Squadron 78 For Sale

[MJGH]

See a Squadron 78 has just come up for sale on Boats.co.uk
Looking at the pictures which includes an internal stairs to the fly bridge.
Could this be MATCH owned by a much missed forumite?

 

[stelican]

Seems to have the right number of cushions

 

[petem]

Yeah, he's seen the light and is selling it to buy an Itama. Those choppy days in the SofF are too much for anything else.

 

[Bouba]

See a Squadron 78 has just come up for sale on Boats.co.uk
Looking at the pictures which includes an internal stairs to the fly bridge.
Could this be MATCH owned by a much missed forumite?

Can you give us a link

 

[MJGH]

Can you give us a link

Apologies my IT skills don't stretch that far.
If you go on boats.co site it is at the top of used boat page.

 

[Bouba]

Displaying 87 boats for sale matching Boat Type: Power Cruiser- Boats.co.uk

 

[PowerYachtBlog]

Yeah, he's seen the light and is selling it to buy an Itama. Those choppy days in the SofF are too much for anything else.

Jokes aside JFM will never buy an Itama, as he seemed never interested for an sport yachts, even the most comfortable ones.
It will be interesting what he goes for, seeing Fairline does not do the size he was interested back when he was here, which was 80-90 feet.

 

[Bouba]

Jokes aside JFM will never buy an Itama, as he seemed never interested for an sport yachts, even the most comfortable ones.
It will be interesting what he goes for, seeing Fairline does not do the size he was interested back when he was here, which was 80-90 feet.

That’s interesting...because I was going to ask if he’s downsizing or upsizing....and you say the answer is up....he’s a lucky man??

 

[Portofino]

LLL determines what ticket you need to helm it .Clever use of bolts on nose cones and bathing platforms means builders tend to top out circa 92 ft with written down 23.99 M LLL .So you can drive it yourself.
Over that you are into pro crew or take more skipper tickets - Extra hassle ?

 

[PowerYachtBlog]

That’s interesting...because I was going to ask if he’s downsizing or upsizing....and you say the answer is up....he’s a lucky man??

It used to be upsizing.
But what it is now like five years ago.
People can change there mind with in an hour, let alone five years.

 

[PowerYachtBlog]

LLL determines what ticket you need to helm it .Clever use of bolts on nose cones and bathing platforms means builders tend to top out circa 92 ft with written down 23.99 M LLL .So you can drive it yourself.
Over that you are into pro crew or take more skipper tickets - Extra hassle ?

In 2012 Ferretti produced the 960 and Azimut Grande 95, which changed this.
Nowadays we are running LOAs of 100 feet, and load lines at 80 feet to allow YM of 23.9 or below to helm it.
Ferretti 1000, new Sunseeker 100 Yacht, Wally Why200, new Riva 102 Corsaro, and both Princess X95 and upcoming Y95, Sanlorenzo SL96A and so on so forth.....

 

[dunedin]

That’s interesting...because I was going to ask if he’s downsizing or upsizing....and you say the answer is up....he’s a lucky man??

This is a different world for me (and indeed most of us on here), but at what point does going bigger be a disadvantage - as limits access to the smaller and more intimate harbours and anchorages?
Certainly with our flappy saily boat we specifically chose a high spec 38 footer over a cheaper to buy new 45 footer - largely because in many places we wanted to visit in Atlantic France, The Baltic and Scotland the number of places where the bigger boat would fit comfortably (and without orebooking) was more limited.

 

[Bouba]

This is a different world for me (and indeed most of us on here), but at what point does going bigger be a disadvantage - as limits access to the smaller and more intimate harbours and anchorages?
Certainly with our flappy saily boat we specifically chose a high spec 38 footer over a cheaper to buy new 45 footer - largely because in many places we wanted to visit in Atlantic France, The Baltic and Scotland the number of places where the bigger boat would fit comfortably (and without orebooking) was more limited.

If you look at the pictures in the add...one of them shows how incredibly close he parked next to the rocks...my boat is a fraction of the size and I wouldn’t go that close...the answer isn’t how big the boat...but how brave the captain

 

[dunedin]

If you look at the pictures in the add...one of them shows how incredibly close he parked next to the rocks...my boat is a fraction of the size and I wouldn’t go that close...the answer isn’t how big the boat...but how brave the captain

Except that in places like the Baltic with box moorings, you have to be narrow enough to fit between the posts - and 3.8m beam was too wide for many/most. And many finger berths in W France we’re about 6-8m long- so anything over 12m long wouldnt fit.
Clearly other places and other harbours have bigger spaces, But must limit things?

 

[Bouba]

Except that in places like the Baltic with box moorings, you have to be narrow enough to fit between the posts - and 3.8m beam was too wide for many/most. And many finger berths in W France we’re about 6-8m long- so anything over 12m long wouldnt fit.
Clearly other places and other harbours have bigger spaces, But must limit things?

Yes that’s true....on the positive side, the bigger the boat, the bigger the tender and the better way of launching the tender...plus more room for stabilization...so when it’s crowded in port, even when they are turning away small boats, life on a big boat at anchor is still better...

 

[Parabolica]

That’s a nice yacht indeed !

 

[rafiki_]

Definitely Match 2. I don’t think there is another Sq78 with a Lazer dinghy on the fly bridge in matching gel coat.

 

[Portofino]

Definitely Match 2. I don’t think there is another Sq78 with a Lazer dinghy on the fly bridge in matching gel coat.

That’s absent from the BCUK spec .There is a Seadoo and Williams 285 listed .
It was on a few weeks ago when I dog walked past .

 

[Elessar]

Definitely Match 2. I don’t think there is another Sq78 with a Lazer dinghy on the fly bridge in matching gel coat.

Maybe, maybe not. Not all those pictures are of the same boat! (Forecabin windows and sat domes the most obvious differences)

 

[Seastoke]

Can you post a link pls.