Princess 38 Flybridge (1980) for sale in Southern England, United Kingdom

£47,500 GBP
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General information
Make/model
Princess 38 Flybridge
Category
Used power boat for sale
Price
Price comment
Excellent value for money
Tax / VAT status
Paid / Included
Name of boat
Pearly Diver
Year
1980
Length overall
11.58 metres
Beam
3.05 metres
Hull
Semi-planing
Keel
Long Keel
Location
Southern England, United Kingdom

About this Princess 38 Flybridge

English

An excellent Princess 38 Flybridge cruiser with exceptional engineering

The Owner has spent many tens of £thousands in the last three years, planning to keep the boat for a long time.

Thus, 'Pearly Diver' is a very nice example of the popular and spacious Princess 38 Flybridge cruisers with its 2 cabins.  The interior is remarkably original, clean and little used.

The forward master cabin is en-suite with heads, shower and wash hand basin. The second cabin has twin berths using the other heads. 

Of especial interest is the nicely-engineered side door on the port side of the aft cockpit, making access so much easier and safer.

The Owner is a professional diesel engineer so the drive-train of this Princess 38 Flybridge has been comprehensively checked and/or re-built. The, Borg Warner 72C gearboxes allowing contra-rotating propellors which, together with the bow thruster, helps make the boat very manoeuvrable.

Please see the 'Significant Expenditure' description of this Princess 38 Flybridge 'Pearly Diver' which lists the Owner's expenditure.

Broker's Informal Comment.

With the Owner at the helm of his Princess 38 Flybridge we recently took 'Pearly Diver' for a short run in the Solent, having warmed the engines along the Beaulieu river.   She quickly came up onto the plane and handled the Solent chop with ease.   I was impressed with the relatively low level of noise in the cabin due to the recent installation of modern sound-reduction insulation in the engine room.

All in all, an excellent example of this popular classic.

Significant Expenditure

o ensure safe and enjoyable boating at sea for his family the Owner has carried out much work.

'Pearly Diver' was purchased and intensively re-worked in the engine bay to bring her up to excellent standards and provide reliable passage in the open seas.

The running gear is all mechanical as the turbo-charged diesel engines and BorgWarner transmissions have no electronic input making them both simple and very reliable.   (And much easier to maintain).

With a clean hull and powered by the extensively re-worked twin 180hp Ford Mermaid engines, the boat quickly jumps onto the plane to achieve 20 knots.  Thanks to the deep V profiled hull and thick layup (measured at 17mm) the boat is very confident in the Solent chop.

 

2022   General works including:

*new water tank installed (400 litres)

*new Slepnier SE80 bow thruster fitted 

*custom GRP side boarding door installed 

*complete topside gelcoat repairs and polish

*diesel-fired hot air 

*strip back the wetted area and re-antifoul white 

*replace boot top line.

On both engines:

•new exhaust manifolds 

•new turbos 

*new intercoolers and cores

•new header tanks and cores 

•new raw impellers

•new engine water pumps 

•inlet pipework powder coated 

•exhaust pipework ceramic coated

•exhaust elbows rebuilt 

•alternators 

•thermostats 

•DPUK copper exhaust manifold gaskets 

•fuel tanks treated

•complete new exhaust pipework throughout 

•full engine service including belts, filters, valve adjustment 

•rocker covers powder coated 

•turbo inlet trumpets rebuilt   

2023 •engines serviced including valve adjustments 

•Simrad navigation installed with autorouting 

•Engine bay sound insulation installed

•polish and ceramic coat

•Propspeed applied to stern gear.

2024

•both transmissions fully rebuilt and painted

•shaft couplings replaced

•new stainless steel propeller shafts installed 

•custom made faux teak aft deck

•stern glands rebuilt including new lantern rings

•new shaft nuts 

•epoxy fill to pits and new antifoul 

•3D scan transducer installed 

•port engine new cylinder head and complete valve assembly 

•port engine cylinder block repair 

•port engine 6x new injectors 

•port engine reconditioned injector lines 

•new oil catch tanks fitted

•seating re-upholstered in saloon and helm

•full boat polished and ceramic coated.

Disclaimer

Nicolle Associates offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.

This vessel is VAT paid.

As always photographs do not do justice so a viewing is highly recommended.

This boat is lying in Bucklers Hard marina, Hampshire, England.

© 2024 Nicolle Associates

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Propulsion
Engine
Two Ford Mermaid Marine 180 hp diesel turbo-charged engines with counter-rotating Borg Warner gearboxes driving through shafts to counter-rotating bronze propellors.
Fuel
Diesel
Maximum speed
37 kph
Cruising speed
33 kph
Accommodation
Number of cabins
3
Number of berths
4
Drinking water capacity
409 litres
Additional Accommodation Details
The aft cockpit was recently laid with a new teak-effect flooring.

The cushions in the main cabin/saloon were recent;y recovered.

Nicolle Associates offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice. As always photographs do not do justice so a viewing is highly recommended. © 2024 Nicolle Associates

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Broker/Dealer Information

Nicolle Associates - Hamble

Saltmakers House Hamble Point Marina School Lane
Hamble
Hampshire
SO31 4NB
United Kingdom
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