Well i have finally bought one

I know the boat, been onboard a few times and immaculate from memory.
If i had sold my 2001 Princess 38 I would have been interested for myself, its from the same marina I keep my boat in.
Enjoy your new boat :)
 
One of the best boats in that size range, congratulations and fair winds! :)

Just curious about the pic labeled as "home berth": wouldn't it be much more convenient for boarding to reverse stern to the dock?
 
MapisM said:
One of the best boats in that size range, congratulations and fair winds! :)

Just curious about the pic labeled as "home berth": wouldn't it be much more convenient for boarding to reverse stern to the dock?
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Thanks MapisM , the home berth photo was taken just after we delivered her from hamble and to be honest first time berthing I just stuck the bow in as the easy option , she is now living stern to :)
 
Congratulations on your new boat.

I know Rioja and the previous owner and I think that you have got yourself a very nice example. Best of luck.
 
A fine looking vessel and I'm sure you'll have many happy hours with her! I'm currently working a few yards from one of the Princess facilities and regularly admire the wares when passing - one day... :encouragement:

Please excuse the small boat owner's ignorance, but there's one thing I have to ask - only because it's been mentioned a couple of times recently (both on Princess threads, but I'm sure it must affect others). It relates to the reference to high tick-over speeds and manoeuvring. In our little 15' speedboat, I always have to work on the principle of 20% power and 80% neutral when berthing or any other close quarters work - i.e. small blips in gear, but mostly neutral - to avoid too much speed. Is this not also common for a bigger twin engined vessel? Not ever having had to berth one as yet (although hopefully one day :D ) - I'm curious. Is it simply that vessels of this size don't routinely need this type of workaround? Although bigger, I guess I've always assumed that with all that horsepower they'd be equally spritely?
 
I am no expert on this and still getting used to this boat , but coming into the marina and manouvering up the fairway I am out of gear at least 70% of the time to minimise speed and when backing into the berth it's one engine at a time and as soon as you feel it going in gear you are taking it out of gear again to keep things nice and slow . When you consider that max rpm is 2650 and they idle at 600 rpm that's just under 1/4 of max rpm and because the govener won't let rpm drop under load they do give a bit of a kick .
 
andy59 said:
I am no expert on this and still getting used to this boat , but coming into the marina and manouvering up the fairway I am out of gear at least 70% of the time to minimise speed and when backing into the berth it's one engine at a time and as soon as you feel it going in gear you are taking it out of gear again to keep things nice and slow . When you consider that max rpm is 2650 and they idle at 600 rpm that's just under 1/4 of max rpm and because the govener won't let rpm drop under load they do give a bit of a kick .
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Ah gotcha! I'd not really looked at it as 1/4 throttle, but I can see what you mean. Some form of clutch or vari-pitch prop would be a useful addition perhaps... (Apart from the fact that it'd be something else to go wrong that is! :))
 
Many congratulations, she looks immaculate! The 42 is a fantastic boat and I'm sure you are going to love those engines. I can very well see where you're coming from regarding the stb impeller, it's a bit of a challenge on my Phantom 43 as well.
 
andy59 said:
I am no expert on this and still getting used to this boat , but coming into the marina and manouvering up the fairway I am out of gear at least 70% of the time to minimise speed and when backing into the berth it's one engine at a time and as soon as you feel it going in gear you are taking it out of gear again to keep things nice and slow . When you consider that max rpm is 2650 and they idle at 600 rpm that's just under 1/4 of max rpm and because the govener won't let rpm drop under load they do give a bit of a kick .
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Get a grip son!!........it will all be a doddle with practice!!.
 
andy59 said:
I am no expert on this and still getting used to this boat , but coming into the marina and manouvering up the fairway I am out of gear at least 70% of the time to minimise speed and when backing into the berth it's one engine at a time and as soon as you feel it going in gear you are taking it out of gear again to keep things nice and slow . When you consider that max rpm is 2650 and they idle at 600 rpm that's just under 1/4 of max rpm and because the govener won't let rpm drop under load they do give a bit of a kick .
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Congrats etc nice boat for UK
Marina manoeuvring is acquired art -mine,s 7 knots first click 600 rpm --feels odd trying to do 3 knots in neutral - needs must
Trolling valves just prematurely knacker the clutch -best avioded in the long term
 
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Many congratulations
Don't worry about the manoeuvring thing. You just slip it in/out of gear to keep speed down. Will become obvious with practice. While manoeuvring you might find you are in gear perhaps only 20% of the time or something, which is fine.
Good plan to change the decals/font!
 
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