This would make a nice displacement cruiser....

[skirk]

I rather like this...............talk me out of it someone...........

https://www.shipsforsale.com/en/ships-en/shipid/10...

[Seight_Returns]

Lovely.

Proper little ship for the price of a 30foot GRP yacht.

How many gph at 8kts ?

How much will MDL/Premier want for a 22m Marina Berth ?

Displacement 85tons according to Wikipedia - how much for a lift out ? How many yards have a crane that can lift 85 tons ?

[skirk]

Quick calc on tankage /range suggests around 25 litres per hour @ 7 knots giving 1700 ml range on 5800lts....Its not the sort of vessel i would put in a ritzy marina....i see her sat at anchor in a quiet west Scottish loch.. and plenty of yards could lift her.... I do like the separate engine rooms.....nice redundancy....and who does'nt like a pair of straight 8 Gardners...

[DavieBNL]

Fantastic; what a belter.

If only. A few more knots would be nice though.

[Seight_Returns]

DavieBNL said:

A few more knots would be nice though.

70 feet LOA - quite noticeable bow and stern overhang so guestimate 64 feet LWL.

Using the empirical speed/hull length calculation v(hull) = 1.34 & sqrt(lwl in feet), then 10 knots seems to be about as fast as a displacement hull of this length is going to go.

[skirk]

Indeed....but i suspect it will still be doing a decent cruising speed when most similar sized craft are holed up in harbour....I will take comfort , fuel economy and decent range over speed any day.....lol

[Seight_Returns]

skirk said:

but i suspect it will still be doing a decent cruising speed when most similar sized craft are holed up in harbour

Indeed. "There's no replacement for displacement" - in both automotive and marine contexts !

5 minutes research in all the places where I'm sure you've looked shows origins and life history of the Clyde Class to be quite interesting. Saw duty as Fishery Protection vessel post RNLI and sister ship was Heavy Weather Pilot vessel.

I can quite see myself in that wheelhouse rather than wrapped up in a yacht cockpit pretending I'm having fun !

[skirk]

She is the maritime equivalent of a G Wagon..........

[Krikkit]

That's a cracking-looking boat! What a bargain.

On a similar theme, I always think a tug would make a great conversion for a coastal cruiser. You certainly wouldn't be short of power...

https://www.shipsforsale.com/en/ships-en/shipid/10...

[ecsrobin]

Seight_Returns said:

Lovely.

How much will MDL/Premier want for a 22m Marina Berth ?

£20,000 per year or there abouts.

[Seight_Returns]

Krikkit said:

What a bargain.

In terms of the amount of boat you're getting for the same price as a new 32 foot Beneteau - absolutely.

But it's a "bargain" in the same way that a 1987 Bentley Mulsanne for £5k is also a bargain.

Speaking from a viewpoint of still licking my wounds from a cylinder head rebuild on my 18hp Yanmar 2GM20 - rest assured that the annualised cost of going boating in this fine looking boat is going to need deep pockets.

But if you could offset the costs by running it as a business as a dive boat or something ....... fortune favours the brave !

[TurboHatchback]

That looks fantastic, pretty much my perfect motorboat. I'd pick that over a plastic gin palace and day if I could afford it.