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Re: Shutup oops Wakeup
What boat you got then Wakeup ?????
"The Med is calling me"
What boat you got then Wakeup ?????
"The Med is calling me"
why you can't buy a sunseeker
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miket
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Re: Shutup oops Wakeup
I find it rather flattering, all this flak about Brooms.
I am only on my 2nd Broom, Broom 33 & now 37 (1992) and find it perfect for my requirements in the main environment in which I do my boating - UK S coast.
I remain dry when it is wet outside (rain or sea). I remain warm. My wife enjoys coming with me, for both the above reasons. A number of much more extrovert boats get quite a surprise when they can't catch me (27 kts). And in the evening I can return from an excellent meal ashore and be cossetted in Sapele and serious amounts of interior volume.
I am sure this would not suit everyone, but that is what is so good about the human race.
Incidentally, if I were in the Med', I would either install airconditioning in the Broom or join TCM in some serious speedboating!
I find it rather flattering, all this flak about Brooms.
I am only on my 2nd Broom, Broom 33 & now 37 (1992) and find it perfect for my requirements in the main environment in which I do my boating - UK S coast.
I remain dry when it is wet outside (rain or sea). I remain warm. My wife enjoys coming with me, for both the above reasons. A number of much more extrovert boats get quite a surprise when they can't catch me (27 kts). And in the evening I can return from an excellent meal ashore and be cossetted in Sapele and serious amounts of interior volume.
I am sure this would not suit everyone, but that is what is so good about the human race.
Incidentally, if I were in the Med', I would either install airconditioning in the Broom or join TCM in some serious speedboating!
wakeup
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Re: Shutup oops Wakeup
I keep laying the bait and they keep biting, best fishing around here!!
Ahhhg guys I am just messing with you.
I am sure they are great boats. They do look like they've only got the cockpit space of a 20 footer though I admit I've only been within 20yards of one (Thats becasue that was the closest they could drag me, the wild horses that is ;-)
I would rather have a Broom any day over a rag n stick.
They do look kinda like a civilianised version of a torpedo boat but with an uppercrust aire of superiority (Rightly so I am sure you will say)
yada yada..
I keep laying the bait and they keep biting, best fishing around here!!
Ahhhg guys I am just messing with you.
I am sure they are great boats. They do look like they've only got the cockpit space of a 20 footer though I admit I've only been within 20yards of one (Thats becasue that was the closest they could drag me, the wild horses that is ;-)
I would rather have a Broom any day over a rag n stick.
They do look kinda like a civilianised version of a torpedo boat but with an uppercrust aire of superiority (Rightly so I am sure you will say)
yada yada..
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Re: Miket
My sentiments entirely, perfect for these waters. When I go to the med (September) I'll be looking for a sports
cruiser a) cos its sunny so you can use the cockpit and b) cos I wont need all that splendid accomodation
as your more likely to be doing faster and shorter trips.
So will probably sell the Crown later this year.
"The Med is calling me"
My sentiments entirely, perfect for these waters. When I go to the med (September) I'll be looking for a sports
cruiser a) cos its sunny so you can use the cockpit and b) cos I wont need all that splendid accomodation
as your more likely to be doing faster and shorter trips.
So will probably sell the Crown later this year.
"The Med is calling me"
wakeup
Active member
Re: Miket
Will that be a Sexseeker then??
yada yada..
Will that be a Sexseeker then??
yada yada..
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Re: Miket
It would certainly suit the purpose, that and either V40 or Fairline Targa. Trouble is being a traditionalistic
old fart, I'm kinda used to shaft drive which don't really start on sports cruisers until 40ft plus so the V Princess
looks favourite.
"The Med is calling me"
It would certainly suit the purpose, that and either V40 or Fairline Targa. Trouble is being a traditionalistic
old fart, I'm kinda used to shaft drive which don't really start on sports cruisers until 40ft plus so the V Princess
looks favourite.
"The Med is calling me"
oldgit
Well-known member
Re:Brooms are they pretty ?
Removal vans and Thames barges have loads of room and are easy to work on....
And the weather for the weekend is...............
Removal vans and Thames barges have loads of room and are easy to work on....
And the weather for the weekend is...............
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Re:Brooms are they pretty ?
No not pretty but functional Have you looked at the arse end of a P37 looks like a washing up bowl.
"The Med is calling me"
No not pretty but functional Have you looked at the arse end of a P37 looks like a washing up bowl.
"The Med is calling me"
oldgit
Well-known member
Re:Brooms are they pretty ?
As I expect all marina bound Broom owners will ever see through the acres of net curtains is the stern of the creme de la creme Princess diappearing into the distance..............ner ner ner
And the weather for the weekend is...............
As I expect all marina bound Broom owners will ever see through the acres of net curtains is the stern of the creme de la creme Princess diappearing into the distance..............ner ner ner
And the weather for the weekend is...............
duncan
Active member
Re: Broom
it's back to sales v marketing again
sales sell resale values (which seem to remain consistent for Sunseeker) and marketing seel a new model, and a new model, and a new model....
it's back to sales v marketing again
sales sell resale values (which seem to remain consistent for Sunseeker) and marketing seel a new model, and a new model, and a new model....
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Re:Brooms are they pretty ?
Marina bound my a*se how many NM have you done in the last year then ?
"The Med is calling me"
Marina bound my a*se how many NM have you done in the last year then ?
