Which Small Motorcruiser?

[pauls_SPT]

Hello,

I'm hoping for some advice here - any thoughts will be much appreciated...

I'm looking at buying a motorboat, about 20' LOA, that can sleep two people comfortably. I want to keep it out of the water on a trailer, so it has to be easy to launch and light enough to tow with my 1.9 VW Transporter. I'd really like to be able to approach 20kts in it, so I can go adventuring without running out of time on the weekends. Ideally, I'd like something that can take twin outboards, about 40 to 50hp, as that seems safer to me than one big outboard and a 4hp wing engine in case things go wrong...

I live in Cornwall and I'd use the boat around Falmouth and the South Coast of Cornwall. That said, I'd love to be able to make it to the Scilly's if the weather was good - how safe that would be in a 20' boat, though, I don't know...

Oh yes, and my budget for the boat is about £3000.00, not including the engines, electronics etc...

I've been hunting through the internet to get an idea of what's out there and I like the look of a couple of Shetland boats, the 570 and the Kestrel. I can't quite see what the difference between them is and suspect the Kestrel *is* the 570...does anybody know if that's right?

Is there any benefit to having two medium outboards as opposed to one big outboard, or is that just a fuel-hungry waste of money? The 570 and the Kestrel only seem to take one engine, in any case.

What I was wondering was if anybody knew of any other boats which might be worth looking at or what they thought of the 570/Kestrel? As I said, any help, thoughts, advice, beard-stroking will be much appreciated.

All the best,

Paul

 

[gjgm]

this should be on MOBO forum...
also please do a search on similar topics as many, many of the aspects have been covered many times before. Give some indication of your experience too.
As a quick point, at £3000, much of the money is going to be on the engine rather than the hull, so you need to be sure its in good nick. Whether you really want two engines with double the costs, I would doubt. Its ok to have some ambitions and goals for your boating, but you are fortunate to be in such a lovely location. It maybe the first season or two will offer you plwnty to do, and then reconsider more adventurous plans , and boats, accordingly.

 

[pauls_SPT]

Thanks for that - appologies for posting in the wrong place - I thought this was just a general forum...

I did do a search, but couldn't find anything which quite answered what I was asking...thanks all the same for the advice /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

I'll repost accordingly...

Paul

 

[DavidTav]

Actually the PBO magazine does re view and cater for motor boats as well as sailing boats. Are the rules for posts on this forum any different?

 

[KenMcCulloch]

[ QUOTE ]
Actually the PBO magazine does re view and cater for motor boats as well as sailing boats. Are the rules for posts on this forum any different?

[/ QUOTE ] I don't think so. Pomposity is permitted on all internet forums, I think.