Squadron 52

[Richard.C]

I'm interested in the Squadron 52 and have been looking for as much information as possible about these boats, unfortunately you don't always find things that are nice to see.

Best fast forward to about the 6 minute mark on the first video, second video is series of stills. I'm guessing they hit something hard at speed to smash the bottom of the hull like this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyTCgC5dq5c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZRjKM440xQ

 

[Divemaster1]

Hit a rock/reef at speed based on the comments to the video clip...

 

[Firefly625]

from 6m45sec on second video tells the tail... must have been going a fair lick

 

[andy59]

That is a shame , they are lovely boats imho .

 

[PowerYachtBlog]

I remember then about ten years ago we had an old 33 Targa (late eighties forward facing radar arch) locally going up to the rocks at about 20 knots, and this impressed a lot of people here for having really little to no damage, that is apart the stern drives.

Fast forward to late nineties 1998 till 2001 52 Squadron, and may be we can say not even Fairline builds the way it used to do. Which engineering wise does make sense to be fair.

The 52 Squadron is a lovely boat, very good hull, well constructed, nice main deck inside and outside, but its lower deck layout screws it all. That is why it never sold well.

 

[beltsandbraces]

that will be on ebay next week for £150,000

 

[aquapower]

that will be on ebay next week for £150,000

Not sure if its same one but there was a 52 on eBay a few years back that had been sunk.

 

[crazy4557]

That one I believe is/was out the water in a boatyard on the River Itchen awaiting all sorts of repairs. Was 5 years ago but not sure where now.

 

[Richard.C]

I was sad to see that boat sunk but if that's been repaired and put back into commission I need to be very vigilant when looking at boats for sale.

I wouldn't have imagined that was economically viable to re-commission.

 

[volvopaul]

That one I believe is/was out the water in a boatyard on the River Itchen awaiting all sorts of repairs. Was 5 years ago but not sure where now.

It's still there at back of the builders merchants.

 

[volvopaul]

I remember the squadron 50 that sank off Weymouth about 15 years ago massive holes in the bottom, it came to Newark for repairs. Soon on the circuit and sold . 5 years after both engines failed , I was told by the then poor owner that the inside of the engines still had sea water inside , parts normally immersed in oil as rusty as can be , shafts worn away.
Never a project worth it in my view.

 

[PowerYachtBlog]

I remember the squadron 50 that sank off Weymouth about 15 years ago massive holes in the bottom, it came to Newark for repairs. Soon on the circuit and sold . 5 years after both engines failed , I was told by the then poor owner that the inside of the engines still had sea water inside , parts normally immersed in oil as rusty as can be , shafts worn away.
Never a project worth it in my view.

To start with the real problem in this case was that it was never repaired well. I mean come-on you do not overhaul engines after a sink?
I have seen cases of boats which sunk or had accidents and where well repaired to reach a very good high standard. Sometimes even improving on some of the builders errors.

 

[volvopaul]

To start with the real problem in this case was that it was never repaired well. I mean come-on you do not overhaul engines after a sink?
I have seen cases of boats which sunk or had accidents and where well repaired to reach a very good high standard. Sometimes even improving on some of the builders errors.

The engines were not first aided as we say over here , weeks after they were filled with oil to the top and pumped out, I saw the engines striped years after as they failed with big repair costs, the threads on the block on the main bearing caps still had water in them , the injection pump jackshaft was rusted that badly it would not hold oil at the seal mating face. Any insurer would pay out for a rebuild if it was to go again , this one was beyond it. The wholes in the bottom were big enough to ride a bike in.

 

[PowerYachtBlog]

The engines were not first aided as we say over here , weeks after they were filled with oil to the top and pumped out, I saw the engines striped years after as they failed with big repair costs, the threads on the block on the main bearing caps still had water in them , the injection pump jackshaft was rusted that badly it would not hold oil at the seal mating face. Any insurer would pay out for a rebuild if it was to go again , this one was beyond it. The wholes in the bottom were big enough to ride a bike in.

awccc sounds bad.... At some point the accident might to big where is not worth bothering anymore. Might be the case with the original 52 Squadron here considering it is on average a 15 year old boat.