It's a Sunseeker Jim, but not as we know it

[Ari]

This looks rather wild from Sunseeker - very different from anything else they build, or have ever built!

First Sunseeker with outboard engines, first with no cabin at all (I think)?

https://youtu.be/Lz0UOwgEzNE

Looks fun though!

[fuzzymonkey]

Is it normal for these types of boat to have a toilet as well?

[GT03ROB]

Looks great!! Price though

[CAPP0]

Love the way the door to the heads opens wide for all your friends to see while they're sitting there eating & drinking

Pricey for what can only ever be a toy, but I guess it falls into the "if you have to ask...." category.

[Yertis]

Ari said:

This looks rather wild from Sunseeker - very different from anything else they build, or have ever built!

First Sunseeker with outboard engines, first with no cabin at all (I think)?

https://youtu.be/Lz0UOwgEzNE

Looks fun though!

I’m pretty sure that in the early West Quay Road years they were just “speedboats”, ie no cabins or stuff. But I must admit to almost zero interest (I still think of their place as Bolson’s).

[FourWheelDrift]

CAPP0 said:

Love the way the door to the heads opens wide for all your friends to see while they're sitting there eating & drinking

Pricey for what can only ever be a toy, but I guess it falls into the "if you have to ask...." category.

What you do is wait until someone goes in there and then get out into some bigger waves and get up some speed so you start to get water over the front, open the toilet door, let a big splosh of seawater engulf them and then close the door.

[Some Guy]

GT03ROB said:

Looks great!! Price though

Yep, thats properly getting bent over.

[andy ted]

So many more appealing proper RIBs than this and if you want full on pose surely you would just get a Wally tender?!

e.g. https://www.rightboat.com/boats-for-sale/wally/ten...

Edited by andy ted on Sunday 9th June 16:14

[ecsrobin]

andy ted said:

So many more appealing proper RIBs than this and if you want full on pose surely you would just get a Wally tender?!

e.g. https://www.rightboat.com/boats-for-sale/wally/ten...

Edited by andy ted on Sunday 9th June 16:14

Exactly what I was thinking. Saw a wally tender moored up last week in Milna Croatia and it just looked perfect. Then I saw the price of a secondhand one!

[Ari]

CAPP0 said:

Love the way the door to the heads opens wide for all your friends to see while they're sitting there eating & drinking

Pricey for what can only ever be a toy, but I guess it falls into the "if you have to ask...." category.

Okay, maybe I'm missing something, but why would you not close the door?

All boats are pricey toys, unless they're a trawler or something.

[Ari]

Yertis said:

I’m pretty sure that in the early West Quay Road years they were just “speedboats”, ie no cabins or stuff. But I must admit to almost zero interest (I still think of their place as Bolson’s).

Now you mention it, the Sovereign 17 used in the Bond film QoS was an original Sunseeker speedboat with no cabin, but I think everything since has at least had a cuddy - even the little Mustang 20. All inboard engines though, never seen an outboard powered Sunseeker before.

[NickCQ]

62 knots is pretty serious. At that speed it's probably faster to drive down to the Solent and burn down to Devon or Cornwall than to take the A303!

[GT03ROB]

NickCQ said:

62 knots is pretty serious. At that speed it's probably faster to drive down to the Solent and burn down to Devon or Cornwall than to take the A303!

How many fuel stops would you need though at that speed!

[Ari]

If you pause the video at 10:52 you can read the fuel burn figures per engine on the MFD!

[Boatbuoy]

NickCQ said:

62 knots is pretty serious. At that speed it's probably faster to drive down to the Solent and burn down to Devon or Cornwall than to take the A303!

That sounds like an idea for a Top Gear 'challenge' film. Maybe Freddie and/or Paddy could be lost MoB in the process?

[Supercilious Sid]

Boatbuoy said:

That sounds like an idea for a Top Gear 'challenge' film. Maybe Freddie and/or Paddy could be lost MoB in the process?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QhjSmeFk-c
A bit like this maybe?

[Boatbuoy]

Supercilious Sid said:

Boatbuoy said:

That sounds like an idea for a Top Gear 'challenge' film. Maybe Freddie and/or Paddy could be lost MoB in the process?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QhjSmeFk-c
A bit like this maybe?

Yup, or this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL_POxZSkaU

[Doofus]

NickCQ said:

62 knots is pretty serious. At that speed it's probably faster to drive down to the Solent and burn down to Devon or Cornwall than to take the A303!

Not if you live in Dorset

[Ari]

Boatbuoy said:

Supercilious Sid said:

Boatbuoy said:

That sounds like an idea for a Top Gear 'challenge' film. Maybe Freddie and/or Paddy could be lost MoB in the process?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QhjSmeFk-c
A bit like this maybe?

Yup, or this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL_POxZSkaU

Or this!
https://youtu.be/XlyImuo-IBw

[Boatbuoy]

Ari said:

Boatbuoy said:

Supercilious Sid said:

Boatbuoy said:

That sounds like an idea for a Top Gear 'challenge' film. Maybe Freddie and/or Paddy could be lost MoB in the process?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QhjSmeFk-c
A bit like this maybe?

Yup, or this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL_POxZSkaU

Or this!
https://youtu.be/XlyImuo-IBw

Well, sort of. But I think a short hop on a DFDS ferry is getting a bit tenuous in this context.