"The Med is calling me"
terence
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Re: why you can\'t buy a sunseeker
nothing wrong with bentleys iv had one for years but i still would not buy a sunseeker to mod its not british????
nothing wrong with bentleys iv had one for years but i still would not buy a sunseeker to mod its not british????
oldgit
Well-known member
Re:Broom cupboards
Are well only had it for a couple of months(excuse excuse)have done err umm sort of 30 hours.
Any way my wife likes Brooms so I have been told to lay of or I am for it,any further trouble making and I cannot go out over weekend.
And the weather for the weekend is...............
Are well only had it for a couple of months(excuse excuse)have done err umm sort of 30 hours.
Any way my wife likes Brooms so I have been told to lay of or I am for it,any further trouble making and I cannot go out over weekend.
And the weather for the weekend is...............
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Re:Broom cupboards
About 750nm about 70 to 80 hrs so far this year, last year over 1000nm so as you can see its not a retirement
home but a serious cruiser, and over twenty years old at that.
"The Med is calling me"
About 750nm about 70 to 80 hrs so far this year, last year over 1000nm so as you can see its not a retirement
home but a serious cruiser, and over twenty years old at that.
"The Med is calling me"
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Re: Shutup oops Wakeup
I could'nt have put it better. After 10 years of hypothermia on flybridges, I've also discovered driving from a protected Broom aft helm position with a heater outlet gently toasting my nether regions is infinitely better than cowering from the wind and spray upstairs all alone. And you can open up the aft helm when the one weekend a year which purports to be the Great British Summer deigns to arrive
Call me a wimp but I'm a warm one
I could'nt have put it better. After 10 years of hypothermia on flybridges, I've also discovered driving from a protected Broom aft helm position with a heater outlet gently toasting my nether regions is infinitely better than cowering from the wind and spray upstairs all alone. And you can open up the aft helm when the one weekend a year which purports to be the Great British Summer deigns to arrive
Call me a wimp but I'm a warm one
oldgit
Well-known member
Re:Broom cupboards
All right I give in.....
And the weather for the weekend is...............
All right I give in.....
And the weather for the weekend is...............
stewart
Member
ahhh but.....
OK, can see where you're coming from but compare my 10 year old Camargue 46 with the other options from the time and then tell me which looks dated. I think the Sunseeker design has definitely stood the test of time better.
I think it all come down to what you compare a design too. A boat might look dated next to the new year's model but if you compare it to a lot of other stuff in the marina from other manufacturers it can still look great, just as with Manhatten 84 etc. Compare a 4 year old Manhatten 64 (or whatever size they made then) with a brand new Princess 61 as in MBY this month and then tell me which is the most modern looking boat!
OK, can see where you're coming from but compare my 10 year old Camargue 46 with the other options from the time and then tell me which looks dated. I think the Sunseeker design has definitely stood the test of time better.
I think it all come down to what you compare a design too. A boat might look dated next to the new year's model but if you compare it to a lot of other stuff in the marina from other manufacturers it can still look great, just as with Manhatten 84 etc. Compare a 4 year old Manhatten 64 (or whatever size they made then) with a brand new Princess 61 as in MBY this month and then tell me which is the most modern looking boat!
petem
Well-known member
Re: why you can\'t buy a sunseeker
Deffo agree, especially the big 'uns. Predator 80 already looks old compared to Predator 75. Predator 75 in turn looks old compared to 95. You'd have to buy boats as fast as BarryD to keep up.
At the lower end of the scale there are a few that might stand the test of time, in particluar the Camargue 44 and Hawk 34.
Deffo agree, especially the big 'uns. Predator 80 already looks old compared to Predator 75. Predator 75 in turn looks old compared to 95. You'd have to buy boats as fast as BarryD to keep up.
At the lower end of the scale there are a few that might stand the test of time, in particluar the Camargue 44 and Hawk 34.
mustard
New member
Re: why you can\'t buy a sunseeker
Look, I'm new to this, LOL's from the regs for months, first time here, but interested in this thread because you compare boats to cars (mercs), so maybe the old salts can give an amateur like me a good compare. I mean, is a Sunseeker a Ferrari, a Princess a Merc, a Sealine a V***o (susssed that one!), a Fairline a BMW, a Broom a Rover. Must be someway you could rate the lot so at least I can buy one I like as much as I like my Beeemer! Want a Princess but couldn't buy another Merc! Or is it a Bentley! Whats an Azimut? A Fiat?
Look, I'm new to this, LOL's from the regs for months, first time here, but interested in this thread because you compare boats to cars (mercs), so maybe the old salts can give an amateur like me a good compare. I mean, is a Sunseeker a Ferrari, a Princess a Merc, a Sealine a V***o (susssed that one!), a Fairline a BMW, a Broom a Rover. Must be someway you could rate the lot so at least I can buy one I like as much as I like my Beeemer! Want a Princess but couldn't buy another Merc! Or is it a Bentley! Whats an Azimut? A Fiat?
ccscott49
Active member
Re: why you can\'t buy a sunseeker
Forget it. There all plastic bathtubs with huge unreliable wolwo engines, pretty some of them, but none of them are ferraris or mercs. (that should wind a few up)
Forget it. There all plastic bathtubs with huge unreliable wolwo engines, pretty some of them, but none of them are ferraris or mercs. (that should wind a few up)