My Mercruiser 4.2 Liter 220 HP straight 6 engine running,
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Decision to build
I recently sold my 26 foot Conway boat , Mercruiser 7.3 V8 engine and Volvo Penta duo prop out drive and after having had a conversation with my father where he said "you know what, you should buy yourself another boat and pursue your hobby to take your mind off your work the odd time"
I decided to buy another boat,
But then the big questions surfaced,
Which boat, what size, which engine, how old, and so on
Then
When I bought the Conway 26 in 2007 I remember reading about a guy from Achill Island who had commissioned a company in Cornwall called Procharter to build him a boat,
As I read the article and looked at the photos I was mesmerized and also in awe of the boat,
She was fitted with a 285 hp Yamaha diesel with duo prop out drive and capable of 28 knots while only consuming 1 liter a mile, 30 liters an hour not bad I was thinking,
Seeing as mine was consuming 60 liters an hour and not even achieving 20 knots,
I would have loved to own that Procharter boat named the Colm Ciara but it was way out of my budget so I put down the magazine and returned to reality,
Now
I proceeded in trying to purchase no less than 2 Offshore 27's one Offshore 105 and a Lochin 33 and an Osprey 30 long cabin over the last few months and somehow or other all those deals fell through for one reason or another,
I am now thankful to whatever forces were at play that prevented me from buying any of those boats,
After discussing one of the boats with my father in law Paddy and him mentioning fuel consumption and the fact that heavy old boats with old inefficient engines will more than likely cost a fortune to run I decided to take a look at something built a bit more recently,
The Boat
Browsing through find a fishing boat dot com and boatsandoutboards.com I came across a Procharter P3 for sale at a reasonable price, It was pictured in a yard and at first it looked like a project someone had started but not finished,
I phone the number last Monday morning to speak to the seller,
Too my surprise the lady picked up the phone and answered " Hello Procharter boats how can I help you" I enquired about the boat and she passed me to a gentleman named Alan,
Alan explained that they were selling the boat on behalf of a client who had order the boat but cancelled the project just after the boat was taken from the mould,
Without hesitation we struck a deal, To my surprise Alan gave me a great deal and we both agreed that he would arrange for the stainless pulpit and pushpit rails to be manufactured and put in the boat to reduce the delivery cost of the stainless fittings, which would cost a lot more if I were to order them at a later date,
The Pulpit rails are around 9 feet wide and 10 feet long, probably couldn't get DPD to deliver them to me,
So next thing I arranged was for Jonathan from Kennedy haulage to collect the boat with his 40ft rigid and Palfinger crane,
The boat is to be collected on the 9th of October and I can't wait to see her in the flesh when she comes in,
Yesterday I spoke with Peter Lefbridge to confirm the order for the stainless steel Pulpit and pushpit
and also some scupperflaps all made from marine grade 316 stainless,
I have also ordered the D Fendering which will be delivered with the boat and the Nidaplast sheets which we will be using to do the underdeck bulkheads the wheelhouse bulk head and the deck,
Marine ply was another option but I went with Alan from Procharters advice to use Nidaplast which is a honeycomb structure layered between sheets of fiberglass,
Much lighter and stronger than marine ply and of course so much lighter to obtain minimum fuel consumption,
The Engine
My choice of engine is a Mercruiser 4.2 Liter straight six, 220 Gee Gee's which really packs a punch
according to other P3 owners I should get around 28 knots and cruise at 24-25 knots which should get me to Inis Oirr in an hour and a half and burn around 50 litres,
I spotted a bobtail setup on the Internet on Tuesday last with a Bravo 3 Duo prop out drive for sale because a client of a marine workshop in the north of Ireland pulled out of a RIB project they had planned to carry out this year because he ran out of money,
At this stage I must extend my gratitude towards the two gentlemen who decided not to go ahead with their projects and enable me to get the two great discounted deals as a result,
Thank you both who ever you are,
I collected the leg and 4.2 Litre 220hp engine on Wednesday with Pavol and loaded it on the back of the Navara and drove six hours back to Galway from the Giants Causeway,
The boat should be arriving from Cornwall on the 10th of 11th of October ready to start the project,
So that's where we are so far check in again for more posts on this exciting project...
