Seastoke
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My opinion is that they were very innovative in design, ie SC 35 and F42/5 , who was their designers and are they anywhere else.
Can’t answer your question but because they were the smallest of the major UK manufacturers, their way of making their marque was to be innovative and being relatively small they had the agility to do this. The initiative being led by founder father Tom Murrant.My opinion is that they were very innovative in design, ie SC 35 and F42/5 , who was their designers and are they anywhere else.
The S200 was an Olesinski design back in the late 1990’s I don’t know how many others he designed.I expect Sealine used external consultants for hull design in the corporate era (from about 1998) . Not sure how it was done before that.
The SC 35 was quite marmite when launched. As were the F46 and F42.
He was trying to spread the word.Marmite's owner posted on here.
Yes I think SC35s remain very popular. But the same may be said of older Sealines.
Wasn't Bill Dixon (Dixon Yacht Design) the SC35 designer? Maybe that was later
Yep, had one - built like the proverbial, but its seakeeping was awesome. TAMD75’s, simple straight forward, straight six turbo engines, but yep they loved the taste of diesel!If diesel was 50p/litre, my favourite older Sealine would be the S48.
Built like a tank for the American market, huge engines, shaft drive, huge fuel consumption.
See other thread about IPS and rocks, an S48 would stand a chance of removing the rocks.
I think that’s right, Kelly Hoppen designed the hull, andWasn't Bill Dixon (Dixon Yacht Design) the SC35 designer? Maybe that was later
Yrs, correct. Kelly Hoppen did a great job on the hull, whilst Ocke did some lovely curtainsWasn’t it Ocke Mannefelt / Kelly Hoppen?
I feel out-done. Only achieving a 195, S240 and an S37We are solid Sealine fans. Started with a 255, then 290, 310 statesman, F33, S37 x 2, S41, S48 and.now we are old and poor, a lovely S34!