Sealine SC35 or Doral Boca Grande???

"With an open boat you can put the bimini up, but still have airflow through the sides".


and in the Bay of Roses very wet also.

That length of SC boat into anything over 2ft med chop is wet. At least with the hard top you wont get drenched as you can close it
 
Agree with that. Sitting inside a hardtop boat in a Med summer would be like sitting in a sauna. Yes you can specify aircon but what's the point in having a boat in the Med if you're going to spend all your time in an airconditioned box?
Best type of boat for Med use is a flybridge anyway
 
When the nice man was fitting our bowthruster he commented how much easier it was to fit one in a sealine. I took this to mean that there was more material to cut through & repair on the Doral. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
Some of the newer sealines already have the tunnel built into
the hull , makes installation easier......if you get a chance ask your installer.
 
Blimey!!!

Just as you think a thread is winding down, more information appears....

Thanks all, but you're not making it any easier!!!! /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

Really appreciate the discussion - what YBW forums are all about!!

Nick
 
i have been a sealine man all my life and if you have been inside the new sc35 there is no comparision between the two. you are getting a 40 foot boat and only paying for35.
I agree not sure on the look but this boat is the kiss of death to 40foot boats! /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif
 
I do agree the SC35 is a big boat when at the helm you do have to look twice at the length. I went for quality hence the Doral.

Summer 2006 I was looking at my first twin engine I went to Peters Chi and looked at a Targa 34 "Sin Bin" wonder where it is now??? as I was looking a guy in the boat next to it was having his hand over of a S24 I think it was. I asked how it was, he was a big chap and he said he hated it and was going to get a Targa, he didnt really sea trial it before he bought it, his exact words were "its like a floating canoe". He was also interested the Targa, he was from Brighton.

But each to their own if we all owned the same boat it would be boring.
 
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Please tell me what you mean here???
 
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i have been a sealine man all my life and if you have been inside the new sc35 there is no comparision between the two. you are getting a 40 foot boat and only paying for35.
I agree not sure on the look but this boat is the kiss of death to 40foot boats! /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

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I know I am going to regret this, but here goes anyway...

..the SC35 they had at SIBS was well over 200k with the essential options. The interior space is great and it is a huge boat, but at that money it is a 40ft boat for 40ft money. Don;t get me wrong, I like the boat but it isnt the cheap option as you suggest.

Head back down now, going for a Pina Colada /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
[quote..the SC35 they had at SIBS was well over 200k with the essential options.


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Isn't progess a funny thing, when I started dealing with Sealine in the 1980's there was no such thing as essential options. Boats came fully equiped, down to fenders warps, plus bottle of champers and flowers.

Brian
 
Spent the day traipsing around LIBS, and spent a bit of time looking over the Doral and the SC35 (again).

The Doral didn't excite me. Apologies to existing Doral owners, I'm sure the hull performs well, but the level of interior finish wasn't what I would be looking for. Also, horrible shiny grey dash, plus other shiny fittings that didn't look as if they would last. Poke the headlining in the front cabin - it moves up and down an inch or so...

The SC35 has it's own issues. It's all very square, and the styling is less of a shock having seen it for the second time, but you'd have to have an incredibly long knee to ankle length to put your feet on the floor if using the seat opposite the helm. Upsides are good use of interior space, the huge panaromic windscreen, and a helm position that knocks all others into a cocked hat. I can sit, stand, or lean on the bolster, and still see out in all directions. (Compare this to the Fairline Targa 44, where the sleek looks mean that I would have major blind spots unless I removed the helm cushion and crouched on the fibreglass, but then I couldn't see over the bow /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif)

The boat I really liked was the Atlantis 35 "Plus". Forget the suicide seats on the standard version, and ignore the very dodgy teak saloon that was an option on the LIBS boat, this is something I could imagine owning.

dv.
 
No, the SIBS boat was well over £200k with a load of bizarre options that I wouldn't have specified.

A usable SC35 with 260's I reckon could be had for £190k, prior to any discount. I'd be fascinated to know which 40ft boats come in at £190k that aren't called "Beneteau" or "Bavaria" ... /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

dv.
 
How's the Sealine built? I love Doral design and fit and finish, and don't mind the fully balsa cored hulls but some people do. If you don't like balsa below the waterline that may be a consideration.

That said I owned an Intrigue for a couple of years and highly recommend the brand. Very few complaints other than a tendency to get gel coat cracks on the top sides and other fairly minor issues in the grand scheme of things.
 
It's solid fibreglass below the waterline, foam encapsulated fibreglass stringers, with cored decks.

I know that some of the newer hulls e.g. S29/SC29 are built using vacuum bagging, so I'd expect the SC35 to be the same, although not 100% sure.

dv.
 
We spent yesterday at LBS with Sealine & Doral......

The short-list is now one......The Doral Boca Grande.

Granted it's not as visually exciting as the SC35, but there again, for a couple who will spend 2-3 weeks at a time on board, using it partly as a floating caravan and partly for some significant Mediterranean cruising:

It's got significantly more storage - both above and below decks - all the seat bases lift to lined storage bins and under-floor storage is in gel coat bins.
There is better engine room access and storage space
The open-plan interior gives a less "corridor-like" saloon
The lowering radar arch is a plus for Empuriabrava in that it would facilitate any future sale.
The foredeck access through the windscreen works well for Pam, who hates "edges"
The fridges (cockpit and galley) are hugely bigger than the SC35 - important when one is moving from a yacht with a 150ltr chest fridge....keeping things cool in the Mediterranean summer is VERY important!!
The hull has been in production since 1999, so the manufacturing faults should have been ironed out - the Sealine hull at LBS was number 39 and may see modifications needed once a few have had some serious hours put on them.
The quality of fit-out seems superior to the Sealine - very "Island Packet" like in yacht terms...and the helm layout is, IMHO, a more practical and workmanlike layout.
The delivery is very significantly better - May/June as opposed to September or December from Sealine....and the agreement regarding part exchange on our Jeanneau and use until the new boat is handed over is much better.
The "price to change" for well sec'd boats turned out to be virtually identical....certainly to within a couple of thousand.

So.....
Demo / sea trial in a couple of weeks and subject to that, we are moving over to the dark side later this season!!!!

Thanks to all of you for your well informed comments and suggestions....only time will ever tell if we have made the right decision!!!

Nick & Pam
 
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