I decided to buy another boat,
But then the big questions surfaced,
Which boat, what size, which engine, how old, and so on
Then
When I bought the Conway 26 in 2007 I remember reading about a guy from Achill Island who had commissioned a company in Cornwall called Procharter to build him a boat,
As I read the article and looked at the photos I was mesmerized and also in awe of the boat,
She was fitted with a 285 hp Yamaha diesel with duo prop out drive and capable of 28 knots while only consuming 1 liter a mile, 30 liters an hour not bad I was thinking,
Seeing as mine was consuming 60 liters an hour and not even achieving 20 knots,
I would have loved to own that Procharter boat named the Colm Ciara but it was way out of my budget so I put down the magazine and returned to reality,
Now
I proceeded in trying to purchase no less than 2 Offshore 27's one Offshore 105 and a Lochin 33 and an Osprey 30 long cabin over the last few months and somehow or other all those deals fell through for one reason or another,
I am now thankful to whatever forces were at play that prevented me from buying any of those boats,
After discussing one of the boats with my father in law Paddy and him mentioning fuel consumption and the fact that heavy old boats with old inefficient engines will more than likely cost a fortune to run I decided to take a look at something built a bit more recently,
The Boat
Browsing through find a fishing boat dot com and boatsandoutboards.com I came across a Procharter P3 for sale at a reasonable price, It was pictured in a yard and at first it looked like a project someone had started but not finished,
I phone the number last Monday morning to speak to the seller,
Too my surprise the lady picked up the phone and answered " Hello Procharter boats how can I help you" I enquired about the boat and she passed me to a gentleman named Alan,
Alan explained that they were selling the boat on behalf of a client who had order the boat but cancelled the project just after the boat was taken from the mould,
Without hesitation we struck a deal, To my surprise Alan gave me a great deal and we both agreed that he would arrange for the stainless pulpit and pushpit rails to be manufactured and put in the boat to reduce the delivery cost of the stainless fittings, which would cost a lot more if I were to order them at a later date,
The Pulpit rails are around 9 feet wide and 10 feet long, probably couldn't get DPD to deliver them to me,
So next thing I arranged was for Jonathan from Kennedy haulage to collect the boat with his 40ft rigid and Palfinger crane,
The boat is to be collected on the 9th of October and I can't wait to see her in the flesh when she comes in,
Yesterday I spoke with Peter Lefbridge to confirm the order for the stainless steel Pulpit and pushpit
and also some scupperflaps all made from marine grade 316 stainless,
I have also ordered the D Fendering which will be delivered with the boat and the Nidaplast sheets which we will be using to do the underdeck bulkheads the wheelhouse bulk head and the deck,
Marine ply was another option but I went with Alan from Procharters advice to use Nidaplast which is a honeycomb structure layered between sheets of fiberglass,
Much lighter and stronger than marine ply and of course so much lighter to obtain minimum fuel consumption,
The Engine
My choice of engine is a Mercruiser 4.2 Liter straight six, 220 Gee Gee's which really packs a punch
according to other P3 owners I should get around 28 knots and cruise at 24-25 knots which should get me to Inis Oirr in an hour and a half and burn around 50 litres,
I spotted a bobtail setup on the Internet on Tuesday last with a Bravo 3 Duo prop out drive for sale because a client of a marine workshop in the north of Ireland pulled out of a RIB project they had planned to carry out this year because he ran out of money,
At this stage I must extend my gratitude towards the two gentlemen who decided not to go ahead with their projects and enable me to get the two great discounted deals as a result,
Thank you both who ever you are,
I collected the leg and 4.2 Litre 220hp engine on Wednesday with Pavol and loaded it on the back of the Navara and drove six hours back to Galway from the Giants Causeway,
The boat should be arriving from Cornwall on the 10th of 11th of October ready to start the project,
So that's where we are so far check in again for more posts on this exciting project...
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