Having made the decision to downsize, it’s just a matter of finding their sea legs for Gilbert and Maire
Over the years I have been boating I have bought and sold many craft, all of them used. Increasing age and the degeneration that naturally occurs with it led me to spend some of the children’s inheritance on a brand new boat for myself and my wife, Maire.
Why did we choose to downsize from a Sabreline 36 flybridge to a Sealine C330? There were several reasons. The Sabreline we had before was a great boat; it was comfortable, safe and spacious. However, it did need a bit of looking after and following a winter with an expensive generator repair, three days of polishing the hull and with the thought of more necessary jobs to come, I decided I wanted to do less maintenance and more boating. Living on the French canals for much of the year, we also realised that the Sabreline was too high for some bridges and the Caterpillar engines weren’t enjoying a lot of slow-speed cruising.
So having made the decision to change to a smaller boat, why did we go for the Sealine? For starters, there is a Sealine dealer half a mile away from our berth in France, so we thought that would make any teething problems easier to solve. In fact, we ended up buying it through Thames Boat Sales in the UK as we bumped into the broker who had sold us one of our previous boats at the Southampton Boat Show. He was working for Sealine at the time and TBS had a stock C330 that could be delivered in time for our late spring/ early summer cruise. He offered us a tempting deal that included a handy discount off the new price and taking our Sabreline 36 in part exchange, so we went for it. We named our new boat Let’s Go as it summed up our fresh approach to boating.
Diese Geschichte stammt aus der September 2017-Ausgabe von Motor Boat & Yachting.
Starten Sie Ihre 7-tägige kostenlose Testversion von Magzter GOLD, um auf Tausende kuratierte Premium-Storys sowie über 8.000 Zeitschriften und Zeitungen zuzugreifen.
Bereits Abonnent ? Anmelden
Diese Geschichte stammt aus der September 2017-Ausgabe von Motor Boat & Yachting.
Starten Sie Ihre 7-tägige kostenlose Testversion von Magzter GOLD, um auf Tausende kuratierte Premium-Storys sowie über 8.000 Zeitschriften und Zeitungen zuzugreifen.
Bereits Abonnent? Anmelden
SUNSEEKER OCEAN 182
Sunseeker's tri-deck sibling to the Ocean 90 offers exceptional living space, particularly in the new enclosed upper deck. But how does a boat with such a broad footprint perform at sea? Hugo Andreae finds out
TIME FOR A KEYS CHANGE
Elliott Maurice pulls out all the stops with a Florida cruise his son will never forget
SNOW PRINCESS
Charter company Lumi Yachts is named after the Finnish word for snow, but a few days on board its brand new Princess Y80 is enough to melt anyone's heart
BOAT CUISINE
Phil Sampson visits an historic establishment on the banks of the Beaulieu River
AZIMUT 50 FLYBRIDGE
Azimut's 50 Flybridge is one of those boats that really ought to come with a health warning.
TO THE ROOT OF THE MATTER
Phil Sampson discovers that things are not always as they appear...
HOW TO NAVIGATE IN FOG
Being out in any form of restricted visibility, due to heavy rain, snow, mist or fog, is a major concern to all boat users because three things immediately come into play.
PARKER SORRENTO 100
Behind the wheel of one of this year's most outstanding new boats
BEYOND THE HORIZON
Jasper Smith, founder of Arksen and champion for a new brand of off-grid oceanic adventure, talks to Alex Smith
RIVA 82 DIVA
Riva's aptly named 82 Diva is sharply dressed and highly sought after but does it also deliver a suitably memorable performance?