Where are THE places to look at lots of motor boats for sale?

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When looking for sailing boats, I know which marinas and brokers to head for.

What about for motor boats?

Budget is £50,000 ish, and we want 37 - 40 feet ish, accomodation more important than looks or speed, and South or East coasts UK.

We've been looking at : Freeman 41, Broom 37 and 42, and trawler types.

Thanks.
 
I havent been to EBY for a year or so, but every time I did visit, it was the one yard I could guarantee to see the worst conditioned tat.
Perfectly friendly people, but so many crap boats.
 
I know you say 37 to 40 ft but for your money have a look at the Sealine S34. Being quite beamy they have lots of space and there are a lot of fairly new ones for sale at very keen prices at the moment. Might save you a bit on mooring fees as well.

Just read your posting properly this time and see that you like the trawler type so maybe the above may be of interest to others
 
Sound advice, that I certainly practice: I've spent hours 'surfing' brokers sites in the last month or so.

What I need now, is to be able to crawl around as many boats as possible to get an idea of different styles.

I've sailed since the early 1960's, but am a relative newcomer to the motor boat world - lots of catching up to do.
 
For that price, size and type of boat try looking in the River Thames boatyards, lots of largish 80's seagoing boats get retired to the river to ease running costs.
 
What about this:

Searay 420

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Not sure if its the right thing, but it has plenty of space and can probably be bought for under budget.
 
Interesting boats, Alf! We're certainly not averse to searching abroad - we've bought sailing boats in Holland, Italy and Greece before now.

We just need to get a better idea of what's available to begin with.

Thanks!
 
Not my usual style of boat, but definitely interesting: it caught my eye last night, and we might go and have a skeet this week.

One big worry, though, is: how much fuel would a thing like that burn (in gph)? Any guesses?
 
Hi,

Look at www.boatshop24.com and then refine search. Given the european issues at the moment there are some great deals in Spain and Italy at the moment and given quite a few new boats will be going out there over the winter/spring then you will easily get a back load. It also has UK boats as well. Lots of older Sunseekers, Fairlines, princesses can be had for this money....or go more daring but be open minded!

Cheers

Paul /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
I'm constantly amazed at how much boat you can get secondhand. This Searay looks really nicely looked after, good Cat engines recently serviced, big gennie, good nav kit and you can probably get it for £40k+
The other thing that I like about this boat and most yank boats in general is the nice comfy helm seat which is way better than the slabs of foam you get on many modern boats
Good spot jrb1978
 
gph (gals per hour) isn't a particularly helpful statistic because it varies so much with speed and it doesn't give you any idea of range. I would say that this boat would do about 1 mpg (nautical miles per gallon) at a cruising speed of 20kts assuming the engines and props are in good order
 
I agree, the Searay looks like very good value.

However, on reflection, I think she'll probably be a bit short on stowage space for us (we live onboard about 8 months a year, complete with 'city suits' etc).
 
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I agree, the Searay looks like very good value.

However, on reflection, I think she'll probably be a bit short on stowage space for us (we live onboard about 8 months a year, complete with 'city suits' etc).

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Get Pink suits and you could pretend you were Miami Vice!
 
Completely the wrong type of boat for living on for 8 months a year. Sorry, didn't appreciate that. Really you need a boat with a lot more accomodation and that means flybridge or aft command boats such as the Brooms you've mentioned. The Broom 42 has a huge amount of space but will you get one in your budget?
Also, for liveaboard use, IMHO, you should look closely at aft cabin type boats because an aft cabin will give you so much more floor space and storage which will be a serious issue for long term living aboard (especially if you were married to somebody like my SWMBO). You've mentioned Brooms and the Freeman. You could look at Dutch steel aft cabin boats from the likes of Linssen, Stevens, Pedro, Aquanaut, Success, Boorncruiser and many others. These will invariably be single engined displacement cruisers and much more economical than the Searay but much slower. Dealers like Boat Showrooms or Val Wyatt normally have a good selection and they do Brooms too. You could also look at older Taiwanese boats eg Grand Banks, Trader, President, Hershine, De Fever as these are generally very roomy. Trader have an active dealer worth visiting HERE. Lastly take a look at the Fairline Turbo 36 and Corvette 32, both excellent sea boats
 
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