized Single or twin (Mercedes om636 42hp) engines and aft cabin or rear cockpit. Old boat now though but built like a tank.

1989 Profile Profile 33 used boat for sale - boatersresources.com

6-7 knots all day but you’ll be rolled out of bed in a seaway, there’s a reason why small displacement sea going boats are dying out. At least with semi-d you can get there quicker.

how about a motorsailer? Fisher 25 or similar.
 
"6-7 knots all day ".......and it will be all day.

Fine for upriver non tidal or a hour or two each way in the estuary but if you want to actually go anywhere a yacht probably will get you there quicker.
When we sold our 37 ft Broom based boat and bought a Princess 35, the improvement in stability and sea keeping at all conditions and speeds was instantly noticable.
The old Broom, athough bigger and heavier, rolled and pitched something dreadful compared to the Olinski design.
You may find a quicker semi displacement boat more comfortable and it will get you out of it a lot quicker before things get too unpleasant.
 
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