Sealine s37

[hlb]

Thats my point. Dont bother with bow thrusters, just get one with shafts. Then no outdrives to maitain and no bow thruster to mend or in the case of Mark. No bow thruster to sink the boat [sad]. Had a P33 with a flat bottom and outdrives. Main problem with that was they were always flapping in the air. So not alot of use. Other than that it seemed to go most places ok.

Interesting TCM. I've only had experience with one boat over 50ft but that only had one engine and a bit knackered. But as you say, it moved very little in the water so still quite easy, if a bit slow to respond!

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Haydn

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

Byron, you're probably a better boat handler than me, then

 

[DavidJ]

The S37 and I suspect others to of that size with sterndrives do not back up well. I'm told that duoprops make it more difficult but I can't see the connection unless it's something to do with the small prop reacting inefficiently with the large one in reverse.
When the 'problem' is solved with a bowthruster I can't see the value in restricting your choice (if there is one in the 37ft range) to shaft boats.
David

 

[byron]

Don't be like that Mike, Half the UTMYC & ODCC saw me on at least one occasion with the Sunseeker in St Kats, I really had no use for a Bow Thruster. I never needed one a zillion years ago when I had a Coronet 27 (am I really that old?)

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[Deleted User YDKXO]

I'm not being 'like that', Byron. Since bowthrusters have only been around for say 10 yrs on leisure boats, anyone who got into boating before then will have had to do without them. I learnt on a 32' flybridge boat with outdrives myself and I'd never heard of a bowthruster at the time but I sure would have liked one
In any case it all depends on prevailing conditions, how experienced the crew is and not least how many crew you've got. Personally, I wont allow my crew to jump from the boat onto a pontoon and instruct them to drop the mooring line over a cleat from the deck; to do that with an inexperienced crew member may require that the bow is held stationary for a few seconds and with a breeze blowing off the pontoon, its very difficult to hold the bow on engines alone. Hence, IMHO, a relatively large outdrive boat like the S37 needs a bowthruster

 

[alfie]

Just catching up on my appeal for information on the above boat.Would like to thank everyone for there comments.Still deciding what to do.

 

[nicho]

Alfie. You can only speak as you find, but I had an S37 from new until I sold it (January this year) after three years. I also know owners of several others. The boat was absolutely superb, and suffered no problems whatsoever, (except the damned Eberspacher that kept breaking down - not Sealine's problem). We lived on board for 3 months between houses, and found it extremely comfortable. I never took it out in anything approaching bad weather, but did get caught out in wind against tide in the Little Russell channel off Guernsey after a slower than expected channel crossing due to a rougher than expected sea, which was an unforgettable experience!. Nevertheless she ploughed her way through what (to me) seemed mountainous waves at 18/19 knots, with never a moments problem. Yes, we also had the "dreaded" Mercruiser 220hp engines, and do you know what? - they were very good indeed. Quiet, smooth, smoke free and economical, and after 150 odd hours totally oil tight - like I say, speak as you find. We chose the Sealine after looking closely at the Targa 37, but found the latter's cabin a bit dark (and the heads/shower intruded into the cabin too much.) Try to find a good, low hours example that has been loved and cherished (as our was) and you will have many happy hours boating. Ours is now soaking up the sun in the South of France!

 

[hamadi]

Do you have any idea regarding our friends Yamaha drive reliability. Several internal parts failure has been reported all around the world. I have a 36ft powered with twin Yamaha diesel that had drives filters clogged 20 miles from the coast. Happened twice under guarantee and Yamaha Japan + their representatives create difficulty to service the drives. May be they behave that way thinking that they'll get away with it in north africa. Yamaha local representative is Industria in Tunisia, Yamaha Dubai people suggest to buy new legs(!!!) and Yamaha HQ (Mr. Tatsumi and Nishizumi) avoid replying to my requests to have drives repaired. I took legal action and an expert has been designed by he court.
Similar adverse experience may be of help to put pressure on Yamaha Motors.

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[nicho]

I think some of the earlier Sealines, such as the 290, had a few problems with stress cracks in the hull (I had one that was repaired by Sealine under warranty, even though the boat was 7 years old), but I've never known them in an S37. You will see from seperate post I had one for 3 years, and it was very good , even with the Mercruiser engines which were very smooth, smoke free, oil tight and reliable. I had a marina neighbour with one also, and he was the type that would deliberately go out in rough weather to "hammer it" (a real hooligan, a bit like BrendanS - how are you Brendan??) but even he had no hull problems.

By the way, why has your profile been removed from the database??

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