Well, not for everyone, I reckon.
How much space do your Glendinning drums take up?I don't see how you can do proper meals without 2x meile ovens and a >60cm induction hob. A big induction hob has a big power factor and that's why you need Princess to wire the boat so you can run both generators occasionally. Wine cooler is nice but surely not in the P75 galley where space is at a real premium - it can go somewhere else.
If you don't get glendinning you'll be limited to 63 amp yellow cable. The 100amp cable is simply too heavy to coil up by hand and needs glendinning (3x 25mm sq cores plus the outer sheath). I have TWO glendinning CM8s; they're not that hard to fit. But one would be fine.
Yes the sleipners are awesome and incredibly well made and reliable. I have the 1050s too and my brother just fitted same to his Aquastar 74. They are near-silent even when you're close to them in the master cabin. You'll have the sleipner hydraulic pack so you can spec hydraulic thrusters and anchor winch too. I'd also spec as an option the ability to run anchor winch off the electric hydraulic pump - allows you to shut down the main engines earlier when docking.
I'm in 2 minds about 2 anchors (!). I can see the attraction but I know I would never deploy two together, so one of them would be back up. (Reason for not deploying 2 is that if I'm that worried about slippage then the last thing I want is 2 anchors to retrieve before I can get the hell out of there. My approach to bad weather is you need to be more worried getting out than staying put). Risk of failure is incredibly small when you have a hydraulic single winch with manual over rides on valves and 3 x hydraulic pumps (as you'll get with the sleipner set up). For me it would need to be 2x Ultra-style anchors, not Bruces pocketed together, and that's hard to do on a 24m boat without heavy mods to the mouldings and some potential ugliness. In short, if I did a princess 75 I'd have a single anchor but very well specc-ed. I do respect the view of those who prefer 2 anchors though
What are you going to do with the aft flybridge deck? Crane for extra toys? Or just sunbeds?
I would revisit Princess's layout for the ceiling downlighters in the hard top. You need zones and dimmers because you need to create the right mood up there for night time dinners etc. I ignored Fairline's HT lighting layout and started afresh, with ~2x the number of fixtures. You've probably reaches same conclusion having lived with the p68 standard spec hard top lighting. Also consider whether the LED light fixtures throughout the boat make the grade and are the colour you want
On badassery, spec the top u/w lights and take them down the sides)) I'd post some new pics but for the photobucket thing
Glendinning drive unit, that grabs/pulls the cable, is small. The space is used by the drum that holds the coiled cable. Mine are like dustbins about 400mm diameter and 1m tall and you need some space above that cylinder to mount the drive unit. That's for a 100amp cable set up with 25m of cable. So it takes some effort to find a space.
Ouch!Yup v6 will be fine imho
Get s/s chain though; you'll hate the galvanised
I've busted my Lewmar/Delta anchor so am about to buy a new one. Probably Ultra. At this size they're all in the £6k ballpark. That was an expensive afternoon.
Yesterday I came across a 70-something Ferretti which reminded me of this 2 anchors debate.
Yesterday I came across a 70-something Ferretti which reminded me of this 2 anchors debate.
Dunno if this is the standard ground tackle for this model, but it looked rather well done.
Btw, the pic perspective is a bit deceiving, but there's enough room (just) for using each anchor independently.
A thing of beauty it ain't, I reckon. But I've yet to see a very elegant solution for anchors on bow rollers anyway, even when single...
It isnt standard. Ferretti always fit Bruce anchors as standard. No idea why; I suspect its because the shape fits the bow more nicely than other anchor types. What I do like about this set up is that unlike the standard Ferretti set up in which both anchors are the same size, this set up has 1 x big anchor and a second smaller emergency anchor. Agree with hurricane. 2 x Rocnas would be even betterYesterday I came across a 70-something Ferretti which reminded me of this 2 anchors debate.
Dunno if this is the standard ground tackle for this model, but it looked rather well done.
Btw, the pic perspective is a bit deceiving, but there's enough room (just) for using each anchor independently.
A thing of beauty it ain't, I reckon. But I've yet to see a very elegant solution for anchors on bow rollers anyway, even when single...
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