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Interesting resto for big $$---according to the specs speed looks too slow



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14,000lbs with Yanmars? My 31 only weighed 12+- and I had heavy Volvos in it. I think the numbers are fudged, that boat should be faster and lighter -- quite a bit of both.

This boat is a Sportsfisherman with a bulkhead. My boat is a Sportsfisherman with 210 Cummins and I cruise at 21. He should do better than that with those engines. Very pretty interior.

i agree the #s are off with thous yanmars 6s

Lots of interesting features. Very pretty boat. Would probably sell for a litle over half the asking price. Now why would anyone buy a center console with 2/3/4 gas guzzling oubtoards when for shorter money you could buy this bueaty? Assuming of course the iron is good and you have a half dozen illegals on staff to keep the teak up.

Never tire of looking at what a little (lot) of time, patience, & money can do to our wonderful, timeless boats.

UV

The teak toe rail is stunning as well as trasum.most likely correct data lost in translation ,like the incorrect beam dimension.lots of creativity like capt. Patrick would design.

Great boat. Should go faster. Hell mine does.

I've worked on that boat back in Dec of 09.
Never ran it out. My guess is the numbers are either wrong on the speed or some jug head used 1.5:1 gears on the install.
Very nice boat in person.

bob lico wrote:The teak toe rail is stunning as well as trasum..

most likely a product like chromaveil , doubtful its real teak

He is carrying 275 gallons of fuel. That is a lot of extra weight. Surpised he does not sit lower in the water.

Those engines are as light as you can get for 315hp. I have them and I carry 290gal in fuel. Plus 4 guys food and rods plus 1700 lbs of flake ice. and sit close to that.

After all the glass I added beefing up the strut pads, with the Cummins the water comes up about an inch over the chines in the stern. That is with the 230 Gallon tank.

It should still cruise at 28 knts at 3400 and 33 at wot 3950rpm with 4 blades I would think. Bruce would know better.

Think I'd like to actually look out the sides instead of at fiberglass when I was in the cabin. Was the boat used as NASA's second vomit comet?

I'm looking into an air teak toe rail if it looks that good. Pretty crazy if it's real.

Pretty well thought out, love the prop storage

Brewster, I agree with you on your numbers. Bruce and Patrick fixed me up with same engines, 2:1 gears and 23x24 four-blade props and I cruised at 28 knots at 3400 rpms.

JP, likewise, I would prefer windows in cabin sides; but she's well thought out.

For some reason they seam to be the same loaded or not, Tommy. For an old looking boat she kicks some a@#. I run long and she likes it. She is only 46 years old.

I like the way they did the teak cockpit---hatches were not picture framed.

I would think the 4 rod holders on the side of the rod locker would catch your leg in snotty weather.

Beautiful boat but as JP said I'd either need to cut in some windows or add a puke bucket.

I really like the open cubbies on the bridge. Small thing but useful when you want a thermos or a hat and gloves up there.

I agree with JP on the windows. Looks stupid too. Also I have never heard of a 31's V birth referred to as "an enormous bed"!! That description definitely casts doubt on the reliability of the rest of the description.

Rawleigh- with a V-berth filler (to hide the head) the whole front area from the doors forward is one big mattress...with nowhere to go.

one big mattress...with nowhere to go.

But maybe sompin' to do....

my boat sit in the water about the same at the stern. 1" or more of water above the chine . i made my boat as heavy as possible at the stern .phoenix weight is around 13,000 lbs. a little more when fill with fuel and ice. cat would have been 500lbs heavier but a more difficult installation and vibration to deal with,so this advertise 14,000 loaded is not to far off the mark. needless to say yanmar would be somewhat effected , cummins a lot less and cat not at all by the weight due to the enormous difference in torque between the engines, provided it was properly propped to utilize torque.
craig i agree cockpit teak looks real nice without framing around hatch covers . makes cockpit look even longer. i would be sick in a minute in that cabin out at sea without outside vision.rule # 1 in 10' seas keep your eyes on the water your body will inner ear will stabilize eventually------right dug!!!!

Really pretty boat, very well thought out storage lockers, beautiful teak deck like craig pointed out....
But, is it just me, or are those toe rails not teak at all? Sure look an awful lot like cypress... with Bristol finish acrylic urethane. I've spent a helluva lot of time around both teak and cypress, and that grain sure looks like cypress... which would be fine, just have to really stay up on the maintenance schedule if they are.


...wish it were mine to maintain

I agree BUJU. Too big a grain for teak. (and a beautiful maintenance nightmare!)

Two things I found interesting. One how do you get to the bridge and the air intake is way to small. There are though some very neat ideas.

Looks like it is in Escrow.

either pictures were taken before the ladder was installed or with the extra height of the cushions they just hop up there?

... and now she is marked "sale pending". That was quick!

OK... who bought her??

:)

JD