Targa in the Med

petem said:
It's good to see nice green coolant in the header tanks, not a load of rusty staining.

That black flat dashboard panel is shocking! I could make you a navy blue (or whatever) Perspex overlay that you could mount your instruments into.
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Pete - it does look like in the main she has been looked after. There has been a water leak on the port engine which hasn't been addressed - hence the visible corrosion. It also caused a leak in the sump which some Spanish mechanic has attempted to block with some form of fibreglass packing! I think the technical term is an unsatisfactory repair - but I'd call it lot worse than that. I'm having a replacement sump fitted before she goes back into the water.
I agree the dashboard panel is shocking - just one of the many things on my list of improvements. I quite fancy the carbon fibre panels. Aware you can provide a number of items - so would be interested in what you have for a 1994 Targa 38. Do you want to exchange emails? Mine is clayton.dj@sky.com
 
stelican said:
Very lucky to get one with a white hull.
Coloured hulls show the fading quite badly.
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She does look nice , especially with silver lettering.
I fear from a brief exchange with Malcom that all the OEM hulls were coloured - so mine may have been teal to match the colouring used on the helm seat, deck cushions and stripe along the sides.
 
Alicatt said:
A Timeless cruise?
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Did my Day Skipper on the Targa 35 last October


Fast boat and handles the rough stuff well
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Yes she was a perfect boat for it. If I had one gripe, it would be that the space for using charts is a bit tight, for an exam boat. But dead easy to handle with the twin outdrives, and very comfortable. We never got a chance to really open up the throttles.
 
Sea Change said:
Yes she was a perfect boat for it. If I had one gripe, it would be that the space for using charts is a bit tight, for an exam boat. But dead easy to handle with the twin outdrives, and very comfortable. We never got a chance to really open up the throttles.
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Nor did we, got her up to 25knots in a following sea, just to keep ahead of the waves ;) she was a little over half RPM.
She does lack space inside, found her a bit cramped after being used to the openness of the Ocean 37.
We had horrible weather, fog, low cloud, for the night exercise and threading our way between the rocky shore and the exclusion zone where the subs are, and as there was one just in unloading, security was a bit higher,
Fun boat though.
 
ClaytonDJ said:
She does look nice , especially with silver lettering.
I fear from a brief exchange with Malcom that all the OEM hulls were coloured - so mine may have been teal to match the colouring used on the helm seat, deck cushions and stripe along the sides.
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We did supply a few white hulled boats here in UK.
I would imagine white hulls would preferential to experienced owners In the med
 
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