Sealine SC42

[diligaf]

I am looking at maybe trading up to a 2012/2013 SC42 but the prices seem to be in absolute free fall! Not so long ago they were all well over 300k now nearer 250k for an early one. A lot of boat for the money but, and here is the but, they seem to hang around for ever!

Anyone know why? Are they that unpopular?

 

[[2068]]

They're not exactly sleek, and not that many were built.
But that's a lot of beam, and boat, for £250k.

 

[Jurgen]

Great boat, was on our list but beyond our budget.

Could be down to moving up or out of boating, we've had to take a hit selling ours so definitely a buyer's market

 

[Momac]

I am a Sealine fan.
I have not heard of any specific issues with the SC42. Bear in mind the recession has affected sales over the last several years. If you like the design why not go for it.
Even for wealthy people a 42 would be somewhat too big as a first boat.
Don't forget you are in a minority being experienced and interested in boats and able to consider that level of expenditure.

 

[lisilou]

We'd trade up to one in a heartbeat. There's simply nothing to compare for the money imo and I've looked at quite few alternatives but still come back to the 42.
L

 

[diligaf]

I see eby had one for quite a while and it kept on dropping in price. SWMBO loves them but not sure the price 'curve' has flattened yet!

 

[Momac]

With the same thought in mind regarding price I hesitated last year , thinking no one else was looking, and missed out as someone else walked up with the money .
The difference in my case we are not talking about the same level of money , but still a large sum.

 

[alt]

Serious party boat. I'm not a sealine fan but would have one in a heartbeat

 

[No Regrets]

Simple explanation: The boats are a year or so older now. This would be a typical depreciation curve (i.e Heavy at first, flattening out later)

Also, supply and demand affect prices, all it takes is one buyer to drop his price, and that advert serves as a reminder to anybody else selling a similar vessel!

Same with cars.....

 

[kanajobe48]

Sc42 was our dream boat although that's what we thought so, when looking more closely we then started to look a bit closer it is a large boat on out drives which I wanted to get away from with the annual maintenance plus shafts perform better in heavier weather, then I looked at the width of the hull, no matter how it's explained I could not I imagine that it would be a great boat in the typical english weather/channle crossing sea that we find 75% of the time, re sale prices were already dropping quickly, sealine had gone into administration and that this is a relitivily new boat with certain potential desgn problems still need to be designed out, the sealine ( we had a s38 before chainging) sits on the water rather than within it and is more suseptible to wind even with joy tick control, this and a few more resins are why we paid relitivley the same price for Fairline 47 which was 4 years older and less accomodation space. At the end of the day I feel that we would use our boat more times a year given better sea keeping, plus better residual value and can confirm better quality build.

 

[lisilou]

@kanajobe48...did you sea trial the 42?
L

 

[Portofino]

Sc42 was our dream boat although that's what we thought so, when looking more closely we then started to look a bit closer it is a large boat on out drives which I wanted to get away from with the annual maintenance plus shafts perform better in heavier weather, then I looked at the width of the hull, no matter how it's explained I could not I imagine that it would be a great boat in the typical english weather/channle crossing sea that we find 75% of the time, re sale prices were already dropping quickly, sealine had gone into administration and that this is a relitivily new boat with certain potential desgn problems still need to be designed out, the sealine ( we had a s38 before chainging) sits on the water rather than within it and is more suseptible to wind even with joy tick control, this and a few more resins are why we paid relitivley the same price for Fairline 47 which was 4 years older and less accomodation space. At the end of the day I feel that we would use our boat more times a year given better sea keeping, plus better residual value and can confirm better quality build.

My thoughts too,
We went on one arround 2011/12 at a med boat show -demo modal -first impressions which immediately put us off
The wooden floor pannals several squares moved and squeaked when you walked on them ( this boat had wooden cabin soles ) -carpets no good in the med with bare feet / kids /drinks / ice creams etc
Secondly the cupboard latches seemed cheap /poor -tiny detail but I could not see myself living with this .
The plus are of course the light airy accomodation as you have said - .cos of the beam .
Also I did not want a 40 + ftr VP. d6 outdrive boat .
As I have said before great when new --but these set ups with the DpH leg ( external steering rams / pipes ) are 4-5 Y old now and will prove difficult to find a home I suspect .
Agian the techi boat buyers ( not everyone is ) will look -think of hull form -need to know dead rise -depth of "V" etc and try and marry that with the 4.4 M beam and seakeeping -which you have done .Factor in engine access too and end up buying somthing else .

 

[kanajobe48]

Hi Lou
We did not sea trial the 42, however did sea trial the ac47,f42 and f46, all very nice boats,all handled very well although the conditions were all pretty flat, I did speak to a number of skippers that had experiences of the sealines, only one had been on the s42, and that was thier conclusion that I have repeated above. I did speak to a 42 owner in the summer, his comments were similar again to what I have said. One thing was though the French were fascinated by the rear and the sheer size of the bathing platform.