UK Boat Types

[MapisM]

On the flip side, I consider each second on-board my 'holiday time'.

So, you're on your way to seeing the light! That's precisely the point of slow boating.
Mind, I accept that also driving (rather than helming) a boat can be great fun, but I'm afraid that none of the P boats normally used for cruising can cut the mustard anyway, in this respect. Maybe more so their tenders, in fact...

 

[oldgit]

Wimmin know from day one Blokes take 50 years to catch on

Shortly after your testicles drop,gold medallions and bang bang crash boats with macho names like "PREDATOR" dominate your dreams,for those not on first name terms with people who do something regards arbitarge from an office which has a view of 30 St Mays Axe,it will just have to be boat which on the outside wants to look like something from the 22nd century but with an interior from the early 1st century ie. a cave.
As time goes on the real world starts to leak into your life along with various aches and pains and the wish to impress other people (mainly girls) starts to diminish.
At some point when your testicals no longer rule your head,you WILL start to think Oooo that Broom will do eveything I need ,perhaps I ought to buy one.............
Its then time to man up or end up like Peter Stringfellow....the choice is yours.

 

[Imperial One]

 

[Momac]

Ermm... You might want to rephrase that, I reckon.

Not really.
I am thinking specifically about my own cruising range which includes the River Trent, the Yorkshire Ouse and the Humber.
Speed allows travelling against the tide which can run pretty fast - 5knots easily. Putting aside the fact that travelling against the tide is inefficient on fuel it allows a journey , say from Goole to Hull to be started earlier while arriving at Hull at or just after high tide. A slow boat would struggle to make progress against the tide .It would have a much longer journey time and risk being too late to get into Hull. Depending on the tide times the slow boat might need to run after dark while the fasy boat arrives in daylight. The slow boat can do the same trip but needs much more precise passage planning .
I know of one person who has a fairly slow boat who is changing to a faster boat for this very reason.
There are other journeys that also become easier even when travelling with the tide - allowing greater distance to be covered in a shorter time or allowing greater flexibility in adjusting the boat speed to arrive at an ideal time for getting into locks off the tidal river.


Don't misunderstand me though. I have no thoughts against boats of any type.

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[MapisM]

Ok, now at least I see what you mean, BUT...

I know of one person who has a fairly slow boat who is changing to a faster boat for this very reason.

...in his boots, I'd rather change the cruising grounds!

 

[Portofino]

I have been looking at the Sealine/ British boat building industry tread. Is it not time that British boat builders / Boat users realise that boating/ boat types in the UK have to change big time! The days of planning boats with two BIG engines is looking grim! Floating caravans that are doing little more than 25 hours per year would be far more suitable to a displacement hull with a single engine/shaft drive install. How many MARINA based 30-40ft boats are on the market with less than 100 hours after 6 years?
This is from someone that's running a boat with 630hp sterndrives!

Thing is - majority of the big 4,s stuff is exported to warmer climates like the Med .Here power, speed ,grace -pace and sexy ( not practicle ,Broom ,Nelson ,Hardy ) looks are king .
We have a boat that fits the above description by the OP ,and blast about all over, but its usually warm,sunney and reasonably calm to cruise @ 28 knots .3 hours gets me 100 miles ,so by lunch time we anchor up ad swim cool off, etc go to a beach .last August the sea temp was 28 oC at rhe Lerins SoF .
Not that bothered about fuel in fact glad we have not traded up as the Sun,Sea and Sand is the same for all and to TBH quite like the speed thing - creeping up behind others and zooming past ( safe distance ) Is this not market the designers of the big 4 are aiming for ?
Breath my exhaust ! .